26 Apr 2007
GE Plastics - Aircraft Interiors Press Material
April 26, 2007 - GE Plastics today launched new high performance material solutions for a wide range of aircraft interiors applications. These new material solutions are Ultem 9085, Noryl LS6010 and Lexan FST9705.
GE Launches FST-Compliant Ultem* 9085 Resin with Improved Flow Properties for Thinner, Lighter-Weight Aircraft Interior Parts
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 26, 2007 — To help the aerospace industry boost fuel efficiency, performance, and safety, GE Plastics today announced new flame-retardant Ultem* 9085 resin for aircraft interiors. This new material offers better flow and ductility than GE’s Ultem 9075 resin – the previous industry standard – to enable thinner-wall parts with excellent impact strength. Further comparing the two materials, new Ultem 9085 resin can reduce part weight by 5 to 15 percent via thinner walls, supporting the goal of lower fuel consumption. At the same time, Ultem 9085 resin delivers the highest modulus of any Ultem resin grade, providing enhanced stiffness to ensure excellent application durability. These greatly improved properties make the new GE product a top choice for demanding applications such as decompression grilles, window reveals, and personal service units.
GE Plastics Debuts Low-Smoke Noryl* Resin for Increased Safety and Performance in Demanding Aircraft Interior Applications
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 26, 2007 — GE Plastics today launched its new Noryl* LS6010 resin offering aircraft OEMs and suppliers an advanced, high-tech solution to the challenges of compliance with toughening global flame, smoke, and toxicity requirements. In addition, Noryl LS6010 resin has a specific gravity of 1.1, which is one of the lowest available for thermoplastics used in aerospace. Its light weight characteristic, combined with extremely low smoke performance, exceptional durability, and non-halogenated flame retardance (FR), make this innovative new material a superior choice vs. many competitive materials for interior aircraft applications, such as rub strips and seat track covers, where low smoke propagation is mandated. It is available from GE Plastics in custom colors.
Enabling Lighter-Weight Parts and Molded-in Color, GE Plastics’ Lexan** FST Resin Helps Aircraft Interior Design Take Flight
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 26, 2007 — GE Plastics today introduced Lexan** FST9705 polycarbonate (PC) copolymer, a totally new resin platform to help OEMs and aircraft interior suppliers achieve weight-out and cost-out goals without sacrificing processability. Complementing GE Plastics’ high-performance Ultem** PEI flame-retardant resins, this new material gives designers a fresh solution to today’s stringent performance, regulatory, and aesthetic requirements. Lexan FST9705 resin is an excellent candidate for such applications as personal service units, window reveals and bezels, and provides a unique combination of advantages: full flame/smoke/toxicity compliance including OSU 55/55 heat-release performance; molded-in color including bright whites; and the ability to produce ductile, thin-wall parts that can contribute to fuel conservation through lighter weight.
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About GE Plastics
GE Plastics (www.geplastics.com) is a global supplier of plastic resins widely used in automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging, building & construction, telecommunications, and optical media applications. The company manufactures and compounds polycarbonate, ABS, SAN, ASA, PPE, PC/ABS, PBT and PEI resins, as well as the LNP* line of high-performance specialty compounds.
GE Plastics, Specialty Film & Sheet manufactures high-performance Lexan* sheet and film products used in thousands of demanding applications worldwide. In addition, GE Plastics’ dedicated Automotive organization is an experienced, world-wide competitor, offering leading plastics solutions for five key automotive segments: body panels and glazing; under the hood applications; component; structures and interiors; and lighting. As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to a successful Games.
* LNP and Lexan are trademarks of General Electric Company.
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