Properties, Uses, and Processing of ABS Plastic!

 

ABS Engineering Plastic

Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) is a thermoplastic synthetic polymer resin with excellent balanced properties that can be tailored to specific needs. Its main physical characteristics are: hard and strong. Certain grades of ABS resin can exhibit flexibility similar to synthetic rubber (or rubber). Polybutadiene provides good compressive strength, the non-crystalline styrene thermoplastic makes ABS easier to process (easier to flow in molds), while acrylonitrile increases the strength, hardness, and corrosion resistance of ABS.

 

Effectively controlling these three components allows designers to tailor the elasticity to the needs of the final product. This is likely why ABS is widely used in household products and white goods. Although it is not as tough as other engineering polymers, it is cost-effective.

 

Material Characteristics:

 

Maintains good compressive strength at low temperatures, high hardness and mechanical strength, good wear resistance, low specific gravity, relatively high heat index up to 80°C, maintains good dimensional stability at high temperatures, fire-resistant, easy to process, good gloss, easy to color, and relatively low cost compared to other thermoplastics. Low cost, multiple production methods, good chemical resistance, high surface hardness and scratch resistance, good structural stability and high compressive strength, excellent structural strength and hardness.

 

Typical Uses: Consumer electronics, toys, environmentally friendly products, automotive dashboards, door panels, outdoor fences.

 

Main Processes: Steel mold injection molding, injection molding, TPO injection molding