Applications of LUCOBIT products: General
information
LUCOBIT agents meeting
London / UK 17/07/09
Dr. Sandro Kohn
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Table of contents
1.
Overview of LUCOBIT products
2.
Product range
3.
Table of competition grades
4.
Products and applications
5.
Characteristics of different plastics processing technologies
6.
Samples provided by LUCOBIT AG and asked from agents
7.
Structure of presentations
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LUCOBIT‘s product portfolio and applications
• Flexible polymers
• Waterproofing
• Asphalt modification
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LUCOBIT FPO materials
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Product
Material
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3
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8
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Lucofin
1400 HN
Lucofin
1400 HN
Powder
500 µm
Lucofin Lucofin
1400 MN 1400 MN
Powder
500 µm
Lucofin
1400 MN
Powder
300 µm
Lucofin
1491
Lucofin
1492
Lucofin
1493
Lucofin 1493-4
EBA
(16% BA)
EBA
(16% BA)
EBA
EBA
(17% BA) (17% BA)
EBA
(17% BA)
MAh (1%)
grafted
EBA
(17% BA)
MAh (2%)
grafted
EBA
(17% BA)
MAh (3%)
grafted
EBA
(17% BA)
MAh (3%) grafted
EBA
(17% BA)
more crosslinked
natural
-
natural
-
natural
-
natural
natural
natural
natural
Color
90
90
88
Shore A
1,4
1,4
7
MFR 190°C/
2.16 kg
10
Product
Lucofin
1470
11
natural
natural
88 -
88
7
12
7
13
EBA
(7% BA)
| AA (4%)
EBA
(14% BA) |
slip agent (0,2%) |
anti-blocking
agent (>5%)
natural
natural
Color
38
Shore
D
Shore A
7
MFR 190°C/
2.16 kg
4,5
4,5
16
17
Lucopren SE Lucopren
1522 - 30S SE
1522 - 40S
EBA
PP | EPM
(16% BA)|
slip agent
(0,2%)
PP | EPM PP | EPDM
partly
crosslinked
TPE | SEPS TPE | SEPS
natural
natural
natural
1500H-90
Material
4,5
14
15
Lucopren Lucopren
EP
EP
1500M-90 1505 - 55
Lucofin Lucopren
1400 SL EP
Lucofin 1440 H
4,5
natural
93
90
90
1,4
1,4
0,6
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natural
40
30
20
30
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Lucofin 1400HN/MN and powder
versions (500 µm and 300 µm)
•Chemical Basis: Ethylene + Butyl Acrylate Comonomer (EBA)
Specification :
MFR(190/2.16)
Comonomer
content (%)
Lucofin 1400HN
[g/10 min]
1,4
16
Lucofin 1400MN
7.0
17
ShA
MP
Vicat-T
E-modulus
[°C]
[°C]
[Mpa]
90
96
70
62
88
95
60
45
•Used in polyolefinc and other plastics formulations to provide -among other others- flexibility, excellent low
temperature behaviour and high filler loading
•Powder versions with particle size 300 µm (Lucofin 1400 MN) and 500 µm (Lucofin 1400 HN/MN) available for
rotomoulding and special compounding
•Main competitive materials:
•Other EAE Ethylene Acrylate Esters (EBA, EEA, EMA)
•Ethylene Vinyl acetate (EVA)
•Plastomers based on m-VLDPE
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Lucofin 1470
Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4
•Based on Ethylene Butyl Acrylate Comonomer, but more polar
•Lucofin 1470: terpolymer with 7 % BA and 4 % AA
•Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4: MAH grafted with increasing MAh content (1 %, 2 %, 3 %) and increasing
level of crosslinking (1493-4 more crosslinked than others)
•Used
•in polyolefinc and other plastics formulations to provide high filler loading
•In multilayer structures/ to act as a tie layer between dissimilar materials
•Main competitive materials:
•Lucofin:
•PRIMACOR® 2912 from Dow (EAA)
•Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4:
•Lotader and Orevac grades from Arkema
•Exxelor grades from Exxonmobil
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Lucofin 1400 SL
Lucofin 1440 H
•Based on Lucofin 1400 HN containing
•Lucofin 1400 SL:
•0,2 % slip agent
•Lucofin 1440 H:
•0,2 % slip agent
•anti-blocking agent (>5%)
•Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation (masterbatch) in foils, injection and blow moulded
parts
•Lucofin 1400 SL: to increase slip
•Lucofin 1440 H: to increase slip and to avoid blocking
