Ultradur - PBT - BASF SE

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, 42V Power Systems: More Power in Cars of Tomorrow
...ASF AG, Ludwigshafen/Germany, as a consultant in the Marketing New Business Areas section of the Engineering Plastics Europe business unit. Dr. Michael Geprägs, born in 1966, is employed by the same company as technical product manager for Ultradur in the Engineering Plastics Europe business unit; ultraplaste.infopoint@basf-ag.de Manufacturer BASF AG Carl-Bosch-Str. 38 D-67056 Ludwigshafen Germany Phone +49(0)621/60-41621 Fax +49(0)621/60-74980 www.basf.de Fig.1. Future developments in the a...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Calculation of Plastic Parts: Stress Appearance during Creep
...to this end. The experiment involved a tensile test at room temperature in accordance with EN ISO 527. The requisite strains were recorded with two laser extensometers. The smoothed Poisson’s ratio for polybutylene terephthalate (PBT; Ultradur B2550, BASF) were extrapolated with a hyperbolic tangent function as of a time in excess of t=10 5 s (Fig. 4). It proved possible to establish a clear increase in the transverse contraction in the loading increments and the approaching of an upper limit v...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Cutting Costs
...l and economic advantages of this are obvious. In the production of moulded parts to high specifications (e.g. in terms of mechanical or thermal properties) from high-quality engineering thermoplastics such as polybutylene terephthalate (PBT; grade: Ultradur, manufacturer: BASF) or polyamide (PA; grade: Ultramid, manufacturer: BASF), the use of regrind is possible only to a limited extent. The reason for this restriction is the degradation of the moulding material during injection moulding and g...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Electrical Engineering: Plastics Go Electric
...grades based on polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyoxymethylene (POM) and polysulfone/polyethersulfone (PSU/PES). The trade names under which BASF markets these four product groups are the so-called four ultras: Ultramid (PA), Ultradur (PBT), Ultraform (POM) and Ultrason (PSU/PES). In 2000 alone, some 3 million t plastics were processed by the electrical industry in western Europe according to surveys by the VKE (German Association of the Plastics-producing Industry). With a ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Engineering Plastics: Products for Innovative Processes
...her than the usual ABS level. Polyesters and Blends (PC, PBT, PET) By using a specially developed, nanoparticle-based additive, BASF have managed to achieve a significant reduction in melt viscosity (e.g. in the case of 30% glass-fibre-reinforced Ultradur by about 50%). The 10%, 20% and 30% glass-fibre-filled standard Ultradur grades B4300 G2, B4300 G4 and B4300 G6 are also obtainable as high-speed variants. Depending on glass-fibre content, these grades flow at least twice as far as comparabl...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Flame Retardants
...ts entirety during processing. Additional advantages include good flow behaviour and a UL 94 V0 rating in a thickness of 0.75mm. BASF AG, Ludwigshafen/Germany, has developed a PBT without halogen or antimony with the designation Ultradur B4400. This achieves a UL 94 V0 rating in a thickness of 1.6mm. Of the three polymers, HIPS, ABS and PBT, which have so far only achieved a straightforward V0 rating with the aid of bromine-containing flame retardants, V0 can now be achieved with halogen-free PB...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Flame Retardants: Growing Demand
...rticularly easy-flow Ultramid B3UHF and Ultramid B3UM4, a low-cost product based on a mineral filler. Ultramid A3UG5 (PA 6.6) is a halogen-free, glass-fibre reinforced material without red phosphorus. All products achieve a UL94 V0 rating. Ultradur B4400, a glass-fibre reinforced, halogen-free, UL94 V0 polybutylene terephthalate has been commercially available for some time now. Bayer MaterialScience presented Bayblend FR 2010, a halogen-free (PC+ABS) blend with a UL94 V0 rating as well as a go...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Foam Injection Moulding: It's Not the Bubble Size that Counts
...ct is seen in PA6-GF30 (Fig. 5, right). Reduced Warpage and Shorter Cooling Time In the tests conducted with the ErgoCell process, moulded part warpage was reduced to less than a third of that for standard injection moulding when using PBT (Ultradur B 4300 G6) and PA6 (Ultramid B3EG6)(Fig. 6). During the foaming phase, the holding pressure acts for longer and is virtually uniform over the entire flow path, since it is no longer introduced locally via a single point. The highly uniform pressure...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Materials with Multiple Functions
...guiding devices. Without halogen and antimony: Materials for electrical devices must be provided with flame protection to minimise the risk of fire in the case of a short circuit or during overheating. BASF presented a PBT (Ultradur) that is flame-protected without addition of any halogen or antimony compounds. For PBT adherence to fire protection standards has succeeded so far only by addition of halogen containing additives bonded to antimony oxides. However, these compounds have clear defici...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Plastic Bodywork: No Steel, No Paint
... collaboration with Montaplast and DaimlerChrysler, the concept was transferred to prototypes of the boot lid shown in Fig.4 [7]. The horizontal and vertical panels were back-injected with ABS and bonded to a support of (PBT+ASA) blend (grade: Ultradur S) or (PA+ABS) blend (grade: Terblend N). The films used for the panel parts were coextruded and paintable films. As was the case on earlier trade-fair parts, a maximum heat resistance of 90°C for the ABS film composites was also demonstrated for ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
