Following its successful debut at K-2007, DuPont will bring its MetaFuse™ nanometal/polymer hybrid technology to PDM 2008, 15-17 April 2008 in Telford, UK. MetaFuse™ will form the centrepiece of a DuPont exhibit which will represent its range of material solutions for metal and rubber replacement for enhanced performance and production efficiencies. DuPont can be found at stand J20 in Hall 2 of the Telford International Centre.

MetaFuse™ employs a proprietary deposition process that precisely applies ultra high-strength nanometal to components made of DuPont engineering polymers to create lightweight components with the stiffness of magnesium or aluminium and higher strength. “MetaFuse™ nanometal/polymer hybrids excite product and component designers because they truly allow freedom to design with fewer limits,” explains Myriam Vansteenkiste, northern Europe sales manager at DuPont Engineering Polymers. “Whereas metal offers strength and high stiffness, it is limited in its ability to enable integration and cost-effectively design. Conversely, thermoplastic offers tremendous freedom to create shapes and to integrate functions, but it has suffered from some limitation in combining strength and stiffness. With this technology, designers can have the best of both worlds.” Additional new technologies for metal replacement include DuPont’s SuperStructural Monolithic Solutions, consisting of an array of glass-, carbon- and long-fibre reinforced thermoplastics for very high stiffness and strength combined with excellent creep and fatigue resistance.

Beyond the display of future technologies for metal replacement at PDM 2008, the DuPont exhibit will reflect the wide use of its engineering thermoplastics as alternatives to metals in existing applications, ranging from consumer goods to heavy industry. In most cases their adoption has been based on the many advantages that they provide, including low mass and excellent strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance, design flexibility, low processing costs and minimal added manufacturing steps.

TheDuPont Engineering Polymers business manufactures and sells Crastin® PBT and Rynite® PET thermoplastic polyester resins, Delrin® acetal resins, Hytrel® thermoplastic polyester elastomers, DuPont™ ETPV engineering thermoplastic vulcanizates, Minlon® mineral-reinforced nylon resins, Thermx® PCT polycyclohexylene dimethylterephthalates, Tynex® nylon filaments, Vespel® parts and shapes, Zenite® liquid crystal polymers and Zytel® nylon resins and Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamides. These products serve global markets in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, consumer, electrical, electronic, healthcare, industrial, sporting goods and many other diversified industries.

DuPontis a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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February 2008

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Making its debut at PDM 2008: in a demonstration of MetaFuse™ nanometal/polymer hybrid technology, a test bar, using Zytel® HTN PPA and MetaFuse™ technology, is able to carry 5 kg of weight. Also in the picture is a ping pong ball, also treated with Metafuse™, supporting 80 kg of weight.

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