Avient expands long fiber composites portfolio using recycled content

Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.) a provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, has expansion its portfolio of Complēt REC long fiber-reinforced composites using recycled resin.

According to Avient, the new formulations can use varying levels for post-industrial recycled content — from 25% to 100% recycled content for polyamide 66 (PA66), and from 25% to 75% recycled content for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). These variations enable material customization to meet performance and sustainability requirements, and add to product line that launched earlier this year with PA6 resin derived from reclaimed end-of-life (EOL) fishing nets.

Said to provide stiffness, strength and toughness, the new sustainable grades offer properties comparable to those of standard PA66 and TPU long fiber formulations using virgin resin. Avient says these composites have structural characteristics that make them ideal alternatives to metals; when used in metal replacement applications, they can help customers achieve significant weight reductions along with the time and cost-saving benefits of single-step injection molding fabrication. Complēt REC PA66 and TPU long fiber-reinforced composites can assist OEMs in achieving their sustainability goals for structural applications in such markets as adventure gear and office furnishings, the company adds.

Formulations are available globally in black and natural color and in typical reinforcement percentages of long glass fiber, long carbon fiber or hybrid combinations. Formulations also can use varying levels of post-industrial recycled resin content.