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ABS Sheet Properties and Information:
General Description
Material Properties
Applications
Sizes and Types We Supply
General Description:
ABS sheets or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene as it is also known is a widely used engineering thermoplastic.
The ABS material is formed by the polymerisation of Styrene and Acrylonitrile on to thermoplastic rubber which is then melt compounded with Styrene Acrylonitrile.
This special combination of copolymers gives the ABS material its excellent surface appearance, which means that ABS is stronger, stiffer and tougher than standard high impact polystyrene.
ABS also superior in its resistance to high temperatures and chemicals.
ABS can be processed with ease, it can be machined, turned, drilled, milled, sawed, bored, die-cut, routed and sheared (using high speed carbide-tipped tools).
ABS material can also be finished by machine filing, grinding, sanding, buffing and polishing.
- Rigidity (High)
- Impact strength (High)
- Abrasion resistance (Excellent)
- Electrical properties (Excellent)
- Moisture and creep resistance (Excellent)
- Chemical and stress cracking resistance to inorganic salt solutions, alkalies and many acids. (Good - Except strong oxidizing acids)
- Easily machined (Yes)
- Tough, dimensionally stable (Yes)
- Can be thermoformed (Yes - however it may require drying before thermoforming)
- Used widely in the automotive industry for interior and exterior trims
- Office accessories and also in some lab equipment
- Used in childrens toys
- Interior trim on aircraft
- Ideal for luggage and other baggge and packaging products
- Used in machine parts
- Ideal for model buildings
