Plastics Solutions Newsletter

November 2008

In This Issue:

Experts Corner
KYDEX® 100
KYDEX® 6565
KYDEX®FST with Microban®
Tecast™

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Expert's Corner

KYDEX® Thermoplastic Sheet

KYDEX® thermoplastic sheet is a family of products made by Kleerdex Company, LLC, offering outstanding thermoformability for high-visibility applications where flame retardance, durability, impact, and consistent color performance are required. In applications ranging from a wide range of medical device enclosures (imaging, diagnostic, hospital beds, etc.), rail and aircraft interiors (as in folding tray tables and other aircraft seat components), to kiosk and sign housings and store fixtures, KYDEX® thermoplastic sheet meets and exceeds designers� expectations. Go to: Kydex.com.

With a wide assortment of grades to fulfill various demands for regulatory compliance and other specification needs, Kleerdex offers a wide range of standard and custom sheet sizes, colors, decorative effects (granites, woodgrains, metallics), textures, and gauges from .028� to .500�. Kleerdex�s Tech support is highly acclaimed. KYDEX® T is often referred to as the pressure-forming material of choice, with impact resistance comparable to polycarbonate, unsurpassed wall-thickness distribution, and great chemical resistance and cleanability. Pressure-forming is a thermoforming technique which provides a level of sharp detail in finished parts normally only associated with injection molding, but with dramatically lower tooling costs. This process lends itself well to the needs of medical device manufacturers, who especially appreciate our long experience in award-winning hospital and clinical applications. Get KYDEX® thermoplastic sheet at your helpful local Modern Plastics branch.

The sales team at Modern Plastics can assist customers with applications solutions. Please contact any of our experienced customer service representatives at customerservice@modernplastics.com

Eric Zaslavsky

Northeast Regional Manager

Kleerdex Company, LLC

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Kydex® 100

Modern Plastics offersKydex 100, that meets an FAR25.853 fire rating and is available in integral metallic colrs. Super tough, durable KYDEX 100, a proprietary alloy sheet, brings new dimensions to thermoformers in formability, rigidity, breakage resistance, chemical resistance & fire retardancy. KYDEX Sheet is a high performance thermoplastic sheet is available in a wide range of standard & custom colors, textures, & sheet sizes.

Features of Kydex 100:

good for deep or hard to form parts
more rigid, parts will deform less when loaded
high Notched Izod impact resistance offers unsurpassed resistance to breakage
meets highest standard for chemical resistance for thermoplastic materials

Download the Kydex® 100 fact sheet.

Kydex® 6565

Modern Plastics offers Kydex 6565, specifically formulated to meet the fire safety needs of the avaition industry. Kydex 6565 is a proprietary, high performance acrylic/PVC thermoplastic sheet that meets all fire retardancy requirements set forth in Federal Aviation Regulations 25.853 paragraphs and including low heat release (<65/65) in the OSU rate of heat release test. It's excellent properties make it the ideal material to form two and three dimensional aircraft components.

Features of Kydex 6565:

Available in over 200 developed colors, eight surface textures, and thicknesses from 0.028" (.71mm) and up enabling you to satisfy both the functional and aesthetic requirements of any mass transit vehicle interior.
Very resistant to a wide range of concentrate chemicals, and is therefore eat to clean with aggressive cleaners such as Soft Scrub, Fantastic, and citrus-based cleaners such as Citri Kleen. Ammoniated cleaners should be avoided since they can leave a residue.
Meets the stringent requirements of the FAR 25.853 in all thicknesses and colors.

Download the Kydex® 6565 fact sheet.

KYDEX®FST with Microban®

Modern Plastics offers KYDEX®FST with Microban® which can be cut, drilled, or machined with conventional woodworking equipment; special guidelinestools designed for plastic fabrication are not necessary but may result in cleaner edges. Cracking, stress whitening, or melting of the material is a result of inducing too much stress or heat into the part during the routing or cutting process. Minimizing heat build up along with proper support and clamping will produce the cleanest edges.

Always pre-dry KYDEX®FST with Microban® before forming to avoid issues due to moisture. Refer to guidelines below.

Mold temperature must be maintained at a minimum of 93°C (200°F) to avoid chill marks.
Typical heater settings (percentage timers) are 30&per; - 50&per; top heaters and 50&per; - 70&per; bottom heaters.
Two-sided (sandwich) heaters are recommended for forming KYDEX®FST with Microban®.

Download the KYDEX®FST with Microban® fact sheet.

Tecast

Modern Plastics offers Tecast that will have overall cost reduction due to 7 times increased operating life of the ropes in comparison to steel pulleys.

Tecast has an outstanding relationship between toughness and stiffness with a low weight for greater capacity of the lifting unit because more pulleys can but utilised and allowance for longer crane arms.

Download the Tecast fact sheet.