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Lucopren EP 1500H-90
Lucopren EP 1500M-90
•Based on Lucofin PP/EPM
•Available as
•Low flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500H-90
•High flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500M-90
•Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation (masterbatch) to provide flexibility and softness in foils,
sheets and moulded parts
•Main competitive materials:
•Borsoft SD233CF (Borealis)
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Lucopren EP 1505-55
•Based on Lucofin PP/EPDM partly crosslinked
•Superior thermal stability and chemical resistance (acids, salts and especially oils, fats) due to crosslinked nature of the
material
•Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation to provide flexibility and softness in injection moulded
and extruded parts
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Lucopren SE 1522 - 30S Lucopren SE 1522
- 40S
•Based on TPE/SEPS
•Very soft materials (Shore A: 30 and shore A 40) with high melt indexes (20 g / 10 min and 30 g / 10 min)
•Used as a pure material in injection moulded parts to provide excellent softness
•Main competitive materials:
•Kraiburg grades based on SEPS
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Build-up of product range
Process 1
1. Extrusion
Process 2
1.1. Wire&cables
1.2. Compounding
1.3. blown & cast films
1.4. Extrusion coating
1.5. Foams
1.6. sheet
1.7. pipe/profiles
Application 1
2. Moulding
2.1. Blow moulding
2.2. Injection moulding
power cables
2.3 Rotomoulding
3. Calandering
3.1. calandering
4. Other technologies 4.1 hot melt
4.2. ahesives
telecom cables
4.3 rubber modifictaion
4.4. Bitumen
5. Waterproofing
5.1.1 Waterproofing of foundation, bitumen
5.1.2 Roofing
5.1.3 Swimming pool
5.1.4 Landfill
5.1.5 Tunnel
6. Asphalt
6.1.1 Asphalt modification
6.1.2 Asphalt additives
Application 2
code
1.1.1.
1.1.2.
1.1.3.
1.1.4.
1.1.5.
1.1.6.
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Application 2
LV/MV power cable insulation
semiconductives
HFFR
bedding compounds
Jacketing
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Lucofin
1400 HN
Lucofin
1400 MN
X
X
X
X
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Extended product range
yellow cross indicates
commercial business
Empty space indicates no
opportunity seen yet
White cross indicates no
activities started yet
Green cross indicates project
ongoing
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Product range overview
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Product range FPO section wire
and cable
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Table competition grade, selected area
Dots of same color indicate
grade correspondence
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Products and applications first table,
example 1.3.9
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Examples for recipes, huge variety for
each application
Typical Recipe Wire and Cable
Typical Recipe Injection Moulding
2.2.4. gasket
LDPE
50
Lucofin 1400 MN
30
m-PE (plastomer)
20
1.1.1. LV/MV pow er cable insulation
LLDPE
Lucofin 1400 HN
MB Carbon Black (60%)
Stabilization MB
40
40
18
2
Typical Recipe Blown & Castfilms
1.3.1. monolayer
LLDPE
Lucofin HN
MB CaCO3
30
60
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Typical Recipe Extrusion Coating
1.4.4. paper board coating
Lucofin 1491
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Products and applications second table ,
example 1.3.9
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Technical similarity of Lucofin 1400 HN/MN and
grafted versions vs. competition grades
Grade
Comonomer Content Co [%]
Lucofin 1400 HN EBA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Lotryl 7 BA 01
Elvaloy 3117 AC
Elvaloy 3427 AC
Elvaloy 3107 AC
B 24 D 230
CA 1421 B
CA 1421 BG
CA 3230 B
CA 3431 B
PA 303
PA 805
Lotryl 9 MA 02
Lotryl 15 MA 03
Lotryl 18 MA 02
Greenflex MH 40
Greenflex ML 20
Greenflex ML 21
Greenflex ML 30
