New Products: DuPont Delrin 100CPE NC010 resin

GENEVA—DuPont Co. has launched Delrin 100CPE NC010, offering a new resin for the automotive sector and non-automotive gear applications.

The firm said Delrin 100 was the resin of choice for major OEMs and Tier 1s in high performance gears and particularly in automotive actuators for 60 years. Now, with the launch of this new grade, DuPont can provide its customers with superior environmental performance.

In collaboration with a major industry partner, DuPont said it developed and is implementing the new grade in large scale commercial production. Delrin 100CPE NC010 is the result of what it described as a "fruitful and longstanding collaboration," out of which was created a new, low-emission resin that outperforms high viscosity polyacetal resins.

The thermal properties and high-temperature tensile creep performance of Delrin 100CPE NC010 are comparable with the state of the art product. DuPont added that when it comes to low-emission and molding productivity performance, Delrin 100CPE NC010 exceeds all expectations.

One of the key benefits of Delrin 100CPE NC010 is its level of formaldehyde emissions, which is below 2 ppm according to the VDA 275 testing method. DuPont said this allows compliance with current and future toughest emissions industry norms.

The firm added that Delrin 100CPE NC010 is the only high-performance resin with formaldehyde emissions below 2 ppm and strong molding productivity performance, enabling continuous molding for several thousand shots. Using Delrin 100CPE NC010 leaves a very clean surface with a step change improvement in mold deposit performance versus incumbent solutions resulting in a cost reduction for manufacturers.

The smell of formaldehyde during molding is also significantly reduced with the use of Delrin 100CPE NC010. According to DuPont, its excellent molding performance combined with low emissions renders Delrin 100CPE NC010 an attractive product for high load and high productivity gears in appliances, furniture and consumer segment.

For additional information about DuPont Performance Materials, visit plastics.dupont.com.

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