Akulon® Ultraflow K-FG3/C
15% Glass Reinforced, High Flow
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
- Good or high flow
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
- Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration DMF (2009/251/EC: Dimethylfumarate)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration ELV (2000/53/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-15
- Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration PFAS2024-03-05
- Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2023-10-27
- Absence Declaration Phthalates (2005/84/EC: DEHP, DBP, BBP,DINP,DIDP, DNOP)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration opBDE (2003/11/EC: Octa- / Pentabromodiphenylether)2023-11-16
- Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2024-03-21
- Packaging, Packaging Waste and CONEG declaration (94/62/EC)2021-12-06
- REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
- REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
- REACH STATEMENT TURKYE2023-11-16
- RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
- SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2024-03-27
- Turkish customs legislation info letter (EK-8 form)2023-11-16
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Downsizing & Miniaturization
Downsizing & Miniaturization
Automotive OEM
VW
VW
OEM Specification
VW50180
VW50180
Rheological properties
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.31
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.93
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
5700
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break
115
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break
3.4
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural modulus
4500
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength
160
MPa
ISO 178
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
25
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
20
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
6.3
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
5
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Thermal properties
Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
ISO 11357-1/-3
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
195
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
215
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.3
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.8
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Electrical properties
Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
4.7
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
55
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
180
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
IEC 62631-3-1
Surface resistivity
Ohm
IEC 62631-3-2
Comparative tracking index
V
IEC 60112
Other properties
Water absorption
7.6
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity absorption
2.3
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1230
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Rheological calculation properties
Density of melt
1060
kg/m³
-
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.19
W/(m K)
-
Spec. heat capacity melt
2510
J/(kg K)
-
Eff. thermal diffusivity
7.23E-8
m²/s
-
