ABS material
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What is ABS material?
Definition
Most people will probably be able to answer the question “what is ABS?”. It is, of course, a vehicle’s anti-lock braking system. That’s correct, but ABS is also a material that can be used in LED lighting. ABS also stands for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Half of the material consists of styrene. Between 5 and 30 per cent is butadiene. The rest is acrylonitrile. The advantage of ABS is that it is easy to injection mould. This results in a smooth and sturdy plastic. ABS is also used in the production of LEGO bricks.
How strong is ABS material?
ABS is a relatively light material. Nevertheless, it is very sturdy and solid. An advantage of ABS is that it has no tendency to creep, the deformation of a material after long-term loading. ABS is a thermoplastic. As a result, the material is not entirely resistant to very high temperatures. How high the temperature can be depends on the modification of the material. It varies approximately between 85 and 100 degrees Celsius.
Is it harmful?
Plastic is still sometimes seen as harmful. The raw material styrene, which is contained in ABS, is itself harmful. But the end product is not. ABS is a safe plastic. What is important to note, however, is that the material cannot be combined with any other material. This is because then it could happen that it could be considered harmful.
Its advantages
Each material naturally brings its own advantages. So also ABS. The various advantages at a glance:
- How resistant to chemicals
- Electrically insulating
- Long service life
- Easy to injection mould
- Paintable and metalisable
- How melting temperature
- Hard
- Solid
ABS material at TRALERT®
ABS material is also used in TRALERT® lighting. It is used in the housing of the lights. This is the case for various lighting products. One example is the 355ARWML LED neon rear light, which includes reflector. The light’s housing is made from ABS plastic.
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