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Cycolac* ABS resin
Product guide
Americas
Performance, commitment and innovation.
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1. Introduction 4
2. Performance products 6
2.1 Specialty grades for aesthetics 7
2.2 Specialty grades for healthcare 8
2.3 Electroplating and other specialty grades 10
2.4 High-heat specialty grades 11
2.5 Flame-retardant specialty grades 12
3. General Cycolac* ABS grades 13
3.1 Extrusion grades 14
3.2 Injection molding grades 14
4. Product tree 15
Contents
At SABIC Innovative Plastics, the future is now
Cycolac* ABS resins have an impressive
history of providing versatile, value-added
solutions in application markets from
appliances to healthcare.
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The future of the Cycolac* portfolio
shines even brighter.
Cycolac ABS resin
1. Introduction
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The SABIC Innovative Plastics team recognizes
that the measure of quality engineering is
how efficiently a design achieves its intended
performance goals. Through this recognition and our
commitment to customers, a new commercial focus
and innovative technologies are helping to drive
the latest generation of our Cycolac* resins. New
products from plating grades to color aesthetics
can provide unique performance to support
customer success.
Instrumental to this evolution is SABIC Innovative
Plastics’s active role in helping customers find the
best Cycolac grade for their application. In addition
to our superb field technical support and product
development tools, we offer a unique selection of
custom color capabilities, including express, small-
lot service, color matching and a broad array of
visual effects.
SABIC Innovative Plastics reinvents the potential of
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) with its line
of Cycolac performance products, featuring more
innovation, more color and more service.
Cycolac resins
The Cycolac family comprises one part of a much
broader selection of engineering resins available
from SABIC Innovative Plastics. But this versatile
family of thermoplastics includes over 100 grades
that all provide impressive mechanical, thermal and
processing performance.
The Cycolac product family also encompasses a
range of aesthetic options, from clear, opaque and
highly colorable resins to a variety of special effects.
All grades are characterized by a rich, glossy surface
finish, with admirable depth of color and good
scratch resistance.
Cycolac ABS resin is a terpolymer formed by
blending an amorphous thermoplastic copolymer
of acrylonitrile and styrene with an elastomeric
component, such as polybutadiene or a butadiene
polymer. By altering the ratio of these three
monomers, Cycolac resins can offer an expansive
assortment of performance properties tailored to
meet a wide range of end-use requirements.
Typical property profiles of Cycolac ABS resin include
• High gloss finish
• Good low temperature ductility
• Excellent thermal properties
• Very good processing performance
• Good chemical resistance
• Low shrinkage, low warping
• High dimensional stability
• Good electrical properties
• Good paintability and platability
1. Introduction
Table 1 Cycolac ABS performance products
Specials
Extrusion
General purpose
injection molding
Aesthetics
Healthcare
Electroplating
High heat
Flame retardant
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Alliage* effect
This versatile alloy effect offers
three dimensionality in a wide
color range. Playing with
the orientation of the flakes
creates either a very rich,
glossy, brushed aluminum look
or a random burst, cracked or
torn look.
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
SABIC Innovative Plastics offers a selection
of general purpose ABS grades suitable for a
variety of demanding applications. But our
Cycolac product portfolio is distinguished
from competitive brands by a range of
high-performance specialty grades.
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By modifying the ABS monomers or by incorporating
specific additives and fillers, SABIC Innovative
Plastics' Cycolac* ABS resin family offers several
enhanced or expanded performance product lines
that meet target applications. These performance
product lines include
• Aesthetics, including custom color and Visualfx*
(Vfx) compatibility
• Healthcare
• Electroplating
• High heat
• Flame retardant
With support from SABIC Innovative Plastics
engineers and a host of online design guides and
tools, OEMs can find a Cycolac ABS product that
meets their precise design parameters.
2.1 Specialty grades for aesthetics
SABIC Innovative Plastics offers some of the most
outstanding custom color capabilities of any
ABS resin supplier. Our portfolio encompasses a
wide spectrum of highly colorable opaque and
transparent grades. Many are compatible with
our Visualfx technology, which offers designers
unique aesthetics options, such as Flame, Speckle,
Stone, Marble and others. The potential benefit
for customers is highly differentiated end-products
manufactured without the cost, emissions or added
steps associated with paint processes. Plus, SABIC’s
molded-in color solution delivers consistency from
lot to lot.
