PPA-LCF60 Material Overview

PPA-LCF60 is an advanced high-performance engineering plastic reinforced with 60% carbon fiber, designed for extreme industrial applications that require exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and chemical resistance. The 60% carbon fiber content provides superior stiffness, strength, and dimensional stability compared to lower carbon fiber grades, making PPA LCF60 ideal for the most demanding applications exposed to extreme mechanical loads, elevated temperatures, and aggressive chemical environments.

Mechanical Properties

PPA-LCF60 offers outstanding mechanical performance, with enhanced strength, stiffness, and dimensional stability, making it perfect for heavy duty industrial applications. The 60% carbon fiber reinforcement significantly boosts the material’s mechanical properties, providing high reliability under extreme conditions.

Tensile Strength: ≥ 500 MPa (Further enhanced by 60% carbon fiber reinforcement)

Flexural Strength: ≥ 800 MPa

Impact Strength: ≥ 5.0 kJ/m² (Optimized for higher reinforcement levels)

The high carbon fiber content of PPA LCF60 ensures exceptional mechanical performance, making it suitable for components that require the highest strength, stiffness, and load bearing capacity.

Thermal and Chemical Resistance

PPA LCF60 is engineered to withstand the most extreme operating conditions. With 60% carbon fiber reinforcement, this material offers superior heat resistance and chemical stability, enabling it to perform reliably in high temperature environments and in the presence of aggressive chemicals.

Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT): Approx. 330°C

Long-Term Service Temperature: Up to 290°C

Chemical Resistance: Excellent resistance to oils, fuels, solvents, and a wide range of industrial chemicals

The 60% carbon fiber content further enhances the material’s dimensional stability, heat resistance, and chemical resilience, making PPA LCF60 ideal for high performance applications in harsh environments.

Wear Resistance and Processing Characteristics

PPA LCF60 offers exceptional wear resistance, especially for components subjected to high friction, continuous motion, or long term stress. The increased carbon fiber reinforcement improves wear resistance while maintaining excellent processability, even at higher temperatures than non reinforced grades.

Wear Resistance: Excellent under high friction and continuous motion

Processing Methods: Suitable for injection molding and extrusion, with processing temperatures higher than non reinforced grades but still manageable within typical thermoplastic processing ranges

PPA-LCF60 is highly durable and adaptable for applications where wear resistance and durability are critical, while still being easy to process in standard thermoplastic processing methods.

Environmental Adaptability

PPA-LCF60 provides excellent environmental stability, offering minimal water absorption and superior dimensional stability. This makes it highly reliable in high humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and chemically aggressive environments.

Applications

PPA-LCF60 is designed for the most demanding applications that require superior mechanical strength, high thermal stability, and exceptional chemical resistance. Common applications include:

Automotive Industry: Structural parts, housings, and components exposed to extreme mechanical loads, high temperatures, and chemical environments

Industrial Manufacturing: Gears, bearings, bushings, and structural components subjected to high mechanical loads and exposure to aggressive chemicals

Aerospace: Critical components that require the highest strength, heat resistance, and dimensional stability

Electronics: Housings, enclosures, and connectors exposed to high temperatures and moderate mechanical stresses

Consumer Goods: High-durability parts for tools, appliances, and equipment exposed to significant wear and chemical exposure

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