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Avient can help you select the right materials for your products.
Our balanced portfolio of material solutions will provide you with the opportunity to reconsider your material choices.
Catheter Materials & Medical Tubing
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Material Solutions for the Aerospace Industry
Catheter Materials & Medical Tubing
Lighten up with composite materials that won’t have you sacrificing on strength.
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Material Solutions for Truck Cabs
Create your cabs with Avient materials that reduce noise, stand up to impact, control vibration and with our colorant systems that resist fading, make the last mile feel as good as the first.
Catheter Materials & Medical Tubing
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Materials that Weather the Storm
Your materials must endure harsh climates, severe weather and extreme temperature changes.
Catheter Materials & Medical Tubing
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Understand the material compatibility with common disinfectants of various materials used in healthcare applications
Find out which materials make sense for your products, no matter where they’re used
Catheter Materials & Medical Tubing
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-08/2022 Glasforms EC Application _ Product Selection Guide.pdf
GLASFORMS™
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
Composite Materials for Power Transmission
and Distribution Products
APPLICATION & PRODUCT SELECTION GUIDE
KEY
CHARACTERISTICS
Extend the service life of electrical
transmission and distribution products
with Glasforms composite technologies.
Performance advantages:
• Non-conductive: formulations engineered
to optimize composite dielectric properties
• Lightweight: up to 80% lighter than porcelain,
reducing installation time and cost
• High strength: high tensile, compressive,
flexural and inter-laminar shear strength
to support various design configurations
and line loads
• Flexible: deflect and return to original shape
for load dampening to minimize damages
and outages
• Durable and shatter resistant vs. ceramic
and glass, and UV and corrosion resistant
for long service life
INSULATORS
AND ARRESTERS
OVERHEAD
SWITCH RODS
CROSSARMS
AND BRACES
COMPOSITE
POLES
GUY
INSULATORS
Electrical Transmission & Distribution Applications
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION SIZES
Insulators for transmission and distribution
Suspension insulators Epoxy/corrosion resistant glass rods .625" to 1.25" diameter
Line post and station
post insulators Epoxy/glass fiber rods 1.50" to 4.74" diameter
Arresters
Cage type Polyester or vinyl ester/glass fiber rods .125" to .50" diameter
Custom tubular Polyester, vinyl ester or epoxy/
glass fiber custom shapes 2.0" to 6.0" envelope size
Pole line construction
Conductor standoff and
equipment support arms Polyester/glass fiber rods 1.50" to 2.00" diameter
Guy strain insulators Polyester/glass fiber rods 0.50" to .812" diameter
Cross arms
Tangent and deadend,
support braces
Polyester/glass fiber
rectangular tubes
3.62" x 4.62" and
4.0" x 6.0" rectangular
Utility poles
Composite poles Polyester/glass fiber hollow
custom tubes
10" to 14" diameter,
typical lengths 40' to 110'
Pole line construction, cross arms, rods, and utility poles feature an integral fabric surfacing veil for long-term weather resistance
and retention of properties.
Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-08/air-fryer-window-one-page-case-study.pdf
COOKWARE
MANUFACTURER
A I R F R Y E R W I N D O W
• Clear, FDA food-contact compliant material that can be run
through a dishwasher
• Able to withstand long-term steam and heat
• Allows injection molding of a complex shape with
aesthetics that convey cleanliness and quality
• Added concentrate to a natural PES
material allowing it to retain clarity and
aesthetics in an FDA-compliant solution
• Enabled material to withstand sterilization
and maintain continuous heat resistance
• Provided a more pleasing appearance that
could command a greater price point due to
perception of higher quality
Colorant Chromatics™ PESU Concentrate
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
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DIVING BOARD SPRING
D I V I N G B O A R D S P R I N G
POOL DECK EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURER
• Non-corrosive alternative to steel springs to prevent rust,
degradation and staining of pool decks
• Flexible and durable to prolong product life
• Provided a corrosion-proof composite
material to prevent rust stains on pool decks
• Delivered a custom-shaped compression
molded spring capable of deep deflection
and high fatigue resistance for extended
product life
• Reduced weight by 75% compared to steel,
resulting in lower shipping and installation
costs
Gordon Composites™ Molded Unidirectional
Thermoset Barstock
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
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Monolayer PET expands design freedom,
allowing designers to create unique packaging
shapes with the same visible light blocking as
paperboard and multilayer HDPE packaging.
PET is also a more user-friendly material; it can
enable better shape, handling, storage, opening,
pouring and resealing.
Processing conditions can cause material properties to shift from the values stated in the information.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/Carbon Fiber Composites Infographic.pdf
Automotive
chassis
components,
body panels
Medical
splints, braces,
orthopedic
fixators
Avient’s Glasforms™ and Gordon Composites™ carbon fiber composite materials consist of
thermoset continuous fiber polymer rods, bars, laminates and custom shapes used in a variety
of applications that require superior technical characteristics.
Carbon fibers combined with vinyl ester or epoxy resin
create a composite material that, like all composites,
has higher performance properties than the individual
materials alone.
MOVE
OVER
METAL
Compared to steel, carbon fiber composites are:
Tensile
Strength
400–500 ksi
Density
1.55 g/cm3
Concrete
reinforcement,
infrastructure
repair
BUST THE RUST
Carbon fiber composites
are inherently corrosion
resistant, making them
ideal for harsh outdoor
applications
MEET YOUR NEEDS
Avient customizes
composite materials to
meet your specifications,
from specialty surface
treatments to finishing
operations
TAKE THE HEAT
Carbon fiber composites
have excellent
dimensional stability
to withstand extreme
temperatures and
conditions
stronger
10X 5X
lighter
Archery bow
limbs, risers,
cable guards,
arrows
https://www.avient.com/products/advanced-composites/pultrusion-and-continuous-filament-winding-technology/glasforms-pultruded-rods-tubes-custom-profiles
https://www.avient.com/products/advanced-composites/continuous-fiber-composite-tape-laminates-and-barstock/gordon-composites-thermoset-laminates-barstock
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-11/carbon-fiber-reinforced-product-bulletin.pdf