Akulon® Ultraflow K-FG6
30% 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
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Downsizing & Miniaturization
Downsizing & Miniaturization
Automotive OEM
MERCEDES
MERCEDES
OEM Specification
DBL 5410.00 (2010-08)
DBL 5410.00 (2010-08)
Rheological properties
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.18
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.86
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
9350
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break
160
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break
3
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural modulus
9000
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength
264
MPa
ISO 178
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
85
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
65
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
12
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
10
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)
200
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.7
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
UL recognition
Yes
-
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
3
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
UL recognition
Yes
-
-
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
65
°C
UL746B
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
UL746B
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
65
°C
UL746B
RTI electrical (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
UL746B
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
65
°C
UL746B
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
UL746B
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
65
°C
UL746B
RTI with impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
UL746B
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
65
°C
UL746B
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
UL746B
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
65
°C
UL746B
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
UL746B
Electrical properties
Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.3
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
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
6
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity absorption
1.8
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1350
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Rheological calculation properties
Density of melt
1120
kg/m³
-
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.27
W/(m K)
-
Spec. heat capacity melt
2250
J/(kg K)
-
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.08E-7
m²/s
-
Diagrams
Applications
Chainsaw housings
Industry
Consumer goods
- •} Glass-reinforced
- •} Cost-effective solution
- •} Easy to process for injection molding and blow molding
Chair Arms
Industry
Consumer goods
Material
- •} Ultraflow yields faster molding than standard PA6
- •} Enables thinner wall designs
- •} Cost-effective solution
Chair Bases
Industry
Consumer goods
Material
- •} Ultraflow yields faster molding than standard PA6
- •} Enables thinner wall designs
- •} Cost-effective solution
Chair Frames
Industry
Consumer goods
Material
Akulon® PA6 is a reliable solution for chair frames compared to metals as no corrosion protection coating is needed with PA6. Akulon UltraFlow PA6 yields a better surface appearance than PA66 (even at 50% to 60% GF). Arnitel® TPC is approved for seat suspension, Stanyl® PA46 is approved for bearings and sliding parts, and EcoPaXX® PA410 is a 70 % bio-based alternative.}
Power Tool Housings
Industry
Consumer goods
Akulon® PA6 is a reliable solution for power tool housings due to its lighter weight compared to metals, possible part and function integration, easier assembly and longer tool lives. It has better welding strength and surface appearance than PA66. Akulon UltraFlow PA6 has outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions.}
