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Liquid-crystal polymer moulding breakthrough.(Brief Article)

Publication: New Materials Japan
Date: Saturday, July 1 2000

Polyplastics Co Ltd has developed a high-cycle moulding technique using a liquid-crystal polymer (LCP).

This process, using the Vectra polymer, shortens total moulding cycle times to one second or less where the conventional time ranges from 10-15 s.

By its nature, LCP has a fast solidifying time but Polyplastics has taken advantage of the unique microfine structures of LCP to speed up solidifying times even more.

For the moulding equipment, Funuc, Ltd has developed a high-cycle mechanism involving the simultaneous composite motions of a responsiv