Greenflex ML 31
Greenflex ML 40
Greenflex ML 50
Engage 7387 EL
Engage 8003 EL
Exact 3024
Exact 4049
Exact 8201
Lucalen A 2340 D
Lucalen A 2540 D
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EBA
EMA
EMA
EMA
EVA
EVA
EVA
EVA
EVA
EVA
EVA
Butene
EOC
Butene
Butene
Octene
EBA
EBA
MVR
16
1,4
6-8
17
27
7
8
8
8
3
8
3
8
8,5-10,5
13,5-16
17-20
17
7
6
9
9
14
19
4
6-7
1-1,5
1,5
4
1,1
0,35
0,6
0,6
0,4
0,6
0,3
0,5
1,8-2,6
2,3-3,3
2-3
1,8
2,5
2,5
2,5
2,5
2,5
2,5
> 0,5
1
4,5
4,5
1,1
0,25
0,15
Ranking
Grade
Comonomer Content Co [%] MVR Ranking
Lucofin 1400 MN EBA
II
I
II
II
III
III
III
III
III
IV
III
II
I
I
I
II
II
II
II
I
I
II
II
III
III
II
IV
III
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Lotryl 17 BA 04 EBA
Lotryl 17 BA 07 EBA
Elvaloy 3427 AC EBA
Elvaloy 3717 AC EBA
B 28 N 230
EBA
Evatane 20-20
EVA
Lotryl 20 MA 08 EMA
Greenflex MP 50 EVA
Greenflex MQ 40 EVA
Exact 3024
Butene
Exact 4049
Butene
Lucalen A 2920 M EBA
Grade 1491,
Lucofin
Lucofin 1492,
Lotader 3210
Lotader 4210
Lotader 3410
Orevac PE 18302
Orevac EVA 18211
Orevac PP CA 100
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I
II
III
IV
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7
17
16-19
27
17
15
19-21
19-22
12
19
4-7
7
6,5-8
4
7
8
17-23
7-9
9
12
4,5
4,5
7
I
I
II
I
I
III
II
II
II
III
III
III
Basic Content Co [%] Grafted Grafted [%] MVR
EBA
-
Mah
1-3
4,5
nBA
nBA
nBA
PE
EVA
PP
6
6
17,7
-
MAh
MAh
MAh
MAh
MAh
MAh
3,1
3,8
3,1
-
5
9
5
1
3,5
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Ranking
II
II
I
III
II
IV
Degree of estimated replacebility
replacable 100 % - 75 %
replacable 75 % - 50 %
replacable 50 % - 25 %
replacable 25 % - 0 %
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Products and applications third table ,
example 1.3.9
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Table of important properties in plastics
technology
Property number
Material / property
1
Puncture
2
Toughness
LDPE
LLDPE
m-LLDPE
HDPE
Plastomer
EVA
EBA
grafted MAh
EMA
EAA
Ionomers
PP
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
1
3
Property number
Material / property
LDPE
LLDPE
m-LLDPE
HDPE
Plastomer
EVA
EBA
grafted MAh
EMA
EAA
Ionomers
PP
14
High filler
acceptance
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
15
Softness/
Flexibility
3
4
4
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
5
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Tear Optics Organo Vapour Hot sealing Stiffness
leptics barrier tack
3
1
1
2
2
2
4
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
1
3
3
2
3
2
4
1
1
4
4
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
2
4
4
1
1
5
2
2
3
4
1
1
4
2
3
3
4
2
2
4
3
3
3
4
2
1
4
2
3
4
4
1
1
5
1
1
2
4
1
2
4
4
3
2
2
5
5
1
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Maximum service
temperature
3
3
3
2
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
17
Low temperature
behaviour
3
4
4
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
4
18
aging
properties
3
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
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Processability
1
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
19
20
High frequency
Hot air
weldability
weldability
5
2
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
5
5
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stress crack
resistance
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
21
Production
output
1
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
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adhesion
properties
4
4
5
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
13
Paintability/
Printability
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
1
4
4
22
23
24
25
Low
food
small
cross
noise contact cell size linkability
2
1
2
2
4
1
3
2
4
1
3
2
5
1
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
1
3
5
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Important properties for specific applications
1.3.8.
Material / property
Plastomer
EVA
EBA
grafted MAh
EMA
1.1.3.
