Healthcare
Ixef® PARA supports a multitude of single-use, polymer surgical instruments such as inserters, curettes, needle holders, forceps, retractors and extractors. Additionally, in Healthcare Ixef® PARA is ideal for single-use spinal surgery kits that enhance operating room efficiency.
Ixef® PARA can be sterilized in bulk, which helps to reduce costs and enables OEMs to produce affordable, single use surgical instruments, additionally, the advanced qualities of Ixef® PARA enable it to withstand high-energy gamma radiation without significant changes to its original physical appearance or properties.
Automotive
Vehicle weight reduction poses one of the greatest challenges for the automotive industry, and it is especially important for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and electric vehicles. Lightweight materials, like specialty polymers and carbon fiber composites, offer great potential for increasing vehicle efficiency.
Lightweighting has become a whole-vehicle concept in itself, improving not only fuel economy and emissions but also vehicle performance and handling.
Ixef® PARA compounds contain high levels of glass fiber reinforcement to provide excellent strength and rigidity. Yet even with high glass loadings, molded parts have a defect-free surface finish that’s perfect for painting, metallization or producing a naturally reflective shell.
Exterior Structural Components
Aesthetics are just as important as lightweighting in many interior and exterior applications. That’s why Ixef® PARA is used for semi-structural applications like door handles, mirror housings, and exterior structural components.
Appliances
The tensile strength of PARA compounds is similar to many cast metals and alloys at room temperature. Low and slow moisture absorption provides excellent dimensional stability. Highflow grades produce structural components that are very thin, extremely rigid and dimensionally stable. Typical applications in the Appliances market include those where aesthetics are important such as levers, oven handles, coffee drip grids, and external housing components.
Syensqo has developed Ixef® PARA compounds with fillers and additives that are suitable to match FDA regulation.
Ixef® FC-1022:
- was developed to meet not only FDA but also EU food norms from 2016
- is certified FDA for condition B to H and is EU 11/2011 certified
Electrical & Electronics
Ixef® PARA can replace metal in components where strength, rigidity and aesthetics are important. Applications in the Electrical & Electronics market include components in mobile phones, tablets and laptops, offering unparalleled design flexibility.
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