...es (manufacturer: GEP), Pocan DP 2004 (manufacturer: Bayer) or the Arnite grades with the development designation Segregate (manufacturer: DSM). BASF has met the requirement for flame retardance without halogen or antimony compounds with its Ultradur B4400. Products that have been introduced over the past few years are already on the market as commercial applications, including radiation crosslinkable grades for SMD production of electronics components to withstand the very high soldering temper...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Residence in Haste
...e destroyed; the molecular weight changes and the material properties are affected. The studies discussed below were carried out on injection-moulded dumbbell test specimens (5ADIN/ISO527) with a cross-section of 4x1 mm² made of PBT (grade: Ultradur B4520, nature colour and black110, and Ultradur B4300G6, nature colour; manufacturer: BASF). Critical Melt Temperature In the processing of semicrystalline plastics, the choice of the correct melt temperature is particularly important for part...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Strong Growth: Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
...With their sights firmly fixed on production costs, PBT converters nowadays want products with improved flow properties to enlarge the processing window. Since the end of 2004, BASF has been offering (now commercially available) the product "Ultradur High Speed". With the aid of an additive consisting of a nano-particle system, the chemists have succeeded in developing a material that flows nearly twice as far as conventional PBT without the mechanical properties suffering in any way. La...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Synergy Creates New Technology
... advantage that the glass fibres do not show at all on the high gloss surface as is the case with semi-crystalline materials (e. g. polypropylene). Where higher demands are made on the heat resistance, an ABS/PA blend or PBT/ASA blend (Terblend N, Ultradur S, Manufacturer: BASF) can also be used as the matrix material. The decisive question now is how can long fibres be incorporated inexpensively into the matrix material? For cost reasons, the route via long glass-fibre granulate can be eliminat...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Trends in Automotive Headlamps
...eadlamp housings with more complex requirements, and housings for small fog lamps subject to higher temperatures, higher quality thermoplastics are available. Preferred materials include polybutylene terephthalate (glass fibre-reinforced PBT; e.g. Ultradur from BASFAG) or even poly(arylene ether sulphone) (PES, PSU; e.g. UltrasonE or S from BASF), which give designers wider scope. Lighting unit: The lighting unit is of course subject to extremely high temperatures. The reflectors are therefore m...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-05-23, Application Solutions: Nanoproducts Highly Praised – But What Are the Benefits?
...erties. There have been an increasing number of publications recently describing the observation of special phenomena [1]. Nanoparticles can influence the rheology of polymer melts, as shown by the example of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT, Ultradur). The key to innovation lies in incorporating an additive in the form of finely dispersed nanoparticles. In the case of the new PBT, Ultradur High Speed, the particle size of the additive nanoparticles is between 50 and 300nm. This additive, and the...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-07-04, Automotive Engineering: High Soft-touch Quality in One Single Process
...e produced on the demonstration machine at the symposium is a passenger car dashboard panel with a soft-touch surface. The body of the panel is injection moulded in the first stage of the process in a glass fibre reinforced PBT/ASA blend (grade: Ultradur S4090 IGX, BASF). It is then overmoulded in the second stage with a special polyester (grade: Pibiflex, P-Group) using the MuCell process. The close chemical affinity between the two materials ensures a good bond. Compared with the conventional ...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-10-30, Car Electronics: Producing Intricate Parts Economically
... competitiveness of both manufacturers and processors. With the aid of a specially developed nanoparticle system BASF achieved a significant reduction in the melt viscosity of PBT (Fig. 1). Depending on the glass-fibre content the new PBT compound, Ultradur High Speed, flows at least twice as far as comparable standard types of Ultradur. The mechanical properties of rigidity and strength, shrinkage characteristics and heat resistance are not affected by the modification so that the newly develop...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-03-15, Materials for Clean Diesel Engines
...unreinforced POM: Ultraform N2320 003 and Ultraform N2320 003 LEV, an emission-optimised material (LEV = Low Emission Version), - unreinforced PA: Ultramid A4K AB, a PA66 optimised for AdBlue applications and - glass-fibre-reinforced PBT: Ultradur B4300 G4 with a 20% glass fibre content. Tensile test bars of type 1A as per ISO 527, produced from the above-mentioned materials, were immersed in AdBlue solution for a total of three four-week test periods at +60°C. Because of the significant effect ...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-08-14, Focus on Attractive Added Value
