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SABIC Innovative Plastics’ High-Performance Materials Help Domestic Boiler Manufacturers Warm Up Homes, Not the Planet
Conceptual Boiler Showing Possibilities for Metal Replacement in Components such as Manifolds, Condenser Housings and Enclosure Components
“Although wall-hung domestic boilers have been widely used in Europe for years, accelerating efforts to reduce global warming and cut fuel costs are driving more global use of high-efficiency condensing models,” said Gunes Celik, SABIC Innovative Plastics’ new business development manager in Europe. “SABIC Innovative Plastics is deeply involved in developing new materials for our customers to enhance the performance, longevity and fuel efficiency of heating boilers. Through our research and testing, we offer customers the latest material solutions for designing next-generation products that can efficiently heat homes without overheating the planet.”
New Resins Outperform Traditional Metals in Boiler Design and Operation
SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed the new resins to provide many advantages over existing metals. For high-efficiency condensing boilers, which are growing annually by 10 percent in Europe, Noryl PPX resin offers a better choice than stainless steel for condenser housings. As wall-hung boilers become more efficient, the temperature requirement for the housings drops, while chemical resistance becomes more important (due to condensation of exhaust fumes). With greater exposure to chemicals, metal corrodes. Noryl PPX resin provides exceptional chemical resistance for longer part life, as well as the ability to withstand the required heat from the condenser.
Other candidates for metal replacement are boiler manifolds, which have historically been made of copper tubing and brass parts. Using metal is labor-intensive, complex and expensive. Further, brass contains lead, which is being increasingly discouraged by authorities and is already restricted in California, U.S.A. By upgrading to Noryl glass-filled resin or Ultem resin – SABIC Innovative Plastics materials for highly demanding designs – manufacturers may be able to consolidate parts, create new products more easily, reduce weight, and save on fabrication and assembly costs.
A third application area is the boiler control panel cover and enclosure components, typically made of painted sheet metal. SABIC Innovative Plastics’ flame-retardant Cycoloy resins offer excellent aesthetics and surface finishes combined with high-flow properties to mold thin-wall parts. With Cycoloy resins, manufacturers can achieve attractive covers and comply with flame retardancy requirements without the secondary operations required for metal, as well as reducing the overall weight of the boiler.
Compliance with New Regulations
National health institutes worldwide specify requirements of polymers in potable water. For instance in Germany, Kunststoffe im Trinkwasser (KTW) and the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) recently upgraded regulations that influence plastics selection in hot water, such as for microbiological growth (W270). Both Noryl and Ultem resin grades from SABIC innovative Plastics possess an extensive listing for tests like these.
For additional information on SABIC Innovative Plastics’ resins for fluid handling applications, please go to www.sabic-ip.com.
About SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 25 countries and over 9,500 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world’s top five petrochemicals manufacturers.
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