Akulon

Brand Information

Akulon®

Akulon® polyamide resins, produced by Envalior, represent the best value in all-purpose engineering materials. Our partnership with Envalior allows us to offer a broad portfolio of grades for all applications, with global specifications and a global manufacturing footprint.

For moulded parts, Akulon® provides an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse operating environments. For extrusion uses, the toughness, resilience, and processability of Akulon® set the market standards.

Key Benefits and Highlights of Akulon® PA6:

• High stiffness and strength at elevated temperatures
• Toughness at low temperatures
• Excellent heat ageing resistance
• Very good abrasion and wear resistance
• Chemical resistance
• Excellent surface appearance, especially in filled and reinforced versions
• Excellent weld strength after vibration welding
• Unfilled grades
• Glass reinforced
• Heat stabilised
• Mineral reinforced grades for improved dimensional stability
• Mineral/glass hybrids for low warpage and durability
• Flame retardant grades
   

Mechanical Properties:

Akulon® polyamides offer the most versatile, well-rounded property profiles of any engineering plastics. They are ideal for high-performance applications, including automotive, electrical, and demanding mechanical engineering applications. Akulon® maintains good stiffness and strength at elevated temperatures above 100°C and offers superior creep resistance of reinforced grades, even at elevated temperatures.

Processing Techniques:

• Extrusion
• Injection
• Blow moulding
   

Akulon® compound specials:

• Ultraflow
• Fuel Lock
• Diablo Technology
• Akulon Repurposed
• SafeConnect