... BASF exhibit. It was developed in the record time of only one year by the industrial designer Konstantin Grcic in collaboration with BASF and the furniture manufacturer Planck. The freely suspended "Myto" chair is made entirely of Ultradur High Speed, the especially easy-flowing PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) from BASF. Gudrun Klein Fig. 1. Worldwide growth and consumption of plastic materials (data in million t, growth per year) Fig. 2. Worldwide per capita consumption of plasti...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-09-19, Energy Efficiency Taking on Increasing Importance
...ressure of 5 bar and temperatures of between -40 and 135°C. BASF has similarly developed special grades for processing by WAIM in the context of a research project: Ultramid A3HG6 WIT (PA6) and the Ultramid B3G10 SI (Surface Improved) and Ultradur B 4040G10 WIT (PBT) grades, which are reinforced with 50 % glass fibers and are suitable for structural parts subject to stringent mechanical requirements which require a good surface finish. This was proven on the basis of a feasibility study for a r...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-09-19, Two-Station Mold for Injection Molding and Foaming
... mold in Station1 operates like a conventional injection mold with two cavities (Fig.2, right). It serves for pairwise injection molding of the 2.2mm thick substrates for the armrests, which are made of a glass fiber reinforced PBT/ASA blend (grade: Ultradur; manufacturer: BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany). Contrary to normal mold construction, the main distinctive feature is that the hot runner, both sets of four needle valve nozzles required for injection, and the ejectors are fitted in the cavi...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-12-17, From Miniaturization through to Furniture Design
...eformation of thin, filigree parts. Compared with Vectra E/E Standard with 30% glass fiber filling, this new material undergoes much less deformation, withstands higher mechanical loads and has an increased weld-line strength. Ultradur High Speed, a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), with special processing properties achieved through nanoparticles, was the innovation presented by BASF at the last K. This high-tech material has long since developed beyond its initial stages and, thanks to the ef...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-12-17, Still Demand for Innovation Potential
...h temperatures under the hood. Aside from its good mechanical properties, Technyl HP is notable for its bursting resistance, even at high temperatures. In the field of “High Speed” products, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has followed up its Ultradur High Speed (PBT) line with the first high-speed Ultramid products. These are the three highly-loaded PA66 grades: Ultramid A3WG8 High Speed (with 40% glass fiber), Ultramid A3WG10 High Speed (50% glass fiber) and Ultramid A3WGM53 (filled with glass...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-01-15, Small Particles – Big Effect
... material in technical terms and to harness its cost-efficiency potential for the customer. At the same time, optimized materials also permit improvements to be made to the processes employed. The market launch, in summer 2004, of the first PBT (Ultradur High Speed) with particularly easy flow due to the introduction of nanoparticles, marked a major step in this direction. The organic particles, 50 to 300nm in size, have a three-dimensional effect, contrary to the case for the familiar inorganic...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-02-29, The Right Symbiosis
...naged. These trends and technologies have created a necessity to optimize processing, thermal management and surface quality of the thermoplastics employed, such as polyethersulfone (PESU; grade: Ultrason) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT; grade: Ultradur). The stringent requirements are met by three new BASF products from these two classes of material presented below. Two new products made from Ultrason high-performance plastic for reflectors greatly extend the scope for using PESU in headli...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-05-10, Testing Gets Tougher
... rarity and require materials treated with special hydrolysis stabilizers. To meet these high standards, BASF developed and evaluated two hydrolysis-resistant PBT compounds in different and, in some cases, very tough tests. The two new products are Ultradur B4300G6 HR and Ultradur B4330G6 HR and each is reinforced with 30% glass fiber. HR stands for hydrolysis resistant. Water Destroys the Polymer PBT is formed by polycondensation of terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate and 1,4-butanedi...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-06-16, We're Moving towards Specialties
...le for? Hoven-Nievelstein: The Performance Polymers Division of BASF looks after the engineering plastics business in Europe, South America, Africa und West Asia. We have four product lines: Among those are the Ultramid/Miramid/Capron polyamides and Ultradur PBT. Both products are backwards integrated within their value added chain up to the precursors. The situation in respect of its precursors is less complex for Ultraform polyacetal (POM). We have just completed a plant expansion for the chem...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
...w PBT Grades The development of PBT compounds with improved flowability represents one of the most significant innovations in terms of developing PBT as a material in the past few years. The market introduction and establishment of the high flow PBT Ultradur High Speed from BASF and Pocan Xtreme Flow (XF) from Lanxess has been particularly successful. For example the melt viscosity at shear rates typical for injection molding applications of Pocan DP B 3235 XF is only half that of the st...

