Engineering Materials

Akulon®-PA6およびPA66

高性能ポリアミド6とポリアミド66素材の製品群。粘度等級は中~高の広範囲にまたがり、押出アプリケーションに最適です。また、射出成形とブロー成形用に適した製品も幅広く提供しています。

PA6 & PA66 - Akulon®

Our Akulon portfolio covers virtually all possible applications with grades suited to all processing techniques, including extrusion, injection and blow molding.

  • Broad portfolio
  • Global grades with global specifications
  • Backwards integrated and a global manufacturing footprint

多用途の高性能ポリアミド

Akulonは高性能ポリアミド6とポリアミド66素材の製品群です。自動車、エレクトロニクス、電気から家具やパッケージングまで、幅広いアプリケーションで世界中のお客様に使用されています。私たちは射出成形、ブロー成形、押出成形用に異なる等級のAkulonを提供しています(バリアフィルム、素材形状、コルゲートチューブ、モノおよびマルチフィラメントなど)。

成形部品では、多用な条件における広い温度範囲にわたる卓越した機械的特性によって、容易なデザインと加工の素晴らしいバランスを提供します。一方押出成形では、その強度、弾性、そして加工の容易さによってAkulonは市場標準となっています。

私たちの市場

  • 自動車

    わたしたちのAkulonポリアミド樹脂(ポリアミド6およびポリアミド66)は、自動車業界向けの多目的エンジニアリング素材分野で最も価値ある製品です。

  • 電気およびエレクトロニクス

    Akulonポリアミド化合物(ポリアミド6およびポリアミド66)は、とりわけ私たちがハロゲンフリーのグレードを幅広く提供していることからE&E業界に最適です。

  • 包装

    私たちのAkulonポリアミド6は複数の優れた特性を持つことから、食品、医療、製造の包装におけるフィルム押出に幅広く使用されています。

  • 消費財

    Akulonポリアミド樹脂(ポリアミド6およびポリアミド66)は消費財の屋外用電動器具セクター向け多目的エンジニアリング素材分野で非常に価値ある製品です。

  • 家具

    私たちのAkulonK224-G6グレードは、オフィスチェアの肘掛け、シート、背もたれ、ベース用を想定したもので、強度、高衝撃抵抗、および射出成形における優れた加工性を提供します。

お客さまの事例

Akulon® Ultraflow:フローとともに

優れた外観を備えつつ、フローを向上しサイクル時間を短縮する方法を模索しているメーカーにおいて、Akulon Ultraflowへの関心が高まっています。加工が容易なポリアミド6は、フローを80%向上し射出成形サイクル時間を40%短縮します。標準的なポリアミド6等級に比べ、機械的特性への有意な影響はありません。

今日、Akulon Ultraflowは、エンジンカバー、吸気マニホールド、自動車のエクステリアミラーシェル、家具、電動工具などの要求の厳しい多くのアプリケーションに使用されています。Akulon Ultraflowの高速フローをさらにバックアップする特長は、サイクルの時間的早さだけでなく、システムコストの削減です。

Akulon® Diablo

Akulon Diabloは、Envaliorの高耐熱性ポリアミド6/66で、最大220℃までのボンネット内アプリケーションで金属から樹脂に置きえるのに理想的です。Akulon Diabloは、より小型・高温のターボエンジン内で絶えず変化する温度に挑むお客さまを支援するため、開発されました。最新グレードのAkulon Diablo HDT2500は、最大220℃の温度環境下で3,000時間におよぶ連続使用を可能にし、HDT値を格段に向上させます。

AkulonDiabloは、給気冷却装置のエンドキャップから吸気マニホールド、吸気ダクト、ターボ排気リゾネーター、エンジンカバーにいたるまで、吸気システムのコンポーネントを金属からプラスチックへ置き換えるのに最適です。軽量であるため、熱量消費、そして結果的に炭素排出量も削減でき、人と環境にやさしいだけでなく利益面での利点にもなります。

フューエル・ロック:小型エンジンの燃料タンクから蒸発ガスを削減

Akulon Fuel Lockは、従来のポリアミド6(PA6)に比べ、燃料バリア特性と衝撃強度が格段に向上しました。この素材によるソリューションは、フッ素化HDPEのソリューションに比べ、より信頼とコスト効果が高く、経時的なバリア性能の低下もありません。また全体的な性能は、アセタール(POM)とPA6をベースとしたナノ複合材料や混合物などの競合素材の性能を上回っています。全体的なコストは、フッ素化HDPEおよび多層タンクを下回ります。

