Product designers looking for a material that fills the gap between the basic properties of
high-end
polyolefins and the stronger performance characteristics and attributes of
engineered
plastics have a new alloy to work with - NORYL PPX™ resin - now available from
GE
plastics. It can be an ideal replacement for traditional materials such as TPO,
nylon and
steel due to its high
stiffness, toughness and heat
resistance that allow for new design
freedom across a number of markets.
"Prior to this development, design engineers requiring a wide range of moduli, toughness
and
temperature extremes had to play a balancing act, sacrificing one material attribute for
another," said Keith
DuPont, product manager, NORYL® resin business. "NORYL PPX's new
family of high performance alloy
resins can give them more design freedom without
sacrificing these critical benefits for applications such as automotive bumper fascias and
front end modules,
food trays, fluid handling parts and power tools. This product truly fills
the gap between high-end
polyolefins and engineered plastics."
The NORYL PPX portfolio presently includes four commercial grades, featuring two unfilled
and two filled grades. Additional NORYL PPX grades are in development and are expected to
be available shortly for
sampling.