SABIC Innovative Plastics also offers its world-class
ColorXpress* services, providing rapid delivery and
color matching for most ABS grades. If none of our
standard aesthetic platforms apply, customers can
seek a custom solution from SABIC’s Innovation
Centers located in Selkirk, NY; Bergen op Zoom, The
Netherlands; or Shanghai, China.
Figure 2.1 – Visualfx grades –
product performance heat, impact and flow
200
150
100
50
10
5 10
FXS630SK
FXS610SK
Melt ow rate (230°C/3.8 kg)
Notched izod impact (J/m)
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
Table 2.1 – Visualfx aesthetics resin portfolio
FXS610SK General purpose, metallic
FXS630SK FR-ABS, metallic
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2.2 Specialty grades for healthcare
Few applications demand consistent materials
performance more than medical devices. SABIC
Innovative Plastics has helped designers meet this
demand for surgical instruments, fluid and drug
delivery components, oxygen and respiratory
devices, and drainage and suction tools.
In addition to the broad aesthetics options
available in our portfolio, this selection of Cycolac
ABS resins offers FDA and ISO 10993-compliance
for healthcare applications, and many base resins
are approved in Europe for food contact.
Our healthcare specialty grades offer resistance
to chemicals and lipids, reduced in-mold stress
cracking and durable performance after repeated
exposure to several sterilization methods.
See figure 2.2 (page 9) for gamma radiation
performance.
SABIC Innovative Plastics is not only committed to
providing high performance materials to customers
in healthcare, we are a dedicated industry partner
willing to take the long view on the extended
product development cycles typical of the
healthcare market.
These Cycolac resin grades have been approved for
medical use in the US. HMG94MD and HMG47MD
are grades that offer different flow rates to meet a
wide range of tooling needs.
Table 2.2 – Cycolac resin biocompatibility
Product†Acute system
injection Intracutaneous Implantation Hemolysis Cytotoxicity Pyrogen Sensitization
HMG47MD-NA1000 X X X X X X X
HMG94MD-NA1000 X X X X X X X
• SABIC Innovative Plastics does not support implant applications >29 days
† Medical applications are not strictly limited to the products listed. For some medical applications, the test results on a similar product
are applicable.
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Figure 2.2 – Property retention after radiation typical for Cycolac* MD resins
Tensile yield strength Property retention elongation %
Notched Izod impact dE color shift
Needleless drug delivery
injection device
Cycolac MD resins properties after kGy.
Radiation level
Radiation level
Radiation level
Radiation level
Tensile strength
Elongation percent
dE
Impact (J/m)
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
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Although several thermoplastics can be
electroplated, ABS resins continue to dominate this
market. SABIC Innovative Plastics' Cycolac resins
stand out from competitive brands by providing
high-purity, ABS substrates with excellent surface
quality, dimensional stability and temperature
cycling performance. For electroplaters, these
qualities translate into superb adhesion, lightweight
durability and reliable performance.
The versatility of Cycolac electroplating grades
has driven broadening applications in automotive,
household fittings, fluid engineering and electronic
components. In addition, it has met the growing
demand for striking aesthetics in consumer products.
Cycolac MG37EPX is characterized by excellent
electroplatability yielding mirror-like plated surfaces.
This grade is currently specified by many automotive
OEMs. Cycolac MG37EPX is also our NSF ANSI std. 61
listed grade for potable water applications including
faucets and related hardware. Please consult the NSF
website (www.NSF.org) for specific details. Cycolac
MG37CR features improved chemical resistance.
2.3 Electroplating and other specialty grades
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
Table 2.3 – Electroplating portfolio
MG37EPX Automotive specified
MG37EPX NSF listed
MG37CR Chemically resistant
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110oC
102oC
99oC
2 4 6 8
X11
X15HF
X17
X15
Z48
2.4 High-heat specialty grades
Several high-heat Cycolac* ABS resins from SABIC
Innovative Plastics are designed to provide
cost-effective options for enduring color and
mechanical performance – properties important
for telecommunication components and electrical
enclosures. But our high-heat Cycolac grades also
excel in automotive interiors, where they provide
superb materials solutions for dashboards, door
trim, pillars and other interior elements.
