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DUTCH COMPANIES DEVELOP NEW COLORED FR LFT-PP MATERIALS

28-05-2011 - Thermoplastic compounding requires a careful balancing act as improving one property can unintentionally have negative consequences for another property, leading to compromises in the final compound because it was not possible to achieve desired performance for all properties simultaneously. This is especially common in situations where it is necessary to have both a good balance of mechanical properties as well as halogen-free flame retardance (FR), because modification techniques that increase FR properties tend to reduce mechanicals and service life. However, for at least one thermoplastic resin family, this seems no longer to be the case, thanks to a consortium of Dutch companies – including a thermoplastics compounder, colorant house, molder, and OEM– that have joined together to develop a new family of colored and flame-retarded long-fiber thermoplastic (LFT)-polypropylene (PP) compounds and masterbatches whose mechanical properties actually are better than those of the non-FR base resin.

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