OWENS CORNING GLASS FIBER SOLUTIONS FOR FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

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OWENS CORNING GLASS FIBER SOLUTIONS FOR FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

Lee Pfaffle Global Product Director, Thermoplastics JEC Composites Show & Conference, Paris 2014

Globally available products produced in multiple facilities providing unrivaled supply redundancy

Local technical support combined with global account coordination provides you with superior response times and vital market knowledge

Broadest range of reinforcement products allowing for more specialized matrix/reinforcement combinations

Inventor of glass fiber reinforcements with a long history of introducing innovative, robust products that meet the most stringent performance and quality requirements throughout the value chain

WHY CHOOSE OWENS CORNING?

OWENS CORNING SUPPORTING THERMOPLASTICS CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE

A Leading producer of fiberglass in the world

Innovator in glass fiber since 1938

200+ researchers in 6 R&D centers

Hundreds of patents 30 plants in 15 countries Worldwide manufacturing

chopped strands & Type30™ roving

Thimmapur, In Taloia, In

Ibaraki, Ja

Kimchon, Kor Doudian, CN

Yuhang, CN Gous, RU

L’Ardoise, Fr Chambéry, Fr

Rio Claro, B

Mexico City, MX

Amarillo, TX

Starr, Sc, US Tlaxcala, MX

FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS ARE KEY FOR THE COMPOSITES INDUSTRY

This group contains PBT/PET, POM, PP (LFT), PP (short fiber), PA and PC

Est. 1,300Kt - relatively good growth predicted driven by automotive growth and continued material substitution

Reinforced with glass fiber to enhance performance / durability in their applications

Where producers seek to enhance performance and lower the average cost of the engineered plastic.

Thermoplastic Resins

Data source: PCI Nylon analysis, OC internal data

OWENS CORNING SIZING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PA, PBT, PP FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

Customer Benefits Short Fibers Long Fibers

PA PBT/PET

PP LFTP PP CFRT PP (TAPES)

LFTP PA

Wet -Out/Line Speed Up

Processing/Feeding/ High glass loading

Mechanicals DAM

Mechanicals after hot water/glycol aging

Light colour

Mechanicals with stearates

Mechanicals for impact modified grades

983 995

983

FOODCONTACT™ 295

HYDROSTRAND™ 256

HYDROSTRAND™ 256

HYDROSTRAND™ 256

HYDROSTRAND™ 256

HYDROSTRAND™ 256

PERFORMAX SE4502

PERFORMAX SE4502

SE4540

SE4540

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849

SE4121

SE4805

SE4805

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849

PERFORMAX SE4849 SE4805

272 952

248A - 249A

248A - 249A

248A - 249A

147A 968A

147A 968A

147A 968A

272 952

272 183F

LAUNCH IN 2014 OTHER GRADES

*HYDROSTRAND® is registered trademark of Owens Corning.

995

995

995

FC™ 295

OWENS CORNING SIZING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PA, PBT, PP FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

Poor adhesion between fiber/resin Good adhesion between fiber/resin

No Resin Resin bonded

Traditional sizing gave a poor glass / polymer inter-phase

OWENS CORNING SIZING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PA, PBT, PP FILLED PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

Our developments are geared at delivering exceptional bonding and performance

PP Matrix

Coupling agent from PP Matrix

Silane from sizing

Coupling agent from sizing

Glass Fiber

REDEFINING PERFORMANCE WITH HYDROSTRAND™ 256 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PA RESINS

Glass reinforced PA: largest performance thermoplastics market

Av. + 4% expected 2012-2022 market growth*

Automotive and industrial: main driver applications

Polyamide 6 and 66: drivers for lightweight high-performing plastics

Enabling substitution of metal in exposed to glycol & other liquid applications

*Data source: PCI Nylon analysis, Yellow Book 2012

REDEFINING PERFORMANCE WITH HYDROSTRAND™ 256 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PA RESINS

Excellent dry as molded properties in a wide range of polyamides formulations

Outstanding performances in glycol resistance PA 6,6 formulations.

Opens new applications and improves part quality

HYDROSTRAND™ 256 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PA REDEFINED PRODUCT BENEFITS

Reduces inventory carrying costs

Reduces manufacturing changeovers

Improves impact by 18% in impact modified grades

Improves fatigue resistance

Reduces inventory carrying costs

Improves impact properties in glycol applications

Easy to use in natural color applications

Not sensitive to CaSt Lubricants

Strong processing – no hassle feeding

Strong thermal stability – less discoloration at higher temps

COMBINING PERFORMANCE AND PROCESSING EXCELLENCE WITH 272 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PBT

Glass reinforced PBT: major material with an exceptional balance of processing performance / performance [stiffness] / low moisture uptake

1MM > 1.5MM Tons: estimated 2017-2020 market growth*

Asia, electronics: main driver applications

Enabling light weighting, growth in car electronic features and growth in hybrid vehicles

