Product Description
Apec® is Covestro’s premier brand for high-performance polycarbonate specialties, designed to meet complex demands through cutting-edge technology. This highly innovative portfolio leverages rapidly emerging technologies to deliver breakthrough value and unprecedented possibilities across the world of engineering polymers.
Key Beneifits
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►Heat resistant: Withstands temperatures between -30°C and +200°C. ►Glass-like transparency: An attractive replacement for glass, that is lighter and stronger. ►Design freedom: Available in clear, transparent, opaque and specialty colored formats. ►Flame-retardant: Retardant grades comply with UL 94’s V-0 rating at 1.5 mm thickness. ►Best surface quality: High-gloss surface suitable for metallization in vacuum or wet coating.
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Characteristic features | Processing and fabrication | Main areas of application |
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▪ Color Naturally transparent, almost colorless, available in many colors, both opaque and transparent
▪ Dimensional accuracy and stability
up to 35 kV/mm; specific volume resistivity: 1015 Ohm · m | Processing the raw material Injection molding, extrusion, compression molding, extrusion blow molding
Jointing
Finishing |
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Products List
Code | Property | Viscosity | Application | Grade |
Apec® 1695 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 45 cm³/10 min; easy release; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 158 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; headlamp reflectors/ bezels | Easy flow grades | |
Apec® 1697 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 45 cm³/10 min; easy release; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 157 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C | low viscosity; | ||
Apec® 1795 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 30 cm³/10 min; easy release; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 173 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; | low viscosity; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; headlamp reflectors/bezels | |
Apec® 1797 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 30 cm³/10 min; easy release; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 172 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C | low viscosity; | ||
Apec® 1895 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 18 cm³/10 min; easy release; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 183 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; recessed light fixtures/ reflectors; raised brake lights; headlamp reflectors/ bezels | ||
Apec® 1897 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 18 cm³/10 min; easy release; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 182 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C | lamp covers; headlamp lenses | Easy flow grades | |
Apec® 2095 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 8 cm³/10 min; easy release; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 203 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C; | high viscosity; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; recessed light fixtures/reflectors; blade-type fuses; headlamp reflectors/ bezels | |
Apec® 2097 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 8 cm³/10 min;easy release; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 202 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C; | high viscosity; | lamp covers; headlamp lenses | |
Apec® 1603 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 25 cm³/10 min; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 159 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C | high viscosity; | Grades with elevated viscosity | |
Apec® 1703 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 17 cm³/10 min; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 171 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; covers for domestic/industrial lamps; car interior light covers; headlamp lenses | ||
Apec® 1803 | MVR (330 °C/2.16kg) 10 cm³/10 min; UV stabilized; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 184 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C; | high viscosity; | covers for brake lights and indicator lights; car interior light covers; domestic lamp covers; headlamp lenses; covers for ships’ lights; connector pieces for halogen systems | |
Apec® 1745 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 17 cm³/10 min; easy release; suitable for superheated steam sterilization up to 143 °C as well as for pharmaceutical applications according to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) XXII Class VI; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 170 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; | films for medical packaging; contact lens holders; medical vessels; safety valve for respiration aids; syringe tops | Medical grade* | |
Apec® FR 1892 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 18 cm³/10 min; easy release; softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 183 °C; easy-flowing; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C; | visors for firemen’s helmets | Flame retardant grades | |
Apec® DP1-9354 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 12 cm³/10 min; flame retardant; only opaque colors available; V-0/1.5 mm (UL 94); V-0/3.0 mm (UL 94); 5VA/3.0 mm (UL 94); softening temperature (VST/B 120) = 185 °C; injection molding – melt temperature 330–340 °C | high viscosity; | ||
Apec® RW1697 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 45 cm³/10 min; low viscosity; easy release; UV stabilized; high reflectance; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; extrusion; automotive lighting | Grades for diffuse reflectors
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Apec® RW1795 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 28 cm³/10 min; low viscosity; easy release; high reflectance; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; extrusion; automotive lighting | |||
Apec® RW1895 | MVR (330 °C/2.16 kg) 18 cm³/10 min; low viscosity; easy release; high reflectance; injection molding – melt temperature 320–340 °C; extrusion; automotive lighting |
Resins wholesale,Factory-Direct supply,Certified supplier
Main Product: PC,PC/ABS,PC/PET,PC/PBT
Customized Services: Modified, Color matching, Production technical support
Several Warehouse: Guang zhou, Dong guan, Shen zhen, Hong kong