Issue 12/2014 - DSM EcoPaXX R material for sports car oil and gas separators

DSM EcoPaXX R materials are used in sports car oil and gas separators

DSM has announced that Dytech Power Fluid Technologies has confirmed the selection of the high-performance EcoPaXX bio-based polyamide 410 series for its Ferrari and Maserati sports car separators
.

Oil and gas separators are an important part of the fuel supply system for
road vehicles.
It separates the steam in the fuel tank from the liquid fuel to prevent the liquid fuel from entering or contaminating the fuel vapor recovery tank
.
In this way, the fuel tank can be kept at the right pressure
while avoiding volatile fumes entering the atmosphere.

EcoPaXX has high gasoline resistance and permeation resistance to conventional gasoline (E10) and E85 ethanol gasoline, which has better environmental performance
.
In the sealed housing fuel evaporative effluent determination test, the EcoPaXX oil and gas separator showed a low E10 permeability of 0.
002 g/day
.
The 0.
7 mm thick EcoPaXX Q-KGS6 has a UL 94 V-0
flame retardancy rating.
The maximum continuous use temperature of EcoPaXX is 175°C
.
In addition, the polymer has good dimensional stability (as confirmed by short-term aging tests at 100°C).

In the low-temperature impact test at -30°C, the material performed better
than existing materials on the market.
In addition to heat aging and fuel aging tests, EcoPaXX has also passed tube extraction and fatigue resistance tests
.

In addition to its unique material properties, EcoPaXX has another significant advantage – 70% of the raw materials for polyamide 410 are derived from renewable sources
.
Throughout the product's cradle-to-cradle life cycle, all greenhouse gas emissions are carbon neutral
.
(Yiyi)