*Data source: PCI Nylon analysis, Yellow Book 2012

COMBINING PERFORMANCE AND PROCESSING EXCELLENCE WITH 272 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PBT

Excellent dry as molded properties in a wide range of PBT & PET formulations

Outstanding feeding and handling

Easy to use in natural color applications

Pict. Copyright EDHAR / shutterstock.com

272 CHOPPED STRANDS FOR PBT REDEFINED PRODUCTS BENEFITS

Excellent mechanical properties and color Processes well in harsh glass

handling systems such as pneumatic transport Feeds smoothly at the extruder

throat despite high temperature out-gassing

Global availability and support Chambéry, FR Kimchon, KR Rio Claro, B Starr, SC, US Yuhang, CN

LFT TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS MATERIAL PROPERTY PROFILE

Around +33% overall tonnage increase over 2010 - 2015

Of which 40-45% is anticipated in East Asia, & especially China

Enabling metal replacement, light-weighting applications

PP: resin of choice in many automotive applications due to its temperature resistance of up to 120oC, low cost, and recyclability

Impact Tensile

Stiffness

Fiber length

Fibe

r Vol

ume

LONG GLASS FIBERS VS. SHORT GLASS FIBERS PROPERTY COMPARISONS: PP-LFT* VS. PP-SFT**

Tensile Strength - Fiber Content

0

100

200

0 10 20 30 40 50 60Fiber Content [w t%]

Tens

ile St

rength

[MPa

]

FTP(GlassFiber)GMB-L5, φ16μmGMB-L10, φ16μm多項式 (GMB L10 φ16μm)

Flexural Strength - Fiber Content

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100

200

300

0 10 20 30 40 50 60Fiber Content [w t%]

Flexu

ral St

rength

[MPa

]

Flexural Modulus - Fiber Content

0

10,000

20,000

0 10 20 30 40 50 60Fiber Content [w t%]

Flexu

ral M

odulu

s [MPa

]

Izod (notched) - Fiber Content

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

0 10 20 30 40 50 60Fiber Content [w t%]

Izod (

notch

ed) [k

J/m²]

SFT (Glass Fiber) LFT–L5, Φ16 μm LFT–L10, Φ16 μm

*LFT=Long Fiber Thermoplastics,**SFT=Short Fiber Thermoplastics - Owens Corning internal LFT tests, Ibaraki, 2009 and SFT tests, Kanagawa, 2004

LONG GLASS FIBERS VS SHORT GLASS FIBERS PROPERTY COMPARISONS: PA66-LFT VS. PA66-SFT

SFT (Glass Fiber) LFT–L12, Φ16 μm

*LFT=Long Fiber Thermoplastics,**SFT=Short Fiber Thermoplastics - Owens Corning internal LFT tests, Ibaraki, 2009 and SFT test s, Kanagawa, 2004

LONG GLASS FIBER MAPPING SPECIFIC TENSILE STRENGTH / CHARPY (NOTCHED)

1.0E+00

1.0E+01

1.0E+02

1.E+00 1.E+01 1.E+02 1.E+03

Specific

Tensil

e Stren

gth [×

10⁴N・

m/kg]

Charpy (notched) [kJ/m²]

Specific Tensile Strength - Charpy (notched)

PP-FTP

PP-LFT

PS PP

PPS

PPS-FTP

SAN

PPS-LFT

POM PA6 PA66

PA66-FTP PAMXD6-FTP

PA66-LFT PA66-LFT: S-glass

PAMXD6-LFT

PA6-LFT

cf. Steel (S45C) PC-LFT

PC

PC-FTP

ABS

Owens Corning estimate and mapping, Ibaraki, 2012

LONG GLASS FIBER MAPPING HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE / CHARPY (NOTCHED)

50

100

150

200

250

300

1.E+00 1.E+01 1.E+02 1.E+03

HDT [℃

]

Charpy (notched) [kJ/m²]

HDT - Charpy (notched)

PP-LFT

PP

PPS-FTP PPS-LFT

POM

PA66-FTP

PAMXD6-FTP

PA66-LFT PA66-LFT: S-glass

PAMXD6-LFT

PA6-LFT

PC-LFT

PC PC-FTP

ABS

PA6

PA66

PS

PPS

SAN

PP-FTP

Owens Corning estimate and mapping, Ibaraki, 2012

REDEFINING LFTP PERFORMANCE WITH PERFORMAX® SE4849 ROVING for LFTP PP & CFRT PP compounding

Provides superior glass processing and wet out

Enables up to a 20% increase in compounding line speed

Opens new applications through higher glass loading

Pict. Copyright Leonello Calvetti / shutterstock.com

Inner door module application example

REDEFINING LFTP PERFORMANCE WITH PERFORMAX® SE4502 ROVING FOR LFTP PA COMPOUNDING

Provides improved glass adhesion to PA delivering

15% improvement in Tensile and Flex performance

30% improvement in Impact properties

Pict. Copyright Leonello Calvetti / shutterstock.com

Rear lift gate application example

SUMMARY

HYDROSTRAND™ 256 offers outstanding performance in glycol resistance for stringent automotive under hood applications in PA 6/66 272 offers excellent dry as molded properties in a wide range of PBT / PET formulations PERFORMAX® SE4849 proprietary formulation makes it possible to deliver higher glass loadings thereby improving modulus characteristics by up to 20% PERFORMAX® SE4502 provides superior DaM property characteristics versus standard glass systems in PA applications

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