Akulon® SG-KGS6

30% Glass Reinforced, Halogen free and free of red phosphorous

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

Molding shrinkage [parallel]
0.2
%
Molding shrinkage [normal]
0.8
%
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 800 bar
73
mm
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 900 bar
81
mm
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 1000 bar
89
mm

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
11000
MPa
Stress at break
150
MPa
Strain at break
2.8
%
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
63
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
9
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
245
°C
Burning Behav. at 0.4 mm nom. thickn.
V-0
class
Thickness tested
0.4
mm
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
V-0
class
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
V-0
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
V-0
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Oxygen index
32
%
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
130
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.4
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
110
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.4
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
115
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.4
mm

Electrical properties

Electric strength
36
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
600
V

Other properties

Water absorption
4.3
%
Humidity absorption
1.6
%
Density
1440
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Industrial Control Gear

Industry
Electrical
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MCCB Housings

Industry
Electrical
Most grades are available with halogenfree flameretardancy, and in specific electro-grey colour for housings. ForTii® Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) of 305°C .}