Figure 2.3 – High-heat portfolio
Automotive interior trim
HDT (66MPa, 3.2mm)
Melt ow rate (220°C/10kg)
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
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2.5 Flame-retardant specialty grades
Several Cycolac resin grades offer an excellent
balance of impact and flame resistance to help
designers meet increasingly stringent regulatory and
safety standards. SABIC Innovative Plastics expertise
in flame-retardant additives and compounds has
given this selection of Cycolac ABS grades a range
of tensile and flex properties, and a variety of
profiles for distortion temperature, melt flow index
and UV stability. For thin wall applications, designers
should consider our FR15U resin.
The flexible array of performance qualities available
from our flame-retardant Cycolac ABS family makes
these materials excellent candidates for numerous
applications in consumer electronics.
Cycolac FR15U, F30U and FR25UHF have been
developed to offer excellent indoor UV performance
in communication equipment. See table 2.4 for UL
flame ratings and specific product strengths.
Figure 2.4 – Flame-retardant
Cycolac specialty portfolio
3.0 mm
FR23
FR30U
FR15U
FR15
2.3 mm
1.5 mm
FR25UHF
VO thickness
Increasing UV stability
2. Cycolac* ABS performance products
Table 2.4 – Flame-retardant Cycolac product positioning
Izod
impact
Flow Accelerated
light aging
HDT Process
stability
Flame rating (e)
FR30U V1 & 5VB @ 2.3mm
V0 @ 3.0mm
FR15U V0 @ 1.5mm, except BL/GN
5 VA @ 2.8mm
FR23 V0 @ 2.3mm
5 VB @ 2.5mm
FR15 V0 @ 1.5mm
5 VA @ 2.5mm
FR25UHF V0 @ 2.5mm
V2 @ 1.6mm
Relative performance:
Highest performance Lowest performance
(e) See detailed listings in UL section
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In addition to its outstanding range of
specialty grades, SABIC Innovative Plastics
offers a broad selection of general purpose
Cycolac ABS resins. These highly colorable
products offer excellent processing
performance and a wide array of flow and
impact options. SABIC Innovative Plastics’
general-purpose portfolio offers Cycolac
grades designed either for extrusion or
injection molding.
3. General Cycolac* ABS grades
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Figure 3.1 – Extrusion ABS grades portfolio
Figure 3.2 – Injection molding ABS grades portfolio
Notched Izod impact (kJ/m)Notched Izod impact (kJ/m)
Melt ow rate (220°C/10kg)
Melt ow rate (220°C/10kg)
3. General Cycolac* ABS grades
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Resins are available in
a wide spectrum of
standard and custom
colors.
†(3.2 mm @ 0.66MPa)
Cycolac*
ABS resin
Specials
Injection
molding
Extrusion
Aesthetics
Health care
High heat
Flame retardant
Plating
General purpose
Metallics
Transparent ABS
V0 @ 3.0mm, metallic
High ow, ISO 10993
gamma/ETO sterilizable
Highest heat, 110°C†
High heat, 107°C†
High heat, 107°C†
High heat, good ow, 100°C†
Medium heat, good impact, 99°C†
V0 @ 1.5
V0 @ 1.5, UV stable
V0 @ 2.3
V0 @ 3.0 UV stable
V0 @ 2.5, UV stable, high ow
Auto OEM specied
NSF listed
Chemical resistant
Bulk ABS, low gloss, high heat
Bulk ABS, low gloss
Highest impact
High impact
Medium impact, medium ow
FDC compliance
High ow
Highest impact, FDA compliance
High impact, FDA compliance
High modulus
High heat (solid or foam core)
High gloss sheet
FXS610SK
CTR52
FXS630SK
HMG94MD
Z48
X17
X15
X15HF
X11
FR15
FR15U
FR23
FR30U
FR25UHF
MG37EPX
MG37CR
BDT5510
BDT6500
MG29
MG38
MG47
MG94
EX39
EX58
EX75
Z48
Table 3 - product tree
Good impact, ISO 10993,
gamma/ETO sterilizable HMG47MD
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