What is Iupiace™
Iupiace™ (modified PPE resin) is an amorphous engineering plastic, which is developed by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc., with its unique technologies and whose main components are the polyphenylene ether (PPE) and polystyrene (PS). It has a good balance of electric property, flame resistance, heat resistance, dimensional stability, moldability, and other properties. Additionally, its specific gravity is the lowest among engineering plastics. It is UL-approved and is used for the mechanism parts of home appliances and in electric/electronic office automation equipment, such as the chassis of office automation equipment. It is also used for a wide range of applications, such as automotive exterior parts and water related parts, including pumps by taking advantage of its hot water resistance.
Special Features :
- Stiffness, impact resistance, fatigue resistance, and other properties are stable over a wide range of temperature.
- Because of excellent insulation property and low electric permittivity/dielectric tangent, it is optimal for electric applications that require insulation.
- It has a low water absorption rate while the change in physical properties at saturated water absorption is small.
- It has a high deflection temperature under load and excellent thermal stability while the decrease in physical properties due to heat treatment is small.
- Because of self-extinguish property and excellent flame resistance, it is optimal for electric applications.
- Weight saving is possible due to a low specific gravity.
- It is suitable for precision molding since its mold shrinkage factor is small and it is insusceptible to molding conditions.
- It covers a wide range of heatproof temperature.
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