製品情報

Akulon製品ラインは、ポリアミド6およびポリアミド66グレード(ならびに高フローグレードのAkulon Ultraflow)の幅広いポートフォリオを網羅しています。

粘度等級は中~高の広範囲にまたがり、押出アプリケーションに最適です。また、自動車から電気およびエレクトロニクスまで広範なアプリケーションを含み、射出成形とブロー成形用に適した製品も広く提供しています。

  • 特性

    特性

    Akulonは汎用性が非常に高い熱可塑性プラスチックであり、射出およびブロー成形用途、そして様々なタイプのフィルム押出に適した幅広い特性を提供します。

  • 加工

    加工

    射出およびブロー成形またはフィルム押出用途のいずれに使用されているかに関わらず、Akulon(ならびに私たちのハイフローグレードAkulon Ultraflow)は証明された幅広い加工上のメリットをメーカーにもたらします。

  • ポートフォリオ

    ポートフォリオ

    私たちのAkulonポートフォリオは、押出、射出、ブロー成形を含むすべての加工技法に適したグレードを用意し、実質的に可能なすべての用途を網羅しています。

お客さまによるアプリケーションの例

Refrigerator hinge

Industrial equipment | Material / fluid handling

DSM supported this metal to plastic conversion with its CAE simulation experience.

Agricultural Films

Industrial equipment | Agriculture

Very high viscosity; Lubricated; Food contact quality

Breathable Films for Food Packaging

Consumer goods | Food Packaging

Highly breathable; Bio-based alternative; High-temperature resistance; Excellent processing characteristics.

Engine Covers

Automotive | Drivetrain Transmission

Reliable; High heat resistant; Great surface appearance; Low warpage levels; Cost effective; High flowability enables thin wall designs

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Explore Akulon®

From superior impact strength and high heat resistance to excellent flame retardancy, Akulon delivers properties that help you produce greener, lighter and smarter products. Individual grades can vary by region, so please check in the product database for more detailed information and availability in your area. Our standard offering consist of:

  • Unfilled grades
  • Glass reinforced grades
  • Heat stabilized grades
  • Mineral reinforced grades for better dimensional stability
  • Mineral/glass hybrids for all-around stability and strength
  • Flame Retardant portfolio

Our Akulon portfolio covers virtually all possible applications with grades suited to all processing techniques, including extrusion, injection and blow molding. Akulon polyamide 6 & 66 resins represent the best value in all-purpose engineering materials. For molded parts, they offer an an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse operating environments. 

Akulon® portfolio highlights

Akulon® for extrusion applications

Akulon polymer grades are available for all main extrusion processes and applications.

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Properties

Thermal

Akulon is ideal for injection molding thanks to its unique combination of short- and long-term low and high temperature properties under various chemical conditions.

Thermal Properties

Temperature considerations

Akulon has a continuous-use temperature of up to 185ºC. In fact, the chart below shows that polyamide 6 delivers better long-term performance at high temperatures than polyamide 66 and should be the preferred material for any application running for extended periods above 150ºC.

With superior end-of-life properties of up to 60%, polyamide 6 can be used at the design stage, either to reduce the amount of material needed, or by extending durability or part life guarantees.

Short-term temperature spikes

Polyamide 66 is preferred where temperatures spike at above 215ºC (the HDT of glass reinforced polyamide 6) but less than 250ºC. For even higher temperatures, a material like our super heat-resistant Stanyl polyamide 46 is ideal, for example, in part fabrication where secondary processing under high temperatures happens, such as soldering in electrical applications.

Hydrolysis critical environments

In hot water environments of 100ºC+ polyamides can suffer from hydrolysis – especially when glycol (as an anti-freeze additive) is found (the rate being determined by the amount of water absorbed). Because polyamide 66 absorbs less than polyamide 6, its performance is slightly better. However, for reinforced materials, higher fill levels in polyamide 6 mean grades that deliver the same performance as a polyamide 66, with a lower level of reinforcement. This offers benefits in terms of stiffness, but disadvantages in terms of part weight and design flexibility.

Low temperatures

Polyamide 6 has better ductility than polyamide 66. At lower temperatures this makes it a tougher material – less impact sensitive, less notch sensitive and with ductile behavior at lower temperatures. The result: Safer parts (less risk of splintering at low temperatures) and lower breakage levels during processing because parts are tougher coming out of the mold. For unmodified grades where lower temperatures are found, polyamide 6 provides the better performance. Typical applications for this low temperature performance are power tools, ski and snowboard bindings, and automotive exterior parts.

Thermal properties

Akulon performs over a wide temperature range. Unfilled and reinforced materials can be used for demanding engineering applications from as low as -40°C (-40°F) to just below the melting point of the polymer: 220°C (428°F) in the case of polyamide 6 and 260°C (500°F) for polyamide 66.

