3P – Performance Plastics Products has announced its investment in developing the Xytrex range of thermoplastics materials, which are widely used in fluid handling systems. The new product, known as Xytrex® 480, or X480, can be used in cryogenic valve applications.
Séverine Pujol, fluid handling systems market manager, said “While we can go as low as -200°C (-320 F), the parts based on X480 are easily used at 250°C (+480F). What’s even more important is that X480 valve seats withstand higher pressure. Customers can choose between two solutions optimized whether for pressure or medium.”
To ensure industrial availability, 3P’s innovation and development teams have focused on transforming distinct grades of polymer. “We identified the requested behaviour in PEEK grade and specified the polymer with promising performance at ultra-low temperatures. Our 25 years’ experience in PEEK transformation eventually achieved the solution with a process displaying these properties,” added Pujol.
The new X480 has been tested by a range of partners in the valve industry, receiving positive feedback. The main target applications for the material are cryogenic valves, as well as pumps for original equipment manufacturers or processors and operators in any cryogenic application.
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