Akulon® Fuel Lock FLE40-HP

Low fuel permeation PA6 suitable for use in blow molding

General Information

Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Blow Molding
Design challenge
Barrier Properties & Permeation

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
35
cm³/10min
Temperature
275
°C
Load
21.6
kg

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
1880
MPa
Yield stress
48
MPa
Yield strain
4
%
Nominal strain at break
>50
%
Flexural modulus
1800
MPa
Flexural strength
71
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
100
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
25
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Vicat softening temperature (50°C/h 50N)
130
°C

Other properties

Water absorption
7.3
%
Humidity absorption
2.7
%
Density
1060
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Hydrogen pressure vessel

Industry
Automotive
  • •} 70% lighter than conventional steel tanks
  • •} Cost-effective solution due to excellent processability
  • •} High impact resistance and high elongation down to -60°C (-76°F)
  • •} Guaranteed to last for the lifetime of the product
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