Press Releases from Momentive (13 total)
Momentive Expanding Portfolio of Silicone Technologies to Support Growing LED Pa …
Momentive Performance Materials, a leading manufacturer of custom heat-cured elastomers, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and RTV adhesives, today announced an expansion of its InvisiSil* LED (light emitting diode) encapsulants and Glob Top encapsulants portfolios to support the increasing need for advanced silicone technologies in LED packaging.
To facilitate enhanced transmission of light emitted from LEDs, InvisiSil LED encapsulants deliver high levels of optical efficiencies and a high-refractive index. In addition,…
Momentive Performance Materials Announces Completion of its New Addisil* HCE fam …
Momentive Performance Materials, a leading manufacturer of custom heat-cured elastomers, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and RTV adhesives, today announced the completion of its new Addisil* elastomers family of addition- and heat-curable elastomers (HCEs). The new elastomers feature next-generation properties that offer regulatory compliance, high clarity, enhanced mechanical performance and superior productivity.
Products are now available in 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 Shore A, covering the needs of a wide…
Momentive Performance Materials Introduces Niax* Surfactants for Microcellular P …
Momentive Performance Materials today announced an innovative family of Niax* silicone surfactants that may be cost-effective for use in low-density foam formulations for important applications such as footwear and automotive.
Generally providing improved performance over the current industry standard, Niax silicones L-1501, L-1502, L-1503 and L-1504 are “cell regulators” that may be highly useful in a variety of polyurethane systems and across a wide range of microcellular foam densities. Niax…
The Latest Generation of Liquid Silicone Rubber Delivers Excellent Properties fo …
Momentive Performance Materials announced the launch of a new product- family of liquid silicone rubber (LSR) that offers lowest compression set. Its first commercialized grade Silopren® LSR 3596/30 is self-lubricating with a nominal hardness of 30 Shore A. Based on new technology development, Momentive Performance Materials succeeded to get the compression set (22hrs at 175°C) without postcuring down to 10%, while maintaining the excellent mechanical properties of this LSR grade.…
Momentive Performance Materials Introduces New Fluoro Silicone Rubber for Automo …
Momentive Performance Materials, introduced three new grades of fluorosilicone rubber, FQE205E, 206E and 207E. They are available in hardness 50, 60 and 70 Shore A, improving the compression set to 3-5% in comparison to the 20% of similar products.
The three new FQE grades are designed to meet long-term reliability for automotive components performance under a harsh environment with high heat and chemical contact. These materials are ideal candidates for…
Momentive Introduces Niax* Silicone Y-16045 for Rigid Polyurethane Foam
Momentive Performance Materials announced the introduction of Niax* silicone surfactant Y-16045, a non-hydrolyzable silicone copolymer that may be suitable for formulation into resin blends for the manufacture of rigid polyurethane foams. Niax silicone surfactant Y-16045 is an excellent candidate to consider for use in the manufacture of flexible metal-faced laminated boardstock, rigid metal-faced boardstock and bunstock blown with hydrocarbons due to its potential to substantially increase emulsion stability when the…
Momentive Electro LSR 242-1 Protecting Utility Insulators Against Harsh Climate …
Momentive Performance Materials, a leading manufacturer of custom heat-cured elastomers, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and RTV adhesives, announced today that its Electro LSR 242-1 addition-cured LSR is being used in the Northern Siberian city of Norilsk to dramatically reduce the need for maintenance of utility insulators.
Rosizol, the first Russian producer of LSR hollow core insulators, introduced the new composite insulator based on Electro LSR 242-1 to Norsilk utility authorities in…
Momentive Announces a New Product Family of Fully Fluorinated Silicone Liquid El …
Momentive Performance Materials, a leading manufacturer of custom heat-cured elastomers (HCEs), liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and RTV specialty adhesives, introduces a new product family of Fully Fluorinated Silicone Liquid elastomers (FFSLs).
The new FFSLs combine the physical and chemical properties of standard fluorosilicone HCEs (including low and high temperature resistance, constant behavior over a broad temperature range) with the unique processing and productivity advantages of an addition-cured, platinum-catalyzed LSR (high cure…
Momentive Performance Materials and Effbe/Woco Produce Heat Shield Gasket for Ar …
From November 2003 through the spring of 2004, Effbe, a member firm of Woco Group, collaborated with the Woco expert center for Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) to develop a production-ready model of a heat shield gasket for the two nozzles on the European Ariane 5 boosters made entirely of liquid silicone rubber from Momentive Performance Materials formerly known as GE Bayer Silicones.
As the European Ariane 5 booster rocket first lifted…
Momentive and Engel Austria are to present highest precision in liquid silicone …
For more than 40 years, ENGEL has been offering a complete product range of machines that are specially aligned to the processing of crosslinking elastomer materials. This range of machinery includes the ENGEL victory and ENGEL e-motion small and medium sized series with tiebarless clamping unit. The combination of these field-proven, modular conceptualized technology platforms with specific ENGEL LIM plasticizing aggregates and dosing and conveying technology for liquid silicone has…
Largest ever panoramic roof module made of silicone hardcoated polycarbonate for …
Siliconehardcoating AS 4000 from Momentive Performance Materials, formerly known as GE Bayer Silicones, provided its specialized characteristics ranging from weathering resistance, scratch resistance and chemical resistance to the specially constructed Polycarbonat-Roof module for the innovative smart fortwo.. Currently this is the largest polycarbonate roof module (1.2 square metres) fitted in a production line vehicle anywhere in the world. Because the roof element is made of silicon-hardcoated plastics the weight saving…
Silicone instead of natural rubber – first silicone engine mount proves itself …
Together with Momentive Performance Materials (formerly GE Bayer Silicones), Vibracoustic, the technology specialist for vibration technology in automobiles, has developed a unique engine mount in which silicone replaces the normally used natural rubber. The reason: continually increasing temperatures are occurring in the engine compartments of modern vehicles, at which the performance levels of natural rubber fall. In the BMW 335i, the silicone product innovation has now been impressively proving its…
Interview with Dr. Ian Moore, President & CEO Momentive Performance Materials …
Momentive highlighting its goal to provide improved customer satisfaction after one year of being a stand alone company by demonstrating how it partners to enable technology.
Momentive Performance Materials today announced that the President & CEO, Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, Dr. Ian R. Moore will brief industry leaders and the media on Momentive’s commitment to customer’s growth, innovation, and company-wide values, followed by a Q&A session.
The goal of…
