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Flame Retardant Polyamide
Application areas
PET FOAM
PET FOAM
EN 45545

Flame Retardant Polyamide

We offer semi finished extruded products made of flame-retardant polyamide 6 (PA 6). This material, which meets the relevant requirements of the new European Rail Vehicle Standard DIN, facilitates production of large-sized machined components and component parts in small piece numbers.

With 40 percent, Flame Retardant Polyamide stands out through a very high oxygen index (LOI – Limiting Oxygen Index), and is phosphorus and halogen-free. Fire behaviour is classified in accordance with UL 94 with V0. Compared to conventional materials, such as steel (7.85 g/cm³), the low density of Flame Retardant Polyamide (1.17 g/cm³) offers unequivocal benefits regarding weight and thus construction. At the same time, the material possesses a high degree of stiffness, tensile strength as well as good sliding and wear properties with simultaneously outstanding corrosion and chemical resistance.

 

Product applications

  • Rail vehicle construction
  • Aviation industry
  • Ship building
  • Mining
  • Electrical industry

Product characteristics

  • Free of halogen and phosphorus
  • Flame retardant and self-extinguishing
  • High hardness and rigidity
  • good slide and wear behavior
  • Good machinability
  • meets the relevant requirements of the new European Rail Vehicle Standard DIN EN 45545-2:2013
  • High dimensional stability.