Akulon® Care K1G6

30% Glass Reinforced, Medical grade, Food Contact Quality

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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.
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General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration DMF (2009/251/EC: Dimethylfumarate)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration ELV (2000/53/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-15
  • Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals2024-06-27
  • Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PFAS2024-03-05
  • Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2024-09-04
  • Absence Declaration Phthalates (2005/84/EC: DEHP, DBP, BBP,DINP,DIDP, DNOP)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration opBDE (2003/11/EC: Octa- / Pentabromodiphenylether)2023-11-16
  • CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 (NDS)2024-01-02
  • CMR AND ED DECLARATION2021-03-12
  • Compliance Statement EU Sanctions and Embargos2024-05-16
  • Deforestation Statement, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR)2024-09-19
  • EU Medical Device Regulation2024-02-29
  • Food Contact Canada Information (LONO)2024-11-06
  • Food Contact Declaration Europe Akulon®2023-08-10
  • Food Contact Declaration MERCOSUR Akulon®2024-05-06
  • Food Contact Declaration USA Akulon®2023-11-21
  • Food Contact India Information Letter (PA6)2023-05-11
  • Food Contact Singapore Information Letter2024-02-15
  • ISO 10993-10(-23) DECLARATION2023-12-20
  • Information Letter European Pharmacopoeia2022-12-19
  • 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
  • United States Pharmacopeia (USP) declaration2022-12-19
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Applications
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Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
6.4
cm³/10min
Temperature
240
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Melt flow index MFI
7.3
g/10min
MFI test temperature
240
°C
MFI test load
2.16
kg
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.3
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.9
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
9500
MPa
Stress at break
180
MPa
Strain at break
3.5
%
Flexural modulus
8600
MPa
Flexural strength
235
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
90
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
75
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
12
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
11
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
200
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.7
E-4/°C
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
65
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
65
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
65
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
65
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
65
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
65
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.3
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
30
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Water absorption
6.3
%
Humidity absorption
1.9
%
Density
1350
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1150
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.27
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2110
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.12E-7
m²/s

Mechanical properties (TPE)

Shore D Hardness (15s)
85
-

JSON SPT

Melt volume-flow rate
6.4
cm³/10min
Temperature
240
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.3
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.9
%

Diagrams

Applications

Tri-clamp assembly

Industry
Healthcare
Material
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