Akulon® Ultraflow K-FHG8

40% Glass Reinforced, Heat Stabilized, 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
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Downsizing & Miniaturization
Automotive OEM
GM
OEM Specification
GMW3029P-PA6-GF40H

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.2
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.9
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
12500
MPa
Stress at break
195
MPa
Strain at break
3
%
Flexural modulus
11300
MPa
Flexural strength
275
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
95
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
75
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
17
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
12
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
200
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.15
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.6
E-4/°C

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.3
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
E-4
Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Comparative tracking index
500
V

Other properties

Water absorption
5.4
%
Humidity absorption
1.7
%
Density
1450
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1240
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.28
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2060
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.09E-7
m²/s

Diagrams

Applications

Front End Modules

Industry
Automotive
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Pedals and Pedal Boxes

Industry
Automotive
  • •} Reliable
  • •} Heat resistant
  • •} Great surface appearance
  • •} Lightweight
  • •} Cost effective
  • •} High flowability enables thin wall designs
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