Akulon® Ultraflow K-FKG8

40% Glass Reinforced, High Flow, Heat Stabilized

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
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OEM Specification
ISO 16396-PA 6,GF40,MH,S12-120,

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)
210
°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

Other properties

Water absorption
5.3
%
Humidity absorption
1.6
%
Density
1450
kg/m³