Kunststoffe international, 2009-06-16, Ever More Electricity and Plastic
...hstand a large number of thermal shock cycles. The most commonly found classes of material are therefore polyamide (PA) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). In this article we will show which new products and applications from its Ultramid (PA) and Ultradur (PBT) product ranges BASF has selected to address these trends and challenges. Mechatronics Modern compact, integrated mechatronic components are different from conventional systems in that the functional groups of sensors, actuators and int...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-04-20, For the Sake of the Environment
...ectronics”. Saving Energy during Injection Molding Energy savings are not limited to the segments of energy management and electronics. Plastics processing can also become more efficient by the use of nanotechnology. One example is Ultradur High Speed, an engineering plastic from BASF with eco-efficiency seal (Fig. 4). Products made of this PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) material are significantly more eco-efficient than products made of a standard PBT. Reason: Due to targeted structuring in t...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-11-25, Beyond Today’s Horizons
...” chair, together with Konstantin Grcic (Fig. 2). Here it was already possible to successfully combine the engineer’s knowhow of plastics processing with the designer’s concept. The particularly freeflowing plastic, Ultradur High Speed, and the processing know-how available at BASF helped Grcic develop precisely the object that he had in mind, both from the point of view of design, but also from the point of view of performance and manufacturability. Today the chair produced by the Italian compa...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-04-25, Flame Retardants: Restricted Boom
...attering. Here it is mainly all about fine tuning of flame-retardant engineering plastics. BASF SE of Ludwigshafen, Germany, is expanding its flame-retardant PA and PBT ranges for the E&E industry with the addition of its Ultramid and Ultradur FRee grades. The FRee product line is halogen-free and offers flexible coloration (Title picture). Another newly developed product is A3U40G5, a 25 % glass fiberreinforced (GF25) PA66, which achieves UL94 V0 at 0.4 mm and has a glow wire ignition tempe...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-10-17, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
... household appliance industries. Typical components include plug and edge connectors, housing parts, and functional and structural elements exposed to high mechanical stress. Examples of easyflowing PBT compounds include representatives of the Ultradur High Speed range from BASF and the Pocan XtremeFlow grades from Lanxess. The highly filled PBT compounds accessible with easyflowing base resins have also been able to gain further ground in, for example, the replacement of sheet molding compounds...

