Explore three key opportunities for metal-to-plastic conversion

Explore three key opportunities for metal-to-plastic conversion

Plastic Injection Molder

FIBER OPTICAL CABLES Key Features • Rip through any material, including steel armor • High strength to diameter ratio • Lubricated for easy ripping • Colors available for easy identification • Long continuous lengths per spool FIBER-LINE® FIBERS FOR RIPCORDS • Kevlar® Para-Aramid • Vectran® Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) • PET Polyester • Nylon Polyamide • Technora® FIBER-LINE® PERFORMANCE ADDING COATINGS • FIBER-LINE® WearcoatTM: Lubricity for fast and easy removal • FIBER-LINE® BlockcoatTM: Anti-wick/Non-wick water penetration & snag resistance • FIBER-LINE® RepelcoatTM: Water Repellency • FIBER-LINE® Swellcoat®: Water Absorbing Protection • FIBER-LINE® Swellcoat® Blocker: Block Water Migration • FIBER-LINE® ColorcoatTM: Color identification for easy tracking Overview • FIBER-LINE® has over 25 years of experience in producing ripcords for the optical fiber cable market. FIBER-LINE® ripcords deliver optimal performance in a variety of applications. • FIBER-LINE® Ripcords can rip thru a myriad of thick jacketing materials and sheathing, even in below freezing temperatures. • Products are precision-wound for solid package integrity and minimal balooning, which yields the greatest length per package Plastic or metal reels are also available.

Liquid and Solid COLORANTS Performance and Processing ADDITIVES INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR PLASTIC At Avient, our mission is to help you bring innovation to the look, feel and performance of your products. Look to us for support with: • Color Technology: Custom matching, saturated colors and special effects to fill market niches and eliminate secondary operations • Color and Design Services: Trend and color insights, and product development assistance to optimize design and gain speed to market • Regulatory Coordination: Aid with new product approvals with UL, NSF, FDA, healthcare guidelines and others to reduce regulatory overhead and minimize risk • Field Technical Services: Support for tool design, startup and production optimization to gain manufacturing efficiencies • Sustainability: Innovative materials and solutions to help you meet your sustainability goals 1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.

It is intended to serve as an inspiration for you in exploring colors and effects to meet material design goals. We have the ability to deliver custom solutions supported by molded-in color plastics testing procedures that can help you achieve your design and engineering specifications. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.

As a major supplier of additives and colors to the plastics industry, ColorMatrix has, in the course of supporting its customers worldwide, developed best practice guidelines for its products which it provides as a free service. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information. CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAM Methods Machines Materials Manpower energy saving during SBM Maintenance instructions Operating instructions Operator Job spec NIR Lamps SBM Type/Design vPET reheat content vPET formulation rPET blend/quality Temperature recording Temperature measurement probe External temperature Inappropriate Manual Training New Alignment Same Throughput Too many tasks Time conflict Age/intensity variable Set up conditions Configuration - When starting to process a new resin, first run through new preforms for 15 minutes at ‘standard’ conditions to establish steady state conditions prior to any process optimization - Slowly start to reduce preform blowing temperatures until failures are present (visible pearl internal wall or pearl feet) - Increase blowing temperatures until defects are eliminated - QC check bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Change the power consumption profile in the ovens for early heat and longer sink times but ensure overall temperatures do not exceed cold crystallization temperature - Repeat temperature reduction stage and then defect elimination stage to test if further optimization is possible - Recheck QC bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Log all process parameters and create new specific ‘recipe’ for future use

Primary die casting materials are zinc, aluminum, and magnesium. Injection Molding - Thermoplastics Injection molding creates molded parts by injecting heated, molten plastic materials into a mold, which are then cooled and solidified. HOW SUPPLIERS CAN HELP EVALUATE MATERIAL TRANSITION Successfully using composites goes beyond simply swapping one material for another.

When you work with Avient, you get more than an unmatched materials portfolio. As inherent problem solvers, we help connect the dots between material, color, design, and manufacturing through a full suite of industrial, material, component, mold and process design capabilities. Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.

Wingstay® is a registered trademark of Eliochem Materials and Concepts. It is highly recommended that these materials be thoroughly mixed prior to use. Wingstay® is a registered trademark of Eliochem Materials and Concepts.