Our expanding family of siloxane additives greatly enhance the surface properties of polyoxymethylene (POM) compounds used in automotive, consumer, medical and electronics applications. Available in pellets, MULTIBASE™ MB40-006 and MULTIBASE™ HMB-1103 can significantly improve a compound’s coefficient of friction (CoF), allowing it to achieve greater performance at significantly lower levels of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or silicone-oil, while maintaining excellent mechanical properties. Additionally, they improve abrasion and mar resistance and offer superior processability vs. competitive materials through torque reduction. These ultra-high molecular weight polymers also overcome the handling and surface adhesion difficulties typical of similar plastic additives.
Key Features
• Better CoF performance over PTFE additives
• Significantly lower dosage needed
• Improves abrasion and mar resistance
• Contributes to torque reduction
• Suitable for in-kind and out-of-kind sliding partners
• Available in pellet form
Benefits
•Contributes to visual and aesthetic improvements
• Provides great design freedom due to the improved ability to imprint injected parts
• Mechanical properties of POM compounds not impacted • Improves processability
• Lowers costs and time to market
Target Applications
• Manufacturing: bearings, gears and conveyor belts
• Automotive: window lifting systems and steering column sensors
• Medical: small form factors such as insulin pens and dry powder inhalers
• Electronics: housings and roller shutter systems
• Consumer: kitchen and household appliances and sports equipment
