Materials Overview
The materials and makers shown here are representative of the kinds of materials we use on a regular basis.
Thermoset Resins
| Thermoset Resins | Trade Name | Manufacturer | Uses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP | Epoxy resins | Sumicon EM | Sumitomo Bakelite | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| Akumelite | Nihon Gosei Kako | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | ||
| Epomate | Yuka-Shell Expoxy Co. | Casting | ||
| PDAP | Diallyl Phthalates | Sumicon AM | Sumitomo Bakelite | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| Dapol | Fudow | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | ||
| PF | Phenol resins | Sumicon PM | Sumitomo Bakelite | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| Otalite | Otalite Corp. | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | ||
| Standlite | Hitachi Chemical Eng. | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | ||
| TECOLITE | Kyocera Chemical | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | ||
| X655 | VYNCOLIT | |||
| UP | Unsaturated Polyester Resins | Premix | Kyocera Chemical | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| BMC | Rigorak BMC | Showa Highpolymer | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | |
| SMC | Rigorak SMC | Showa Highpolymer | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | |
| Unsaturated Polyester Resins (dry) | Vyloglass | Japan U-PICA Co. | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding | |
| MF | Melamine resins | Leadlite Melamine | Daiwa | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| UF | Urea Formaldehyde resins | Urea | Panasonic Electric Works | Compression, Transfer, & Injection Molding |
| Leadlite | Daiwa |
Thermoplastic Resins
| Thermoplastic Resins | Trade Name | Manufacturer | Uses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS | AS resins | Stylac-AS | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| ACS | ACS resins | Stylac-ACS | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| ABS | ABS resins | Cevian | Daicel Polymer, Ltd. | |
| Toyolac | Toray Inds. | |||
| Stylac-ABS | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |||
| Techno ABS | TechnoPolymer Co. | |||
| PFA | Fluorocarbon polymers | Teflon PFA | DuPont - Mitsui Fluorochemicals | Injection Molding |
| ETFE | Fluorocarbon polymers | Fluon | Asahi Glass | Injection Molding |
| PVDF | Fluorocarbon polymers | KF Polymer | Kuraray | Injection Molding |
| POM | Polyacetal resins | Duracon | PolyPlastics | |
| Tenac | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |||
| Delrin | Du Pont | |||
| Iupital | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| PA | Polyamide Nylon 6 | Ube Nylon 6 | Ube Industries | |
| Nylon 66 | 66 Leona | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | ||
| Zytel | DuPont | |||
| Amilan | Toray Inds. | |||
| Novamid | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| Nylon 46 | Stanyl | DSM Japan Engineering Plastics | ||
| Nylon MXD6 | Reny | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | ||
| PAR | Polyarylate resins | U-Polymer | Unichika | |
| TPU | Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers | Miractran | Nippon Polyurethane Industry | |
| TPE | Thermoplastic Elastomers | Hytrel | Du Pont-Toray | |
| Santoprene | AS Japan | |||
| Tufprene | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |||
| LCP | Liquid Crystal Polymers | SUMIKA SUPER LCP | Sumitomo Chemical | |
| Xydar | Nippon Oil Corp. | |||
| Vectra | PolyPlastics | |||
| PEEK | Polyetheretherketone | VICTREX PEEK | Victrex Japan | |
| PSU | ポリサルホン樹脂 | Udel | Solvay Advanced Polymers | |
| PES | Polyether Sulfone | PES | Mitsui Chemical | |
| SUMIKAEXCEL PES | Sumitomo Chemical | |||
| Polyetherimide | Ultem | SABIC Innovative Plastics | ||
| HDPE | High-density Polyethylene | Suntec-HD | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| Novatec-HD | Japan Polyethylene Corp. | |||
| HI-ZEX | Prime Polymer | |||
| LDPE | Low-density Polyethylene | Suntec-LD | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| NUC Polyethylene | Nippon Unicar | |||
| UBE Polyethylene | Ube Maruzen Polyethylene | |||
| Novatec-LD | Japan Polyethylene Corp. | |||
| PET | Polyethylene Terephthalate | FR-PET | WintechPolymer | |
| Hyperite | Kaneka Corp. | |||
| PC | Polycarbonate resins | Tarflon | Idemitsu Kosan | |
| Calibre | Sumitomo Dow | |||
| Panlite | Teijin Chemicals | |||
| Iupilon | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| Novarex | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| PC/ABS | Polycarbonate/ABS | Multilon | Teijin Chemicals | |
| EXCELLOY | Techno Polymer Co. | |||
| PS | Polystyrene | Toyostyrol | Toyo Styrene | |
| Japan Polysty | Japan PolyStyrene | |||
| PPE | Polyphenyleneether | Xyron | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| Iupiace | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| PPO | Polyphenyleneoxide | Noryl | SABIC Innovative Plastics | |
| PPS | Polyphenylene Sulfide resin | Fortron | Poly Plastics | |
| DIC PPS | DIC Corp. | |||
| Tosoh Susteel | Tosoh Corp. | |||
| Torelina | Toray Inds. | |||
| PBT | Polybutylene Terephthalate | DURANEX | WintechPolymer | |
| Toraycon | Toray Inds. | |||
| Valox | SABIC Innovative Plastics | |||
| Novaduran | Mitsubishi Enineering Plastics | |||
| PP | Polypropylene resin | Sumitomo Nobrene | Sumitomo Chemical | |
| NOVATEC-PP | Japan Polypropylene Corp. | |||
| Prime Polypro | Prime Polymer | |||
| PMMA | Polymethyl Methacrylate | Delpet | Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |
| PARAPET | Kuraray | |||
| ACRYPET | Mitsubishi Rayon |