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Easy-flow plastic delights designers
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The prospects
Ultradur® High Speed was launched at the end of 2004 and was very well accepted by customers. The demand is so intense that BASF is now offering the entire Ultradur® portfolio in the "High Speed" quality. Twenty ongoing series applications, including the housing for the steering wheel lever of the BMW Mini Cooper, mountings for rear windshield wipers, parts for sensor housings and laptop plugs are all made using this innovative plastic. The Ultradur® High Speed portfolio comprises 15 product variants designed for different applications. It includes a particularly thermally conductive Ultradur® that can be used, for example, in housing parts or sockets of light fixtures. Other products are laser printable or feature high flame retardance.
Ultradur® High Speed now allows the optimal utilization of new applications and techniques. One of them is water injection technology, a special injection molding technique for producing molded parts with a hollow cross section. This technology is suitable for producing hollow structures with long flow paths such as car roof rails or kitchen stove handles for which conventional injection molding tools are inadequate. Another example is the dolphin process for producing automotive instrument panels in a particularly cost-effective manner from several layers of rigid and foamed plastic. In this case the nanoparticles in Ultradur® High Speed provide better bonding of the soft component.
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