Complēt™ Moisture Resistant Long Fiber Thermoplastic Nylons Complēt™ REC Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Complēt REC Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics

Complēt™ Moisture Resistant Long Fiber Thermoplastic Nylons Complēt™ REC Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Complēt REC Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics

Complēt™ and OnForce™ Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites - Design Guide Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (LFT) Solutions for Bicycles Replacing Aluminum with Long Fiber Thermoplastics (LFT)

Avient Corporation 3 Simplified Drop Test • 65g steel ball • Dropped from 305mm • Onto 3.175mm thickness flat samples Materials Tested • Standard TPE 30 Shore A • TPU alloy 60 Shore A • Damping TPE 32 Shore A VDT reduces bounce Avient Corporation 4 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 Image courtesy of Airobag TV https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Simulation of Impact A weight dropped onto protective element in contact with rigid substrate https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Avient Corporation 5 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 REFINING THE DESIGN D E S I G N A N D M A T E R I A L C O M B I N A T I O N Avient Corporation 6 • A number of different shapes and designs are created and simulated to determine which one works best • Refining to meet EN standard • VDT TPEs can help reach compliance with EN1621-1 level 2 and EN1621-2 level 1 • Optimum protection can be achieved by combining industrial design and engineering Avient Corporation 7 VALIDATION P R O T O T Y P I N G W I T H 3 D P R I N T I N G 3D Printing Validation -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% Density Tensile Strength // Tear resistance // Rebound resilience 2mm 3D Printed VDT vs Injection Molded VDT can be 3D printed for concept evaluation early in the design process SUMMARY Avient Corporation 8 • Enabled a new, compact design with a customized VDT TPE formulation • Improved user comfort and functionality • Fulfilled EN standards • Reduced number of prototyping tools required • Reduced time spent in product development by 40 percent, enabling faster commercialization of product

Avient Corporation Avient Corporation HQ Certificate No: 65536 Certification Date: 29 September 2023 CORPORATE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES, DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLOUR AND ADDITIVE CONCENTRATES, THERMOPLASTIC RESINS AND PELLETS, SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS AND COLORANTS. Ezcabarte calle H Nº3 Oricain, Navarra 31194 Manufacture of Masterbatches, Additives, ECCOH, and Compounds for Pigmenting Thermoplastic 65536-116899Certificate No: Page 36 of 53 ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. 1701 City Plaza Drive, Spring, TX 77389, U.S.A. Avient Corporation - Suzhou, China 77 Shenggang Street Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215024 Design and Manufacture of Plastics Compounding Material and Thermoplastic Elastomers 65536-117358Certificate No: Page 47 of 53 ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. 1701 City Plaza Drive, Spring, TX 77389, U.S.A.

Thermoplastic Composites: Long Fiber Thermoplastic Materials: PlastiComp Complēt™ long fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite formulations

In addition, it will feature its advanced, wide-ranging thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials portfolio.     Improved Adhesion in Pultruded Composite Materials and Test Methods for Evaluation •    Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Application Development and Implementation: Case Study Review •    Overmolding with Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Selective Reinforcement •    Test Sample Preparation of Pultruded Unidirectional Carbon Parts – Issues in Machining Practice and Alternatives The Avient advanced composites portfolio includes Polystrand™ continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics, Gordon Composites™ thermoset barstock and laminates, and Glasforms™ thermoset pultrusions.

The thermoplastic polymer base resin used also enables recyclability to support the company’s sustainability goals. To learn more about the Polystrand thermoplastic composites that made the Revolve tripod possible, visit https://www.avient.com/products/advanced-composites. Dive deeper into Polystrand continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites.

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ThermoBallistic™ thermoplastic panels are constructed with multiaxial layers of unidirectional E-glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastics via compression molding. ThermoBallistic™ Thermoplastic Panels ThermoBallistic™ Thermoplastic Panels