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Solvay adds new data to Digimat-MX database

Three grades of Amodel PPA - AS-4133HS, DW-1140 and DW-1150 were added to the database.

5th October 2017

Innovation in Textiles
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Civil Engineering, Industrial, Transport/​Aerospace

Solvay added new data for Amodel PPA, Ryton PPS and KetaSpire PEEK grades to Digimat-MX material database. Solvay, a leading supplier of specialty polymers, has added data relative to new advanced Amodel polyphthalamide (PPA), Ryton polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer grades to the Digimat-MX database. It is a tool of Digimat software from e-Xstream engineering, an MSC Software Company, to store anisotropic measurements and related micromechanical models.

“As a leading innovator in plastic to metal substitution, Solvay offers advanced computer modelling to its customers and is committed to help them effectively simulate the mechanical performance of its materials when designing lightweight fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts,” said Michel Dubois, global technical expertise manager for Solvay’s Specialty Polymers Global Business Unit.

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