Kunststoffe international, 2012-04-20, Avoiding Moisture Damage
...rmany, has developed special grades of PBT which allow components with many times the service life of those made from conventional grades to be produced. These materials are available with 30 % glass fiber reinforcement under the brand name of Ultradur B4330 G6 HR and with 15 % glass fiber reinforcement as Ultradur B4330 G3 HR. The suffix HR stands for hydrolysis resistant. Hydrolysis is the chemical term for the reaction between water and polyester that damages the material. Tests and Materials...

Kunststoffe international, 2012-11-26, Joining of Dissimilar Materials
...ufacturer: Ticona GmbH, Kelsterbach, Germany) and PA6 can be produced with a high breaking force of FB = 336 N, while the bond between POM and PP has an approx. 40 % lower breaking force. By contrast, the bond between PP and PBT (grade: Ultradur B 4500, manufacturer: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany) is significantly stronger than that between PA6 and PBT. It should finally be pointed out that the use of the plasma pretreatment of the joint surfaces even makes it possible to join amorphous and par...

Kunststoffe international, 2013-01-28, Skillful Forming
... Collezioni S.r.l., Or, and BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, had officially launched the jointly developed chair on the market. The “Myto” made from a particularly free-flowing polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) from BASF, the Ultradur High Speed, is available in eight colors. The plastics producer was also the driving force behind this project. During the course of the chair design, the company provided the input of its know-how of the technical and aesthetic properties of the material. The next s...

Kunststoffe international, 2013-08-19, Pooled Expertise Creates More Value
...ayer system for the aroma-tight barrier packaging around the capsules is also produced from these renewable plastics Fig. 3. BASF plastics like Ultramid polyamide, Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate, Neopolen polyolefin insulating materials, and numerous polyurethane products are found almost everywhere in motor vehicles Fig. 4. At the K2013 International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, BASF is introducing a new approach in its engineering plastics activities called Ultracom. This is a pack...

Kunststoffe international, 2014-07-22, Concepts for Exciting Ideas
...icycle, developed by BASF in collaboration with the design studio Ding3000, shows that it is possible to reinvent an everyday product like a bicycle with modern materials (Fig. 3). In this bicycle, not only engineering plastics such as Ultradur, Ultramid and Ultraform but also polyurethanes such as Elastollan and Elastoflex and foams such as Infinergy, Neopolen and Kerdyn have been used in a hitherto unaccustomed application. Designers will find numerous stimuli for new ideas here – one example ...

Kunststoffe international, 2014-10-10, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
...hat has become increasingly established on the market in recent years, especially for PBT standard applications such as plugs, switches, housings, and lamp holders, is that of easy flowing PBT compounds like Pocan XtremeFlow from Lanxess and Ultradur High Speed from BASF. These provide similarly good mechanical properties to comparable standard grades but because of their high flowability have considerably better processing behavior. They offer processors the option of reducing melt temperature ...

Kunststoffe international, 2014-11-26, Does Size Matter?
.... The platelets are placed into the heated mold and overmolded with LSR (grade: Silopren LSR2740; manufacturer: Momentive Performance Materials Inc. in Columbus, OH, USA).Best adhesion was achieved with PBT (grade: Ultradur (Pro) B 4520; manufacturer: BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany) and PEEK (grade: Victrex 151 G; manufacturer: Victrex plc in Thornton-Cleveleys, UK) in combination with plasma treatment. Thanks to the excellent adhesion properties, a force increase of 67 % is required to achiev...

Kunststoffe international, 2015-05-21, 150 Years of BASF
...example was the Panton Chair, which, with its legendary cantilevered design, was an icon of Pop Art. It was made from Luran in the 1970s. Its successor, the innovative Myto cantilevered chair, was unveiled in 2007. It was made of BASF’s Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), which was created in close collaboration with the designer. The BASF plastic Palatal, a polyester resin for manufacturing parts with high-quality mechanical properties, caused a sensation in 1964 in the body of a new mod...

Kunststoffe international, 2015-10-12, Lightweight Construction with Thermoplastics Ready for Serial Production
...h continuous fiber reinforcement and adapted injection molding compounds. The main innovation here are the semi-finished products, i. e. laminates made of woven or non-woven fibers and unidirectional tapes, impregnated with Ultramid or Ultradur, BASF’s polyamide and PBT materials. BASF presented the first demonstrator part for the tape variant at K 2013. The component resembles a structural battery tray for vehicles with an electric or hybrid drive. It combines tape-reinforced areas with an inje...

Kunststoffe international, 2020-08-11, Exciting Design instead of Exciting Manufacturing
...orative elements in vehicle interiors, e. g. caps and covers, and as parts for toys. For many of these applications, the polymers should at least have a food contact (FC) classification, as is the case for Ultradur B4520 FC, a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) supplied by BASF. In contrast, various polyamides (PA) such as the Ultramid Deep Gloss or Ultramid Vision family from BASF are suitable for automotive interiors. With the aid of the process presented here, it is possible to reproducibly man...