Plastomer
EVA
EBA
grafted MAh
EMA
packaging films
Toughness Tear Organo Vapour
leptics barrier
3
2
2
3
2
2
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
4
HFFR
Puncture
Toughness
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
Hot
tack
2
1
1
2
2
sealing Processability Paintability/ food
Printability contact
2
3
4
2
1
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
2
Vapour Processability High filler
barrier
acceptance
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
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Maximum
service
temperature
4
4
3
4
4
High
Production
cross
frequency
output
linkability
weldability
5
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
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Processing characteristics in regard to size
and complexity
Blow moulding
High
Injection moulding
Part complexity
Small part numbers
Low
Roto
moulding
Extrusion
Small
Part size
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Typical melt flow ranges for common
processes
3.1. calandering
2.3 Rotomoulding
2.2. Injection moulding thick parts
2.2. Injection moulding thin parts
2.1. Blow moulding
1.7. pipe/profiles
1.6 thick sheets
1.6 thin sheets
1.5. Foams
1.4. Extrusion coating
1.3 cast film
1.3 blown film
1.1 and 1.2 moderately filled (W&C) compounds
1.1 and 1.2 highly filled (W&C) compounds
0,1
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Lucofin
1400 HN
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Lucofin 1400
MN
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Samples provided by LUCOBIT AG
•Granules
•LUCOBIT materials in collected in a tower of little jars
•Injection moulded samples with different thicknesses
•Collection of LUCOBIT materials
•Collection of some competition grades
•Foils prepared
•Collection of LD-PE and LLD-PE foils flexibilized by adding various amounts of Lucofin HN and Lucofin MN
•Lucofin 1400 HN, Lucofin 1400 MN and Lucofin 1440H
•Foams prepared at university of Aachen
•Moulded foams with low density (ca. 50 kg/m³) based on Lucofin 1400 HN
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Samples asked from agents
Process 2
1.1. Wire&cables
1.2. Compounding
1.3. blown & cast films
Application 1
power cables
telecom cables
impact modification
masterbatches
waterproofing
wire & cable
compatibilizer
industrial & packaging
medical/hygienic packaging
packaging
1.4. Extrusion coating
industrial & packaging
1.5. foams
automotive/ appliances
construction
1.6. sheet
1.7. pipe/profiles
leisure
automotive
flooring
general application
medical/hygienic
pipes
Application 2
code
1.1.1.
1.1.2.
1.1.3.
1.1.4.
1.1.5.
1.1.6.
1.2.1.
1.2.2.
1.2.3.
1.2.4.
1.2.5.
1.3.1.
1.3.2.
1.3.3.
1.3.4.
1.3.5.
1.3.6.
1.3.7.
1.3.9.
1.3.10.
1.4.1.
1.4.2.
1.4.3.
1.4.4.
1.5.1.
1.5.2.
1.5.3.
1.5.5.
1.6.1.
1.6.2.
1.6.3.
1.7.1.
1.7.2.
1.7.3.
1.7.4.
Application 2
LV/MV power cable insulation
semiconductives
HFFR
bedding compounds
Jacketing
cellular
impact modifier
carrier for colour masterbatches
roofing compounds
W&C compounds
highly filled + HFFR compounds
monolayer
multilayer & modifier
heavy duty films
HF-weldable films
Agricultural films
gloves
urine pouches
peel/seal film
deep freeze films
peelable coating on
ALU-foil
PET (films/nonvowens)
Paper board coating
sound protection (also AU)
insulation tubes (TPO +EPDM based)
construction foams
flexible foams ( e.g. sport mats)
Car mats
textile flooring backings
sealing membranes
garden hoses
medical tubing
tubes (medical)
corrguated hoses
Process 2
2.1. Blow moulding
Application 1
furniture
impact modification
industrial & packaging
packaging
2.2. Injection moulding
general application
2.3 Rotomoulding
3.1. calandering
impact modification
industrial & packaging
packaging
general application
technical parts
conveyor belts
flooring
tarpaulins
4.1 hot melt
4.2. ahesives
4.3 rubber modifictaion
general application
general application
automotive
general application
rubber replacement
4.4. modifier for non polyolefins
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Application 2
code
2.1.1.
2.1.2.
2.1.3.
2.1.4.
2.1.5.
2.2.1.
2.2.2.
2.2.3.
2.2.4.
2.2.5.
2.3.1.
2.3.2.
3.1.1.
3.1.2.
3.1.3.
3.1.4.
3.1.5.
3.1.6.
3.1.7.
3.1.8.
4.1.1.
4.2.1.
4.3.1.
4.3.2.
4.3.3.
4.4.1.
4.4.2.
4.4.3.
4.4.4.
Application 2
blow moulded furniture
modifier
BFT
collapsible water boxes
outer layer of bottels
soft IM parts
toys
impact modifier (eg for crates, boxes..)
gaskets
caps & closures , lids
toys-balls-dolls
fenders
heavy duty
food
tobacco
replacem. Linoleum/PVC flooring
technical textile coating
Truck coverings
tents & colour roofing
boats-leisure
hot melts
adhesives
tires etc
moulded products
automotive parts
PA
PVC
paper board coating
PET
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Structure of presentations
1.
Market overview for segment in Europe
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Based on AMI data
2.
Short description of technology
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Providing overview about specific technical field
3.
Selected case studies for 1-2 applications with detailed information
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Real life examples should provide you with ideas how to approach your market, even though in some cases
not all information is available because not disclosed by customer
4.
Existing, project and not yet existing applications for each subfield
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Guideline how to find opportunities in your market, more detalied information available with Dick
5.
Summary of most promising opportunities
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Conjoint analysis of technical and marking information
17.07.2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn
confidential
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