Key Features
• Fluoropolymer additives are becoming more widely used with key applications including
use as a polymer processing aid (increasing speed and reducing faults) and as an additive
to lubricants, inks and coatings. This book is the only practical guide available to the
selection and use of fluoropolymer additives, and will help readers to optimize existing
fluoropolymer applications and implement new ones.
• Fluoropolymers are known as an area where detailed information is hard to come by. In
this book two former DuPont employees provide a wide range of industry sectors with the
essential practical information and data they need to realize the full benefits of
fluoropolymer additives.
• Written for practicing engineers, Ebnesajjad and Morgan take a highly practical approach
to the subject, based on real-world experience and case studies.
Description
In recent years, the applications of fluoropolymer additives have expanded significantly, with
even the meaning of ‘fluoropolymer additives’ expanding from relatively the narrow definition of
PTFE powder fillers to a wide variety of fluoropolymer elastomers, used as a processing aid for
plastics processing such as extrusion, injection molding, and film blowing. The benefits of
fluoropolymer additives used in plastics are the elimination of sharkskin defects, increases in
process speed and output (up to 20%), the reduction of die build up, the reduction of gels and
optical defects, etc.
In addition, fluropolymer additives are being increasingly used in inks, lubricants, and coatings.
For example, in the coating industry fluoropolymer additives can increase the life cycle of
exterior coatings due to their excellent weatherability and subsequently increase the time
between recoats.
Engineers and scientits involved in polymer processing need practical information about these
additives, their applications, and proper and safe handling. Until now much of this information
has been difficult to obtain because of commercial secrecy.
Existing books on polymer additives only include the briefest of coverage of fluoropolymer
additives. In this first book on an additive group of growing importance, the authors review the
commercial additives available on the market. The applications chapters provide readers with a
step by step description of techniques to select and incorporate these additives in various
products.
UNIQUE FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
• Fluoropolymer additives are becoming more widely used with key applications including
use as a polymer processing aid (increasing speed and reducing faults) and as an additive
to lubricants, inks and coatings. This book is the only practical guide available to the
selection and use of fluoropolymer additives, and will help readers to optimize existing
fluoropolymer applications and implement new ones.
• Fluoropolymers are known as an area where detailed information is hard to come by. In
this book two former DuPont employees provide a wide range of industry sectors with the
essential practical information and data they need to realize the full benefits of
fluoropolymer additives.
• Written for practicing engineers, Ebnesajjad and Morgan take a highly practical approach
to the subject, based on real-world experience and case studies.
Readership
Primary: Plastics Engineers and Product Design Engineers across a wide range of industrial
sectors: automotive, aerospace, electronic, pharmaceutical, consumer, furniture,
printing/publishing, lubricants, oil&gas, medical devices; Plastics Compounders.
Secondary: University researchers and graduate students, purchasing managers, fluoropolymer
manufacturers, fluoropolymer additive manufacturers.