This resin selection challenge came from an engineer in Research & Development at a medical manufacturing company that was looking for a USP Class VI rated, polypropylene random copolymer, with a melt mass flow rate between 8 to 9 g/10min. Her current supplier wasn’t available to help, and she didn’t know where else to turn to find the approved materials she needed.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin selection challenge came from a customer at a large OEM. He was looking for an alternative to a Thermocomp grade (RF00AH) but needed an HB or V-0 flame rating with a mold shrink of .3 to .5%. He also wanted a quick way to view this information, along with drying temperature and RoHS compliance.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin selection challenge came from a processing engineer at a privately held injection molding company. He was hitting a wall trying to find an injection moldable TPU with a Durometer Shore A hardness between 90 and 95, available in North America. After opening numerous datasheets, he knew there had to be a better way to find the available grades. He contacted us and we were able to find an answer for him within minutes.
Prospector's Property Search is able to do a number of things, and is especially helpful for a search like this where the criteria is well-defined. The most important value in this search was the hardness, so we started in the hardness folder first, selected Shore A, then added the range of 90-95. Next, we moved into the General Properties folder and selected Generic Symbol, then chose TPU-Polyester, as specified by the customer. You could select multiple criteria here if needed.
We were left with about 130 results, which we chose to view. The filter at the top of the page allowed us to narrow by availability, material status, and processing method. We then had around 50 results, but only a handful of manufacturers, which made life a bit easier. We exported the results to Excel and the engineer was able to move on to his next big project.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin challenge came from a polymer scientist working for a company primarily focused on pipeline systems. He was looking for an alternative to a Samsung Starex material, available in Asia Pacific, used in pipe extrusion. This material needed to have as similar of properties as possible to the Starex SP-0180 grade, and had to be commercially active.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Alternative Resin Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
We received a call from a development engineer at a large OEM who was looking for an alternative to a discontinued LDPE, grade 2053. In this real-life example, you can see how we used Prospector to locate other possible grades quickly and easily.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin selection challenge came from an Engineer in the Netherlands who is looking for a FDA rated, transparent PET that is suitable for Gamma Radiation.
Generic Symbol: PET
Appearance: Clear/Transparent (not all manufacturers list this appearance, so we can always come back and edit this if necessary)
Agency Rating: all FDA ratings and ISO 10993
View 16 results
Narrow by: Gamma
One result from Eastman, a medical grade PET
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin selection challenge comes from a product manager who works for a global distributor of commodity resins. He's looking at some very specific criteria; an HDPE, with a Melt Index of 10-11 g/10 min, Density of around .96 g/cm³, used in Blow Molding Applications.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This selection challenge comes from a Sourcing Engineer at a leading connector manufacturing company. He's searching for a material resistant to ozone, jet fuel, alcohol, and acetone. It needs a particular shore a hardness, and needs to withstand a range of -65 to 150°C.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
This resin selection challenge comes from a customer who had been searching for over 3 months for a 30% glass-filled Nylon 6 material with a UL94 V-0 flame rating. He mentioned that someone recommend he contact us for help.
This demonstration utilizes Prospector's Property Search. For more information, call 800-788-4668 (North America) or 0033 (0) 471 759 577 (Europe).
