Things to know

Glossary

Here you will find the most important terms relating to our products and services.
Acrylic polymers (PMMA)
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
Blends (plastic blends)
Chemical resistance
Compounds (plastic compounds)
Contract grinding
Copolymer polyamide (PA-Copo)
Copolymers
Elastomers
Electrical insulation
Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE)
Ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE)
Extrusion process
Fluoroethylene propylene (FEP)
Fluoropolymers
Glass fiber reinforced plastics (GRP)
Granulates (plastic granulates)
High-performance plastics
Hydrolysis resistance
Injection molding process
Insulating plastic compounds
Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)
MBS (methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene)
Monomers
PA/ABS (polyamide/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene)
PBT/ASA (polybutylene terephthalate/acrylic styrene acrylate)
PBT/PC (polybutylene terephthalate/polycarbonate)
PBT/PET (polybutylene terephthalate/polyethylene terephthalate)
PC/ABS (polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene)
PC/ASA (polycarbonate/acrylic-styrene-acrylate)
PC/SAN (Polycarbonat/Styrol-Acrylnitril)
Plastic recycling
Polyamide (PA)
Polyamide 11 (PA11)
Polyamide 12 (PA12)
Polyamide 4.6 (PA4/6)
Polyamide 6 (PA6)
Polyamide 6.3T (PA 6/3/T)
Polyamide 6.6T (PA 6/6/T)
Polyamide 66 (PA66)
Polyamideimide (PAI)
Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
Polycarbonat-HT (High-Temperature Polycarbonate)
Polycarbonate (PC)
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
Polyetherimide (PEI)
Polyethersulfone (PES)
Polyethylene (PE)
Polyethylene copolymer (PE-Copo)
Polyethylene HD (PE-HD)
Polyethylene LD (PE-LD)
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Polymerization
Polymethylmethacrylat (PMMA)
Polyoxymethylene (POM)
Polyphenylene oxide (PPO)
Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
Polyphthalamide (PPA)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polypropylene copolymer (PP-Copo)
Polypropylene homopolymer (PP homo)
Polysulfone (PSU)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
POM copolymer (POM-copo)
POM-homopolymer (POM-homo)
PPE (Polyphenylene Ether)
PPE/PS (polyphenylene ether/polystyrene)
Styrene polymers (PS)
Styrene-Acrylonitrile (SAN)
TPE-A (thermoplastic polyetheramide elastomers)
TPE-E (thermoplastic polyester elastomers)
TPE-S (styrene block copolymers)
TPE-V (vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers)