| Aerospace plastic thermoforming. | | | | applications. In addition, new grades engineered to |
| ABS plastic fabrications can be both injection | | | | better meet the needs of existing ABS applications |
| mouldings and plastic extrusions. High definition | | | | frequently replace other ABS grades. ABS alloy |
| components plastic thermoforming is often in ABS, an | | | | technology is increasingly being used to develop |
| excellent choice for for use in alloys and blends. | | | | applications that were previously thought to be |
| Their unabbreviated name is | | | | inaccessible, like various gears and impellers. |
| Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrenes. Medium-impact | | | | Vacuum formed plastics that are competitive |
| grades are used in videocassettes, televisions, and | | | | materials. |
| audiovisual equipment. Computer housings, modems, | | | | There are resins that compete with ABS and can be |
| office systems equipment, and microfloppy disks are | | | | grouped by performance. For the high-impact grades |
| made with medium and high-impact grades, | | | | of ABS, PC and filled polypropylene (PP) are |
| flame-retardant grades, and ABS-PVC and ABS-PC | | | | candidate competitors. Modified polyphenylene oxide |
| alloys. | | | | (PPO) competes in the high-heat and high-impact |
| In recreational vehicles, high-impact grades meet | | | | areas. Aerospace acrylics compete with standard |
| engineering requirements for dimensional stability, | | | | ABS grades because of their excellent appearance, |
| creep resistance, modulus, and strength, for | | | | and it competes with clear ABS because of its |
| applications such as countertops, sinks, and tub | | | | excellent clarity and good color. High-impact |
| surrounds. Flame-retardant grades and ABS PVC | | | | polystyrene (HIPS) has excellent processibility and |
| alloys are used in roof-mounted air conditioning unit | | | | competes with the lower impact end of the ABS |
| shrouds when warranted by electrical requirements. | | | | spectrum, although it is very deficient in chemical |
| These qualities do make ABS suitable in aircraft. | | | | resistance and appearance. In fact, none of these |
| Technical thermoforming produces aircraft seat | | | | resins offers the overall balance of properties found |
| components and cabin interior components to | | | | in the ABS family for vacuum formed plastics and |
| FAR-JAR-OSU specifications. | | | | high definition components. |
| Important factors in these applications are abuse | | | | Family Characteristics |
| resistance, retention of properties at low | | | | Compared to many other engineering thermoplastics, |
| temperatures, and chemical resistance. There is also a | | | | ABS offers superior processibility and appearance as |
| use of extrusion grades in thermoformed sheet | | | | well as low cost, along with a good balance of |
| applications such as hot tubs and spas and basins. | | | | engineering properties, including low creep, good |
| New ABS aerospace grades are continually being | | | | dimensional stability, and high strength and rigidity. |
| developed to meet the needs of emerging | | | | |