At K 2019, DOMO will present a wide range of solutions that answer today’s mega-trends and challenges around lifestyle, health & wellbeing, urbanization and mobility. The company will highlight the benefits of polyamide solutions in lightweighting (metal replacement), processability, fire protection, impact, friction & wear re-sistance, thermal management, oxygen & fluid barrier properties, durability and shelf-life protection in the film industry.
As a sustainable solution that forms part of DOMO complete range of electrically and thermal conductive grades, based on polyamide 6, 66 and PPS, ECONAMID® AIR offers reduced surface and volume resistivity for various levels of electrical conductivity. OEMs and Tier suppliers can use these properties when developing connectors, fuel-filtering components, light detection and ranging applications, camera and electronic components housing. A perfect combination of sustainability and very high stiffness based on high-quality recycled carbon fibre and sustainable polyamide.
DOMO’s Nyleen™ low CO2 emission solution, suitable for flexible packaging, is a BOPA film, courtesy of the unique end-to-end integration (from benzene to film extrusion) of its Leuna production site. In particular, its carbon and water footprints, as measured by sustainability experts Quantis, are the lowest in the world, com-pared to standard nylon film production data published by Ecoinvent 3.3.
The company will also present its new thermoplastic composites for lightweight solutions: UD Tapes. UD Tapes combine the versatility and recyclability of polyamide and polypropylene with the strength of glass fiber and carbon fiber. They bridge the gap between thermoplastic compounds and metal and thermoset in regards mechanical, fatigue and scalability.
“UD Tapes are the perfect match for circular economy targets as they can be formulated with post-industrial feedstock during production and are recyclable through-out the entire value chain. UD Tapes can be recycled at pultrusion process during production, as cut-out during part consolidation or by converting end-of-life parts into usable feedstock for compounding or injection moulding processes,” says Sergio Moriano, Global Business Line Director Composites.