The high crystallinity and melting point of Akulon enables these materials to retain stiffness at elevated temperatures. For critical applications, this ensures better safety margins and enables thinner walls compared to other materials.

When it comes to measuring properties after aging, this is best performed under real conditions in the application itself. For automotive applications where peak temperatures remain under 180°C (356°F), polyamide 6 provides better heat aging resistance and improved security and durability compared to polyamide 66.

Mechanical

Akulon has a full portfolio that provides excellent long- and short-term mechanical properties.

For high mechanical strength Akulon has 50 and 60% glass filled grades in the portfolio. These are suitable for metal replacement where high strength and fatigue are key.

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Electrical

Akulon has excellent electrical properties and conforms to all global standards.

Flame retardant

The Akulon product line provides a full range of flame-retardant grades

The Akulon portfolio contains both unfilled as well as glass or mineral filled grades, including a halogen free flame retardant portfolio.

Most popular Akulon® grades

Akulon® K224-HG6

30% Glass Reinforced

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • 30% Glass Reinforced
  • Heat Stabilized
  • "Heat stabilized"

Akulon® K224-PG8

40% Glass Reinforced

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • 40% Glass Reinforced
  • Impact Modified

Akulon® Ultraflow K-FHG7 /A

35% Glass Reinforced

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • 35% Glass Reinforced
  • Heat Stabilized
  • High Flow
  • "Good or high flow"
  • "Heat stabilized"

Akulon® K225-KS

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • Flame Retardant (halogen free)
  • Heat Stabilized
  • "Heat stabilized"

Akulon® K222-KGV4

20% Glass Reinforced

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • 20% Glass Reinforced
  • Heat Stabilized
  • Flame Retardant (halogen- phosphorous-free)
  • "Heat stabilized"
  • "Phosphorous free"

Akulon® Ultraflow XG-FKGS6

30% Glass Reinforced

"Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging."

"We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament)."

"In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards."

  • 30% Glass Reinforced
  • Flame Retardant (halogen free)

                                   

Featured applications

Air inlet manifolds

Automotive | Engine Air Intake

Lowest carbon footprint of PA6 available on the market; Yields faster moulding than standard PA6; Enables thinner wall designs.

Structural Reinforcements

Automotive | Body Structural Parts

DSM Engineering Materials supported a lot with high-speed tensile property data.

EV Charging Connectors

Electrical | Connectors

Most grades are available with halogenfree flameretardancy.

Miniature Circuit Breakers

Electrical | Electrical Components

Halogen-free; Flame retardant; Heat-stabilized; Strength and resilience; Easy processing

Residual Current device

Electrical | Power distribution Low Voltage Switchgear

Most grades are available with halogenfree flameretardancy, and in specific electro-grey colour for housings.

Contactors

Electrical | Power distribution

Most grades are available with halogenfree flameretardancy, and in specific electro-grey colour for housings. Also Lasermarkable grades are available. ForTii® has a Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) of 305°C .

Skibinding Fixations

Consumer goods | Sports & leisure

Yields faster molding than standard PA6; Enables thinner wall designs; Cost-effective

Power Tool Housings

Consumer goods | Power tools

Akulon® PA6 is a reliable solution for power tool housings due to its lighter weight compared to metals, possible part and function integration, easier assembly and longer tool lives. It has better welding strength and surface appearance than PA66. Akulon UltraFlow PA6 has outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions.

Chainsaw housings

Consumer goods | Lawn & garden

Glass-reinforced ;Cost-effective solution ;Easy to process for injection molding and blow molding

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Akulon® RePurposed: the versatile, high performance polyamide, based on recycled resources

At Envalior, our strategy includes developing innovative solutions and collaborations that contribute to a circular economy and aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals addressing climate change, resource scarcity, waste and pollution. We look beyond society’s current model of take-make-dispose and instead try to mimic nature and the circle of life.

Envalior uses discarded fishing nets as the source to produce the recycle-based polyamide AkulonRepurposed. We use the material recovered from discarded fishing nets collected along the coastlines of India, which are treated and upcycled using local labor, before being compounded.

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Setting a new standard in high temperature components: Envalior's new Stanyl® and Akulon® Diablo

As engine designers are challenged to create smaller, lighter, more powerful systems, Envalior is innovating the materials to make it possible. Envalior’s Diablo heat resistant technology is making Stanyl PA46 and Akulon PA66 the choice of the world’s leading car brands, by setting the new standard for high temperature components. Let’s talk about creating tomorrow’s engines today.