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Diolen®

Enka® Nylon

Enkalon®

Stanylenka®

Enka® TecTape

Düsseldorf Composites Europe 2016 – 30th November 2016

Andreas Flachenecker

Parallel Hybrid Rovings

for the Automated Production of

Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites with Thermoplastic Matrix

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Indorama Ventures

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Liquids

Refinery

PET Resin

Feedstock

PX. MX, Ethane, Propane

Downstream

Fast Moving Consumer Goods Markets

Food & Beverage

Personal Care

& Home Care

Automotive &

Industrial

Apparel &

Home Textile

Automotive &

Industrial

IVL Value Chain

Ethylene, PTA, MEG, Polyester and HVA

PA 66

Fibers Plant

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Fibers Plant

~0.35 Per 1MT

Polyester

Polymer

Plant

Ethylene

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Plant

~0.58 Per 1MT

PTA Plant ~0.84 Per 1MT ~0.02 Per 1MT

MEG Plant

IPA Plant

Polyester Fiber

PET Film HVA PET

HVA Polyester Fibers

EOEG HVA IPA HVA

HVA PP Fibers

HVA PA 66 Fibers

Personal Care &

Industrial

IVL Value Chain Our Partners, Suppliers, Customers

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PHP Fibers at a glance

PHP Fibers is a globally operating company producing high-tenacity industrial filament yarns. More than 700 employees are working in the development, production and sale of high-tenacity polyester and polyamide filament yarns and their polymers

PHP Fibers is one of the leading suppliers of high performance yarns into the automotive sector: airbags, safety belts, tire reinforcements or belts and hoses

The portfolio of PHP Fibers also includes special types for other challenging technical areas of application such as roofing and sealing membranes, textile construction, sail cloth or sewing threads.

Our brand names Diolen® (PET), Enka® Nylon (PA6.6), Enkalon® (PA6) and Stanylenka® (PA4.6) are known around the world and are well-accepted.

PHP Fibers was acquired by Indorama Ventures (IVL) in 2014

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Passenger airbags

Motor

Filters

Automotive hoses

V-belts

Optional:

Convertible soft top

Luggage net

„Skisack“

Autosock® starting help

Tire cord & Cap-ply

Side curtains Seatbelts

Side airbags

Driver airbags

Some 30 kg of fibers are in a car, with big portion of PET &

PA HT filament yarns

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Enka® TecTape – Thermoplastic Roving

Untwisted and spread filaments

form a flat tape fixed with binders

For technical textile applications

that require light-weight and thin,

but high-tenacity textile structures

Reinforcement can be based on

high tenacity filaments spun from

PA, PET or PLA polymer

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Roving

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Roving

GF-PA 1800tex 6733

CT-Röntgen-Querschnitt - Hybridroving 1800 tex - PHP Fibers, Pilotlinie , Quelle: ITV Denkendorf

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Rovings

For functional reinforced composites

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Rovings

For functional reinforced composites

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Roving:

Twist free

Flat

Constant width and thickness

Constant ratio of glass fibers to matrix fibers

Smooth surface i.e. low friction

Flexible for textile formation

Short melt flow distances

Low compaction factor during processing

Low shrinkage

Functional integration:

Consolidated parts are post-formable and over-moldable

Advantageous base material for automated and economic part production

Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Roving

Advantages

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Competition

Enka® TecTape Hybrid Roving vs. Commingled Yarn

Commingled yarns:

Reduced degree of fiber orientation

Irregular distribution of reinforcement and

thermoplastic fibers

Rough Surface / Filamentation

Fabric from

1800 tex - commingled yarn, Source ITV Denkendorf

Fabric from

1800 tex- GF-PA 1800 tex parallel hybrid roving

Enka® TecTape parallel hybrid rovings:

Parallel alignment of reinforcement and

matrix fibers

Constant ratio of glass fibers to matrix fibers

Smooth roving surface

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Enka® TecTape Parallel Hybrid Roving

Technical Data

Under development

Glass PET Hybrid Roving

2000 tex

60 glass : 40 matrix ratio

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Enka® TecTape Hybrid Roving

Make-up

Current make-up: HKV 160: ca. 1.1 kg = 610 lm.

Future make-up:

HKV 250: ca. 5.0 kg = 2780 lm.

Paper Tube: up to 10 kg

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Current Steel Frame New frame design based on

Glass Hybrid Roving GF-PA6

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Bicycle Project

Enka® TecTape Hybrid Roving replaces Steel Pipes

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Enka® TecTape

The Hybrid Rovings for the Automated Production of Composites

Visit us in Hall 8a, Booth I23

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