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It is predicted that the demand for modified plastics will increase to 65 million tons in 2019

Add Date: 2018/1/10    View: 3392

Modified plastic, refers to the use of filling, enhancement, blending and other methods of general-purpose plastics and engineering plastics for processing, in order to improve its mechanical properties, toughness, flame retardancy and other aspects of plastic products. After the modified plastic will have some strength properties of steel, but also has a light weight, rich colors, easy molding and a series of advantages.

Therefore, the trend of "substituting plastics for steel" has emerged in many industries. At present, it is almost impossible to find a large-scale alternative to plastic materials. In plastic processing equipment, modification technology continues to develop and mature today, China's modified plastic industrial system has also been gradually improved. The development of China's modified plastic industry presents three significant features.

Modified plastic manufacturers like cooking masters, the same raw materials made of different dishes to meet the individual needs of different clients. The application of relatively narrow raw materials by technology to modify it to have a variety of features, and used in different areas, which is modified plastic.

Universal plastic engineering. Modified plastics with excellent performance, in many areas have an irreplaceable status, but one has to face, the current modified plastic not only in the market price is much higher than the price of plastic, but also in terms of production Much lower than the production of common plastics. This is still under the premise of the modified plastic to expand production facilities and reduce costs. In other words, with the development of modification equipment and the improvement of modification technology, the general plastic such as polypropylene (PP), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (abs) , Heat resistance and other performance indicators, with some of the characteristics of engineering plastics, but the price has a significant advantage, it can seize some of the traditional application of engineering plastics market.

High performance engineering plastics. With the development of our country's industry, especially in the automobile, electrical and electronics industry and machinery industry, people begin to improve the material performance requirements. Therefore, the existing engineering plastic varieties such as polycarbonate (PC), nylon (PA), polyester PBT and PET), polyphenylene oxide (PPO), can no longer meet market requirements. Which led to developers to develop higher performance engineering plastics, such as energy-saving lamps used as the base of the plastic requirements of high temperature, yellowing, used as a chip tray plastic requirements flexure, anti-static, used as electronic connectors plastic requirements High flame retardant, high heat resistance, high flow, used as a mechanical gear plastic requirements of wear-resistant, high rigidity, high dimensional stability.

Special engineering plastics low cost. Special engineering plastics, refers to the long-term use of engineering plastics at temperatures above 150 ℃, such as PPS, PIM, PEEK, PSF, And other special engineering plastics. Special engineering plastics generally have good electrical properties such as high temperature resistance and dimensional stability, and some also have good flame retardancy, radiation resistance, chemical resistance and mechanical properties, therefore, it is widely used in high-tech , Military and aerospace, aviation and other industries. But one thing is that the market price of special engineering plastic is often several times the price of ordinary engineering plastics, military products still acceptable, for civilian products, you need to maintain both its high performance, but also have a relatively low price .

Modified plastics industry is a typical technology advancement and consumer upgrades benefit the industry. Its downstream products are also more concentrated in the home appliances, automobiles, electric tools and toys and other industries. With its cost advantages in terms of labor force and other factors of production, China has become a major manufacturing power in these fields and has promoted the development of the domestic modified plastics industry. The upgrading of consumption has brought the automobile and construction industries in China into a period of rapid growth. With the continuous improvement of material performance requirements, China is becoming the largest potential market for global modified plastics and the main driving force for growth. Professional modified plastic producers, through technological advances, are meeting the growing demand and have vast space for development.

"What is the performance of household electrical appliance business products, we customized for him what kind of product." This is the common goal of many modified plastics companies. The beginning of modified plastic is to meet different customer needs.

Modified plastic refers to the general plastic and engineering plastics, based on the filling, blending, enhanced processing and other methods to improve the flame retardant, strength, impact resistance, toughness and other properties of plastic products. Modified plastic parts not only to achieve the strength of some steel properties, but also has a light weight, rich colors, easy to shape and a series of advantages. At present, the basic plastics used for modification are mainly general purpose plastics and some engineering plastics such as PP (polyethylene), PA and the like.

Modified PP is the current demand for home appliances industry, the largest modified plastic. It is understood that the application of mineral filling modified PP in appliances mainly include: Washing machine and drum washing machine drum, pulsator and take the mouth and other components, microwave seals, speaker bell, speaker bracket, refrigerator shelves, Rice cooker shell and base and so on. Shanghai Jinfa Technology Development Co., Ltd. Wang Yang, director of business introduction, home appliances need to use the material of a fixed size, high transparency plastic, the general use of filling grade PP. Air conditioning panels generally use glass fiber reinforced PP or filler grade PP. In addition, the refrigerator seal is very Important energy-saving components, any basic plastics are difficult to meet the requirements. At present, manufacturers usually pvc modified to achieve energy-saving effect.

With the demand for plastic properties of home appliances is getting higher and higher, modified engineering plastics has gradually become the focus of many plastic companies competing for research and development. Zhuhai Gree Refrigeration Engineering Research Center, said the company purchased modified plastic parts by the performance requirements of air conditioning decisions. BASF Polyurethane (China) Co., Ltd. Greater China, the characteristics of materials, consumer goods industry, senior director of business management, said Huang Jingshan: "We anticorrosive products, changing the conductivity coefficient, toughening and other processing, the introduction of new technologies to meet the needs of the appliance manufacturing industry.

A technician who has been working in the field of television for many years said that the TV frame is now commonly used PC / ABS alloy containing 15% glass fiber, making the TV more stable and thinner. The module plastic frame used for fixing the LCD TV panel is made of reinforced PC with 15% glass fiber. The back cover of the TV is made of flame-retardant PS. The base of the TV adopts high-gloss ABS or PC / ABS alloy.

In addition, PMMA is used on high-end refrigerator panels, but this material is very brittle and is generally not used alone and needs to be processed and molded with other plastics.

Market statistics show that in 2012, the global demand for modified plastics 125 million tons. It is estimated that the figure will increase to 170 million tons by 2019. Demand for the world's modified plastics will reach a CAGR of 4.7% from 2013 to 2019. It is predicted that the market demand for modified plastics in the Asia-Pacific region will further expand in the next few years, and the demand for modified plastics will increase to 65 million by 2019 Ton.

Over the years, high-end modified plastic market has been occupied by foreign-funded enterprises. However, with the continuous improvement of the production level of modified plastics in China, many products can replace the materials of foreign-funded enterprises for the complete machine enterprises