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Akulon® Ultraflow®

Akulon® Ultraflow® is an easy-to-process PA6 that offers up to 80% improved flow and up to a 40% reduction in injection moulding cycle times, with no significant effect on mechanical properties compared to standard PA6 grades. This high-flow Polyamide 6 is ideal for applications such as engine covers, intake manifolds, automotive exterior mirror shells, furniture, and power tools.

Key Benefits of Akulon® Ultraflow®:

• Up to 40% reduction in cycle time

• Excellent surface finish, eliminating the need for painting

• Easy processing

• Cost reductions through shorter cycle times and thinner wall sections

• Higher flow results in lower warpage and moulded-in stresses

• Increased design freedom for parts with long flow paths

• Better scope for metal replacement

• Improved manufacturing flexibility with lower tonnage machines

Benefits for You as a Customer:

• Increased profitability through lower system costs

• Use of thinner wall thicknesses, reducing material usage

• Increased number of tooling cavities, leading to lower production costs

Akulon® Ultraflow® Range:

• Improved productivity glass fibre reinforced: 30%-40% GF, also heat stabilised

• Metal replacement grades: 50%-60% GF, also heat stabilised

• Mineral glass reinforced hybrids: 30%-40% reinforced

• Flame retardant V-0, halogen-based