Celanese Fortron

Manufacturers and trade names Dinippon Ink, Chevron Phillips Ryton , Celanese Fortron , Toray Torelina . 

Figure 10.91 Stress vs. strain at several temperatures for Celanese Fortron 1140L4—40% glass fiber-filled, medium melt viscosity PPS resin.

Figure 10.96 Flexural modulus vs. temperature for Celanese Fortron glass fiber-filled PPS resins [10].

Figure 10.114 Dissipation factor vs. frequency at several temperatures for Celanese Fortron 616064—60% glass fiber/mineral-filled PPS resin [10].

Figure 12.22 Flexural stress amplitude versus cycles to failure at 23°C and 10 Hz of several fiber-reinforced Celanese Fortron PPS plastics [19],...

Figure 12.25 Tensile fatigue S-N curve at various temperatures of Celanese Fortron 1140A1 40% glass fiber-filled, medium-flow PPS resin [18],...

Table 12.19 Friction and Wear for Celanese Fortron PPS on Steel [15]...

The second PPS process practiced commercially was developed by Kureha Chemical Industry Company. Kureha has built a commercial PPS plant in Nishiki, Fukushima (46), and has formed a joint venture, Fortron Industries, with Hoechst Celanese (47). Fortron Industries has completed a commercial PPS plant at Hoechst Celanese s plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. Fortron Industries represents the only other PPS producer in North America. Figure 3 shows a flow diagram for the Kureha PPS process. 

PPS resins must compete with PEI and phenoHcs. There are two domestic manufacturers of poly(phenylene sulfide) Phillips and Fortron Industries. Worldwide there is currently large overcapacity (Table 15). Four Japanese companies, ie, Toso Susteel, a joint venture of Toso/Hodogaya Chemical Toray Toprene, a joint venture of Toto Kasei/Toren Petrochemical and Kureha Chemical have a combined capacity of 82,500 t. U.S. agents sell their materials in the U.S. markets General Electric sells for Toso Susteel Soltex Polymer, part of Solvay, Belgium, sells for Toprene Hoechst-Celanese sells for Kureha. Prices for PPS resins and compounds range from 8.80/kg for unreinforced resin to 3.30/kg for 65% filled resins. 

Fortron . [Hoechst Celanese/Engineer-ing Plastics Hoechst UK] I S resins, some glass and/or mineral reinforced high tenq>. polymer for connectors, switches, coil b bons, ct automotive parts, gears, industrial parts. 

Fortron Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS). Catalogue from Hoechst Celanese. 

Celanese Corp., Ticona Engineering Polymers, Fortron MT polyphenylene sulfide, www.Ticona.com, 2006. 

Fortron Poly(phenylene sulfide), linear PPS, glass and mineral reinforced or not Kureha Chem./ Hoechst Celanese... 

PPS) Fortron Hoechst Celanese chemical resistance consumer... 

These include faster cycle times, higher elongation and impact strength, more consistent melt viscosity, higher weld line strength, and lighter color. Linear PPS is available under the Fortron trade name (Celanese). 

Fortron Hoechst Celanese Filler 40% Glass fiber... 

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