Three Valox ENH PBT resin grades, with different
glass reinforcement levels, utilize non-brominated and non-chlorinated FR technology.
The resins meet the UL94 V0 standard
at 0.8 mm. With a comparative tracking index (CTI) of 500 volts for Valox ENH
4530 resin and a CTI of 600 volts for Valox ENH 3500 and Valox ENH 4560 resins, standard glass-filled brominated PBT is
typically around 200 volts. The new
Valox ENH resin grades are:
These unfilled and glass-filled grades have potential
for use in electric cooling fans, relays, connectors, switches and fuser
applications in printers.
According
to SABIC Innovative Plastics' Valox ENH resin grades can be enhanced by combining them with other SABIC Innovative Plastics PBT technologies,
particularly Valox iQ resins. This iQ technology is referred to as "upcycled
technology" because it incorporates high levels of post-consumer polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) bottles into PBT resin through a proprietary
chemical process. Upcycling not only diverts waste from landfills but also
reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and energy usage when
producing PBT resin. Valox iQ NH 4550 is made from upcycled post consumer PET.
A new battery design, which replaces lithium with abundant and low-cost elemental sulfur, is still in its nascent stages but shows real promise for giving batteries more energy potential.
PTC will offer a virtual desktop environment for its Creo product design applications, potentially freeing engineers to run them from remote desktops on a variety of operating systems and mobile devices.
The push to achieving more intelligent, integrated manufacturing is putting a strong focus on networking and connectivity as key enabling technologies.
Now that solar and wind harvesting technologies are a thriving market, researchers are seeking other environmentally related energy sources for which they can create harvesting devices.
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