EcoPaXX® Q-KG6-FC

30% Glass Reinforced, Food Contact Quality

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General Information

EcoPaXX® is our bio-based, high-performance polyamide (PA410) that offers outstanding performance across the board, while being made mainly from tropical castor beans which don’t compete with the food chain.
EcoPaXX® belongs to the family of long-chain polyamides, which offer exceptional performance in the most demanding of environments. That includes excellent chemical resistance, low moisture absorption, combined with a very high melting point (highest of all bio-plastics) and high crystallization rate (typical for engineering plastics like PA66 and PA46).
EcoPaXX® has the lowest carbon footprint amongst common polyamides. This is because the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the production of EcoPaXX® is offset by the amount absorbed in plant growth, and in particular by the riccinus communis – the tropical castor bean plant that makes up some 70% of EcoPaXX®. Externally certified lifecycle analysis (LCA) data is available upon request.
Product
EcoPaXX® Q-KG6-FC has excellent processability and surface quality and is safe for use in a broad variety of food contact applications. For detailed statements and information regarding food contact approvals please contact your Envalior representative.
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals2024-06-27
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PFAS2024-03-05
  • Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2024-09-04
  • Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
  • Compliance Statement EU Sanctions and Embargos2024-05-16
  • Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2024-05-15
  • Deforestation Statement, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR)2024-09-19
  • Food Contact Canada Information (LONO)2024-11-06
  • Food Contact Declaration Europe EcoPaXX®2023-08-10
  • Food Contact Declaration MERCOSUR EcoPaXX®2023-11-06
  • Food Contact Declaration USA EcoPaXX®2023-11-21
  • Food Contact India Information Letter2023-05-11
  • Food Contact Singapore Information Letter2024-02-15
  • Packaging Declaration EU Decision 97/129/EC (labelling)2024-04-17
  • Packaging, Packaging Waste and CONEG declaration (94/62/EC)2021-12-06
  • REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
  • REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
  • REACH STATEMENT TURKYE2023-11-16
  • RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
  • SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2024-11-08
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Applications
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Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.6
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
9500
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
4600
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
3700
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
3200
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
3000
MPa
Stress at break
170
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
85
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
70
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
65
MPa
Stress at break (200°C)
60
MPa
Strain at break
4
%
Strain at break (120°C)
8.2
%
Strain at break (160°C)
9.4
%
Strain at break (180°C)
10
%
Strain at break (200°C)
10
%
Flexural modulus
8500
MPa
Flexural strength
260
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
80
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
60
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
11
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
9
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
215
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
243
°C

Electrical properties

Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
40
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Humidity absorption
1.5
%
Density
1340
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Kitchen utensils

Industry
Consumer goods
Material
  • •} Application requirements
  • •} Stiffness at high temperature
  • •} Long term heat resistance
  • •} Dishwasher proof
  • •} Food contact
  • •} Good aesthetics
  • •} Thermal shock resistance
  • •} Water cooled tooling capable & high productivity
  • •} Material properties
  • •} HDT- A ForTii 305-320°C
  • •} HDT-A Stanyl 290°C HDT-A
  • •} EcoPaXX 215°C
  • •} Approved food contact regulation including EU 2011-10 FDA
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Spatulas and Kitchenware

Industry
Consumer goods
Material
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Spatulas and Kitchenware

Industry
Consumer goods
Material
EcoPaXX® Polyamide-410 (PA410) offers not only food contact safety and sustainability but also aesthetics. Food approvals are in place and also the stringent requirements on NIAS and cyclic oligomeric content are met. Our EcoPaXX® is 70% biobased and fulfills nowadays needs to be careful with our planet. The other 30% of the polymer can also be more sustainable as we can offer this with a ISCC certificate showing a more sustainable feedstock is used via a mass balancing approach. Great material to process with a good surface appearance. Orthex-Gastromax chose EcoPaXX® Q-KG6-FC as it fits perfectly with their sustainability agenda and is now used in one of their biobased kitchen utensils product lines. A great establishment realized in cooperation with our distributor Nexeo Plastics.}
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