Akulon® Fuel Lock FLX-LP (K-X08836)

Injection Molding

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
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
30
cm³/10min
Temperature
250
°C
Load
10
kg

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
1450
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
1600
MPa
Yield stress
37
MPa
Yield stress (-40°C)
59
MPa
Yield strain
4.4
%
Yield strain (-40°C)
9.1
%
Nominal strain at break
>50
%
Nominal strain at break (-40°C)
>50
%
Stress at break
40
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
50
MPa
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
100
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
80
kJ/m²

Other properties

Density
1040
kg/m³

Applications

Hydrogen pressure vessel

Industry
Automotive
  • •} 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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