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Colour concentrates
April 1991
Additives for Polvmers
mineral-filled and other proprietary resins. All products will be based on BASF’s new line of high-heat-resistant thermoplastic resins.
Filled engineering thermoplastics
Literature available from Ferro Corp. in the USA,describes three filled engineering thermoplastic compounds. A mineral-filled compound from its Engineering Thermoplastics Div (Independence, Ohio) meets NSF guidelines for food-contact applications in the production of drink dispenser units. The precoloured specialty compound is formulated from Ferro’s Nybex line of polyamide-based resins. Ferrex high-gloss, mineral-filled polypropylene from the Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div, (Evansville, Ind) complies with FDA regulations for applications involving contact with food or liquids. Available precoloured, Ferrex also offers a high-gloss surface appearance, excellent part dimensional stability and is UL listed. The Horizon Polymers Div (Houston) offers an S-Series of hydrophilic polypropylene, available in melt flows ranging from 35 to 1500. In both homo~l~er and copolymer base, the SSeriesmaterials have expanded the versatility of olefm fibre in calendered and non-calendered web.
Colour concentrates
Data sheets from Reed Plastics Corp, Holden, Mass, USA describe the properties of a new line of multipurpose colour concentrates. OmniCoIor concentrates are said to work with all the low to moderate-temperature performance plastics e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, acetal, polycarbonate, and EVA.
Fluorinated antioxidant
The Industrial Chemicals Div of Ethyl Corp, Baton Rouge, LA, USA has commercialized a unique fluorophosphonite secondary antioxidant. Trade-named Ethanox 398, it is non-hygroscopic and remains free-flowing in humid con~tio~. It is said to be unusually heat-stable. It costs about the same as other secondary antioxidants and offers similar cost-performance,
New supplier of fillers in USA
Fujimi America Inc, W~son~le, Ore, USA is marketing highpurity alumina and silica powders for use as fillers in plastics.
Analysis of fillers, etc.
CEM Corporation of North Carolina has introduced a microwave ashing system that will fully ash plastics at ~rn~rat~es up to 1200°C in 5 to 10 min. Plastic pellets, flakes, powders, fibres or small solid objects can all be analyzed. Fillers such as clay, titanium dioxide, glass, minerals, metals and carbon black can all be readily analyzed.
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Additives for Polvmers
mineral-filled and other proprietary resins. All products will be based on BASF’s new line of high-heat-resistant thermoplastic resins.
Filled engineering thermoplastics
Literature available from Ferro Corp. in the USA,describes three filled engineering thermoplastic compounds. A mineral-filled compound from its Engineering Thermoplastics Div (Independence, Ohio) meets NSF guidelines for food-contact applications in the production of drink dispenser units. The precoloured specialty compound is formulated from Ferro’s Nybex line of polyamide-based resins. Ferrex high-gloss, mineral-filled polypropylene from the Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div, (Evansville, Ind) complies with FDA regulations for applications involving contact with food or liquids. Available precoloured, Ferrex also offers a high-gloss surface appearance, excellent part dimensional stability and is UL listed. The Horizon Polymers Div (Houston) offers an S-Series of hydrophilic polypropylene, available in melt flows ranging from 35 to 1500. In both homo~l~er and copolymer base, the SSeriesmaterials have expanded the versatility of olefm fibre in calendered and non-calendered web.
Colour concentrates
Data sheets from Reed Plastics Corp, Holden, Mass, USA describe the properties of a new line of multipurpose colour concentrates. OmniCoIor concentrates are said to work with all the low to moderate-temperature performance plastics e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, acetal, polycarbonate, and EVA.
Fluorinated antioxidant
The Industrial Chemicals Div of Ethyl Corp, Baton Rouge, LA, USA has commercialized a unique fluorophosphonite secondary antioxidant. Trade-named Ethanox 398, it is non-hygroscopic and remains free-flowing in humid con~tio~. It is said to be unusually heat-stable. It costs about the same as other secondary antioxidants and offers similar cost-performance,
New supplier of fillers in USA
Fujimi America Inc, W~son~le, Ore, USA is marketing highpurity alumina and silica powders for use as fillers in plastics.
Analysis of fillers, etc.
CEM Corporation of North Carolina has introduced a microwave ashing system that will fully ash plastics at ~rn~rat~es up to 1200°C in 5 to 10 min. Plastic pellets, flakes, powders, fibres or small solid objects can all be analyzed. Fillers such as clay, titanium dioxide, glass, minerals, metals and carbon black can all be readily analyzed.
01991 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.
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