Akulon® Fuel Lock FLX40-HP(K-X09022

Blow Molding Grade

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General Information

Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Special features
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PFAS2024-03-05
  • Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2023-10-27
  • REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
  • REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
  • REACH STATEMENT TURKYE2023-11-16
  • SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2024-03-27
Processing technology
Blow Molding
Applications
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Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
25
cm³/10min
Temperature
275
°C
Load
21.6
kg
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
2
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.7
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
1840
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
1990
MPa
Yield stress
49
MPa
Yield stress (-40°C)
75
MPa
Yield strain
4.1
%
Yield strain (-40°C)
8
%
Nominal strain at break
>50
%
Nominal strain at break (-40°C)
20
%
Stress at break
41
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
60
MPa
Strain at break
>50
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
25
%
Flexural modulus
1900
MPa
Flexural modulus (80°C)
290
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
240
MPa
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
90
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
50
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
55
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
105
°C
Vicat softening temperature (50°C/h 50N)
210
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.9
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.9
E-4/°C

Other properties

Humidity absorption
2.7
%
Density
1060
kg/m³

Applications

Hydrogen pressure vessel

Industry
Automotive
Material
  • •} 70% lighter than conventional steel tanks
  • •} Cost-effective solution due to excellent processability
  • •} High impact resistance and high elongation down to -60°C (-76°F)
  • •} Guaranteed to last for the lifetime of the product
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