SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.
New Fiber Reinforced LCP Compounds for Injection Molding
- Technical Classification:
- Products:
- [ Products / Processed Products ]
- Keyword:
- [ Carbon fibers ] [ glass fibers ] [ injection molding ] [ LCP ] [ liquid crystal polymers ] [ pellets ]
Point of the Proposed Technology
We have succeeded in developing two types of pellets for melt molding with mechanical properties comparable to that of metal materials; one with high stiffness, and the other with high impact strength by significantly improving the conventional short fiber-reinforced LCP compounding technology and injection molding technology in order to maximize the performance of liquid crystal polymers (LCP) and reinforcement fibers. The two types of pellets are expected to not only meet light-weight needs of automobile components, etc. but also contribute to creation of new added values.
Effect(s)
・ Realization of thin walls and light weight in members
・ Reduction of processing time and processing costs
・ Realization of reduction of the number of components and complicated shapes
・ Reduction of processing time and processing costs
・ Realization of reduction of the number of components and complicated shapes
Conventional Technology
[Conventional long fiber compounds]
・No significant improvement of mechanical properties is observed by the introduction of long fibers in terms of strength, elastic modulus, and impact strength.
・ It is difficult to achieve physical properties equivalent to those of press, formed products (BMC, SMC, etc.) and metal materials.
・No significant improvement of mechanical properties is observed by the introduction of long fibers in terms of strength, elastic modulus, and impact strength.
・ It is difficult to achieve physical properties equivalent to those of press, formed products (BMC, SMC, etc.) and metal materials.
New Technology
Technology Deployment and Cooperation
| Development Stage |
Prototyping / experimental Stage
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| Example of Application | Automobile components, sports goods, industrial use components
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| Technical Problems | Technological challenges: material costs, quality stabilization, establishment of the mass productiontechnology
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| Collaborator needed to Improve | Specific partners for development of usage (related to automobiles, sports goods, industrial equipment, etc.)
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Inquiries
| Personnel / Department | Energy ＆Functional Materials Research Laboratory / Takayuki Sugiyama | ||||
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| Address | 6 Kitahara, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 300-3294 Japan | ||||
| Contact |
TEL: +81-29-864-4177 FAX: +81-29-864-4747 |
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Outline of Company and Organization
| Location | Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building (East), 27-1 Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 Japan | ||||
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| Capital / No. of Employees | 89,699,000,000 yen・6,096 employees (non-consolidated) | ||||
| Product Line | Petrochemical sector, energy/functional materials sector, information, electronics, and chemicals sectors, health/agriculture-related business sectors, pharmaceutical sector, and others | ||||
| Major Customers | Many | ||||
| Overseas Base(s) | Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Oceania | ||||
| Certification | ISO 9001, ISO 14001 | ||||
| Company/Organization WEB page | https://www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp/ | ||||
Update date: 2020/2/18