UDea™ Akulon® K20HG60

60% Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced, Uni-Directional Tape, Heat Stabilized, Black

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General Information

Special features
  • Heat stabilized
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2025-11-21
  • 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 Chemicals and F-gasses2025-02-06
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PFAS/PFOS/PFOA/PFHxS/PFCAs2025-01-31
  • Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2025-10-21
  • BL-600 - Qualitätsstandard - Quality Standard Tepex2025-04-01
  • Compliance Statement Sanctions and Embargos2025-11-24
  • Deforestation Statement, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR)2025-11-03
  • REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
  • REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
  • RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
  • SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2025-11-06
Processing technology
Lamination, Thermo forming, Winding
Applications
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Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Glass transition temperature (10°C/min)
60
°C

Other properties

Humidity absorption
1
%
Density
1700
kg/m³

Material specific properties

Fiber content (wt%)
60
%
Fiber volume content
39.5
vol.-%
Fiber mass content
60
m-%
Thickness per layer
0.25
mm
Areal weight - Tape
426
g/m²
Tensile Modulus (0°)
31.5
GPa
Tensile Strength (0°)
800
MPa
Elongation at Break (0°)
2.7
%

Applications

Cross Car Beam

Industry
Automotive
Material
  • •} Weight reduction of 20–30% vs. steel structures
  • •} High stiffness and strength – suitable for NVH and crash loads
  • •} Excellent functional integration (brackets, clips, ducts, etc.)
  • •} Cost-effective, scalable production using standard machinery
  • •} Sustainable: lower carbon footprint than traditional metals
  • •} High precision and dimensional reproducibility
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Front End Modules

Industry
Automotive
Material
  • •} 20–30% overall weight reduction vs. metal alternatives
  • •} Higher temperature resistance and creep performance vs. PP
  • •} Superior surface appearance compared to PA66
  • •} Thin-wall designs and complex geometries via light-flowing grades
  • •} Improved integration of structural and mounting functions
  • •} Robust and sustainable hybrid solutions (plastic/metal, hollow profiles)
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Robotic structural parts

Industry
Robotics
Material
  • •} Material solutions for injection molding can reduce structural part weight by up to 30%.
  • •} ForTii PPA and Xytron PPS offer industry-leading strength and high-temperature performance.
  • •} UDea™ thermoplastic unidirectional tapes help reinforce structural parts to achieve up to 60% weight savings.
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