ABS General ABS High Gloss ABS Heat Resistant ABS Extrusion ABS Metal Plating ABS Painting ABS Antistatic ABS Antimicrobial ABS Flame Retardant ABS Transparent ABS ABS/GF PS GPPS/HIPS Flame Retardant HIPS SAN SAN SAN/GF EPS EP PC/ABS PBT MPPE PPS ASA Due to its diverse manufacturing methods and material characteristics, ABS resin is widely used in various electrical and electronic components, automotive parts, toys, cameras and pipes. It features high impact and flexural strength, excellent mechanical properties, chemical resistance, mold ability, dimensional stability and paint ability. ABS resin performs in a variety of ways based on the polymerization process type chosen and the controlled interaction between base material and various additives. Ever since the first use of ABS resin on manufacturing pipes, the material has been developed to provide better melt flow characteristics and greater flexural strength. We now produce various ABS resin that satisfies requirements regarding thermal stability, flame retardant and antistatic characteristics. starex PS resin is divided into GPPS (General Purpose Polystyrene)and HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene). starex GPPS is a thermoplastic resin with high molecular weight of 200,000- 300,000. Such high molecular weights enhance the impact strength and its transparency is comparable to PMMA. Furthermore, its excellent processability and mechanical properties make it widely used. Transparency, residual monomer content, and molecular weight are important factors to determine material properties and should be considered when selecting a grade. HIPS is made by dissolving the rubber in a styrene monomer and then polymerizing the styrene in the usual way. Material properties of HIPS strongly depend on the content and particle size of rubber, bonding strength between rubber and matrix, and homogeneity. Generally, the rubber content of impact polystyrene is around 3% and the size of rubber particles is 1-5%. HIPS retains higher rubber content from 5 to 15% to increase impact strength, thus making it useful for products requiring such properties. In addition, due to high heat resistance and fluidity, products can be made by various processing methods such as injection molding, extrusion, vacuum forming and blow molding. starex SAN, a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile, offers superior mechanical properties, chemical resistance and heat resistance in comparison to general purpose polystyrene resin. SAN resin shows comparable levels of impact, heat and chemical resistance with PMMA. Surface gloss, dimensional stability, mechanical strength and electrical properties of SAN are superior to GPPS, and it can be more easily processed than acrylic resins. In general, due to the nature of the molecular structure(AN group in SAN), SAN resin tends to be yellowish and loses the transparency after injection molding. starex SAN, however, emphasizes its high quality by minimizing such disadvantages while keeping other desirable properties of the SAN resin. Cheil Industries Inc. produce a EPS(expandable polystyrene) which is composited of polystyrene and blowing agents. starex EPS is lightweight with good thermal insulation, high strength and processability. These advantages allow its wide use in thermal insulating materials, packaging materials, food containers and other special purpose materials, through the process of pre-expansion, maturity and molding. The types of starex EPS can be classified into flame retardant, general, low pentane and other categories. PC/ABS, featuring the favorable characteristics of starex ABS such as moldability, better impact strength at low temperatures, and metal plating, is a remarkable engineering plastic with the essential properties needed for engineering plastics. PC/ABS incorporates excellent mechanical and electrical properties, heat resistance, and dimensional stability of polycarbonate, with high qualities of ABS such as workability, and secondary processability. Moreover, the heat stability, weather resistance, and flame retardant characters promote its usefulness as a material in automobiles, electric and electronic goods. Flame retardant plastics are essential for fire safety. PC/ABS is a remarkable flame retardant product, but mostly it is also weather resistant and stable to heat. PC/ABS is also environmentally friendly for it eliminated the toxic problems caused during the combustion of halogen flame retardants. Home | Site Map | Support | Contact Us | Legal Notice | Private Policy © 2012 SAMSUNG CHEMICAL (USA), INC.