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www.compoundingworld.com May 2012 | COMPOUNDING WORLD 37 Antistats and conductive additives | materials feature Lilli Sherman looks at the latest developments in conductive and antistatic compounds Global demand for electrically-conductive compounds is expanding strongly with global annual growth rates estimated at more than 5%. Key drivers for this growth include evolving safety standards and new technologies. Christine Van Bellingen, product manager at Timcal Graphite and Carbon, says that growing markets include electronic packaging, power cable, automotive fuel systems and industrial equipment that needs to meet the expanding implementation of ATEX norms. The polymers being used in these areas include PC, PS, HIPS and PP for electronic packaging products such as carrier tapes, carrier trays and films. Medium- and high-voltage power cables feature semi-conductive screens made of EEA, EBA and PE resins. In automotive fuel systems, resins such as HDPE, PA and POM are used in fuel lines, pumps and filler necks that need to meet the SAE J1645 norm to reduce the risk of dangerous sparks. Similarly, industrial equip- ment used in potentially explosive environments such as mines and chemical plants needs to meet the ATEX norm, which has been expanding beyond Europe. This typically impacts on PA and other engineering plastics used in dynamic devices such as fans, transport hoses and motors. On the technology front, there has been growing interest in using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to impart electrical conductivity to plastics. The major suppliers, including Arkema, Bayer MaterialScience, CNano, Nanocyl and Showa Denko, have scaled up production capacity significantly over the past few years. This has led to reductions in price by as much as a third, according to Neil Hardwick, marketing manager for conductive compounds at RTP. He adds that the timing of the global expansion coincided with the global economic downturn and has resulted in excess capacity. RTP has focused on upgrading its CNT compounds manufacturing capabilities, both in terms of capacity and processing. “CNTs process differently, so we have aimed to improve the consistency of CNT-filled compounds we produce. We have focused on how to disperse CNTs more evenly in a compound and how to optimize loading levels,” says Hardwick. Although CNTs are generating interest in this market, carbon-black-filled compounds continue to account for the major portion of conductive plastics applications. They offer significant cost-performance advantages for many products. Developments in specialty conductive blacks have been designed to counteract the adverse impact that traditional carbon blacks can have on a polymer’s mechanical properties. “There is still a nice future for traditional conductive additives like conductive carbon blacks,” says Van Putting a stop to static and sparks www.compoundingworld.com May 2012 | COMPOUNDING WORLD 39 Antistats and conductive additives | materials feature Bellingen. She adds that Timcal has seen significant demand for its Ensaco 250G conductive carbon black due to its high cleanliness and very good dispersability. For a given compound conductivity, this additive has been shown to provide equal if not better overall properties than lower loadings of an extra-conductive carbon black which is inherently more problematic to disperse, according to Van Bellingen. It has shown to be particularly suitable for use in trace-sensitive polymers like PC and thermoplastic polyesters. Timcal is now investing in significantly increasing conductive carbon black capacity at its Willebroek, facility in Belgium in order to meet growing demand in both the polymer and battery markets. In addition to CNTs and conductive carbon blacks, there is also continued interest in other ‘permanent’ and/or inherently dissipative polymers (IDPs). One of the major players in IDPs is Arkema with its Pebax line of polyether-ester block (PEBA) copolymer TPEs. Used as a moulding and extrusion material in its own right, the material delivers intrinsic static-dissipative characteristics when blended with a broad range of plastics. Arkema’s traditional focus in this arena had been on polyolefins, ABS and PC used in conductive/ antistatic plastics applications (10 9 Ohm/sq.ft). These include intermediate bulk containers for plastic resins and are designed to reduce the static build-up of the pellets. Other applications include artificial grass and plastic moving parts for printers. Last year Arkema launched two new products aimed at the mid-range static dissipative market with higher conductivities (10 6 to 12 9 Ohm/sq.ft, and under). Both are based on proprietary technology that is said to improve compatibility with the plastics for which they ARKEMA’S LATEST PEBAX MH2030 AND MV2080 GRADES OFFER HIGHER CONDUCTIVITIES IN A RANGE OF RESINS Maag Group is the innovative solution provider for pump, pelletizing and filtration systems. We deliver high-quality components and complete systems, from extruder tips to pelletizers. In addition to our primary locations in Switzerland and Germany, we have eight sales and service offices around the globe to provide our customers with full service par excellence. Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH Ostring 19 ß 63762 Grossostheim ß Germany ß T +49 6026 503 0 ß [email protected] brands of maag group Maag Pump Systems AG Aspstrasse 12 ß 8154 Oberglatt ß Switzerland ß T +41 44 278 82 00 ß [email protected] www.maag.com 18 - 22 June 2012 hall 5, booth C33 hall 8, booth C38

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