Arnite® TV4 261 HR-HS

30% Glass Reinforced, Hydrolysis resistant

General Information

Arnite® T (PBT) is a high-performance engineering plastic that combines high strength and rigidity with excellent processing characteristics. It’s well suited for a broad range of automotive, electrical & electronic and consumer goods applications.
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Automotive OEM
GM, RENAULT
OEM Specification
GMW16733P-PBT-GF30
PMR (2019-02)

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
14
cm³/10min
Temperature
250
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Molding shrinkage [parallel]
0.33
%
Molding shrinkage [normal]
1.2
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
9350
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
11000
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
4400
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
4000
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
3100
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
2700
MPa
Stress at break
130
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
200
MPa
Stress at break (100°C)
72
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
64
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
50
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
40
MPa
Strain at break
3
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
2.8
%
Strain at break (120°C)
5.7
%
Strain at break (160°C)
6
%
Strain at break (180°C)
6
%
Flexural modulus
9000
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
4000
MPa
Flexural modulus (160°C)
3200
MPa
Flexural strength
205
MPa
Flexural strength (120°C)
95
MPa
Flexural strength (160°C)
70
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
60
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
45
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
8
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
8
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
225
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
205
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.27
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.65
E-4/°C
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
-
Oxygen index
20
%

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.9
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.7
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
25
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
170
E-4
Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
Electric strength
30
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
350
V
Comparative tracking index (PLC)
350
class

Other properties

Water absorption
0.3
%
Humidity absorption
0.15
%
Density
1520
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1220
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.185
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
1850
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
8.23E-8
m²/s

Diagrams

Applications

Automotive PBT connectors

Industry
Automotive
Arnite PBT HR performance at elevated temperatures becomes a bridge material between commodity and speciality, which essentially fills in the performance gap without jumping to specialty prices.}

Automotive wire-to-wire / wire-to-board connectors

Industry
Automotive
  • •} Reliable
  • •} Cost effective
  • •} High temperature resistance
  • •} High mechanical properties
  • •} Electrical insulation properties
  • •} Flowability enables thin wall designs
  • •} High melting point
  • •} Strength
  • •} Rigidity
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Collaborative Robotics

Industry
Robotics
  • •} Metal replacement enables lightweighting of the robot arm
  • •} Move at higher safe speeds
  • •} Higher productivity collaborative human-robot workcells
  • •} Enable a 30-50% lower component part price compared to metal. ​
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Control Devices PBT HR

Industry
Automotive
Arnite PBT HR performance at elevated temperatures becomes a bridge material between commodity and speciality, which essentially fills in the performance gap without jumping to specialty prices.}

Robotic cameras & housings

Industry
Robotics
  • •} Material solutions with industry-leading strength and stiffness.
  • •} Easy-to-process chemistry for precision molded parts.
  • •} Superior performance vs. competitive PBT and PPA materials.
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Sensors PBT HR

Industry
Automotive
Arnite PBT HR performance at elevated temperatures becomes a bridge material between commodity and speciality, which essentially fills in the performance gap without jumping to specialty prices.}