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Are there electrically conductive plastics in the Bayer
MaterialScience product range? |
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No - but some products can be coated with metal
by galvanizing; another alternative is conductive
coatings.
Please find more information on our plating
grade Bayblend® T45 PG under
Product
datasheets.
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Where can you apply for a work placement or a job at Bayer MaterialScience? |
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Zentraler Servicebereich
Personal
Personalmarketing
Hauptstr.
119
D-51368 Leverkusen
Internet
address (Germany): www.mybayerjob.com/en,
www.bayer.com
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Which other polymers does Bayer MaterialScience offer as an
alternative to the thermoplastics? |
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Bayer MaterialScience produces polycarbonates,
thermoplastic polyurethanes und polyurethanes.
This web
site only covers the Bayer MaterialScience engineering
thermoplastics product range in the form of granules. Other
polymers, however, such as polyurethane (processed by
polyaddition, combining two components) differ fundamentally in
their processing method and thermal performance.
You can
find a current overview of our products on following
pages:
http://plastics.bayer.com
http://www.pc-films.com
http://tpe-u.com
http://www.pu.bayer.com
http://www.bayer-ls.com
In
the course of the split of the former Bayer Polymers in Bayer
Material Science and Lanxess, many earlier products from Bayer
Polymers are now distributed by Lanxess.
Bayer
MaterialScience does not offer technical service for Lanxess
products.
Follwing link should help to find product data
on Lanxess products via the Lanxess tech centers:
http://techcenter.lanxess.com
mail: lanxess-info@lanxess.com.
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Do flame retardant plastics from Bayer MaterialScience
contain PBB or PBDE? |
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No.
In common with other well-known German
plastics manufacturers, we have not used any polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in the
production of flame retardant plastics since
1989.
We hereby confirm that
no:
PCBs (polychlorinated
biphenyls)
PCTs (polychlorinated
terphenyls)
PBBs (polybrominated
biphenyls)
PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl
ethers)
are used in the production of the
Bayer MaterialScience
thermoplastics
Apec®,
Bayblend® and
Makrolon®,
and that to the
best of our knowledge none of these substances can be present in
the above products.
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Do plastics from Bayer MaterialScience comply with the EU
Scrap Vehicle guideline? |
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All the following Bayer MaterialScience
plastics:
Apec®, Bayblend®,
Makroblend® and Makrolon®
satisfy
the requirements of the EU Scrap Vehicle guideline (2000/53/EG)
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These products comply with the bans and
restrictions on the use of lead, cadmium, mercury and chromium
(VI) set out in this guideline. Compounds of these elements are
not used in the production of our
thermoplastics.
Please find further
information under EU - Certificates
and Directives.
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How can I get a Safety Data Sheet for a particular type of plastic? |
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You can find a Safety Data Sheet on a particular
Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastic under the navigation
"Product information / <Product> / Product
datasheets".
Please note that you need to be
registred to the TechAssistant to access the Material Safety Data
Sheets!
Registration
If
the requested Safety Data Sheet cannot be found there please
contact us by giving
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| > | the country in question |
| > | your full address with fax no. and your e-mail address |
using our mail
function.
Customers receive a current Safety
Data Sheet with the first delivery or any change.
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How can you recycle a Bayer MaterialScience plastic or
dispose of the parts? |
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All Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics are suitable for
recycling. After appropriate reprocessing, sprues, production
waste and used parts can be melted down and processed to form new
parts. Product properties may change during processing, and it is
therefore important to check to what extent your finished article
specifications are met.
Our thermoplastics can be
disposed of with household waste or incinerated in accordance with
local official regulations.
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Under what storage conditions do original packed Bayer
MaterialScience plastics have to be stored? |
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Where can you find the fire performance requirements
relating to Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics for the
construction sector? |
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All plastics are flammable, and fire safety
requirements have to be taken into consideration in many fields of
application.
Many influencing parameters
determine the fire performance of a product, the spread of a fire
and the extent of the damage in the event of a fire. These
include:
| > | Ignitability |
| > | Superficial fire propagation |
| > | Heat evolution |
| > | Dripping of flaming particles |
| > | Development of smoke gas |
Please contact us if
you have questions on this topic.
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Where can you find the fire performance requirements, the
test methods and standards relating to Bayer MaterialScience
thermoplastics for the electrical and electronic sector? |
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The fire performance requirements and the
safety-relevant regulations are designed to ensure that:
| > | Fires are prevented from starting, e.g. by enforcing
no-smoking bans. |
| > | Fire and smoke are prevented from spreading. |
| > | Effective firefighting and rescue operations are permitted. |
Within the scope of normal regulations, these
goals are intended to be achieved by compliance with certain
tolerance limits.
Please
contact us if
you have questions on this topic.
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Which grades of engineering thermoplastic are suitable for
food contact applications? |
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Notes on which grades comply with EU Guideline
2002/72/EC, the BGVO (German regulation on articles for food
contact applications), the BfR (German Federal Institute for
Consumer Health and Veterinary Medicine) Recommendations and the
FDA Regulations are contained in our Application Technology
Information sheets (ATIs) for engineering thermoplastics and in
the tables of guide values.
For advice on the
wide range of colors available and the various demands placed on
the pigments, contact us by e-mail.
Click
on the link:
Food
contact to find further information.
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Why should plastics be pre-dried? |
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Can I order Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics on-line (e-commerce)? |
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Companies who currently purchase BayerMaterialScience
plastics through a BayerMaterialScience agency as a direct
customer can order on-line the plastics (they have purchased
previously) on this home page under BayerOne and track the
status of the order.
You need to register, and this can
also be done from the menu under BayerOne. When you receive the
necessary data and passwords from our Account Manager dealing with
your Company, orders can be placed and tracked online.
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How can I get the address of a Bayer MaterialScience agency
in a particular country? |
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If you click
here you will get the Bayer MaterialScience contact for
your area.
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How do I get a plastic in a particular color? |
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Our plastics are also available colored depending on the
minimum quantity purchased (varies according to the product). You
can discuss this with the Bayer MaterialScience sales force or the
staff at your LOCAL AGENCY.
An ideal sample for a color
match is a plastic sheet approximately 30 x 30 mm with
smooth/gloss surface in the color required. Sometimes information
taken from a color register (RAL, NCS, Pantone, ...) is also
suitable for a color match.
So-called screening can also
be successful because there are often several hundred to over a
thousand colors for our plastics. This means that of the colors
available, one or more colors are identified as being similar to
what the customer requires and shown to the
customer.
Please find more information
under:
http://www.competenceincolor.com/index.htm
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Where can I get a quote (price, delivery time) for a
particular product? |
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You can get a price quote from a Bayer MaterialScience
plastics sales office covering your area (local agency) or for
smaller quantities from a distributor.
The
local agency in the particular country can give you the names of
smaller distributors. Please specify the grade, color and quantity
required.
(See also "Ordering
on-line/e-commerce" under BayerOne for current Bayer
MaterialScience plastics customers).
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Which companies are Bayer MaterialScience partners as
distributors for plastics? |
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Various companies act as distributors for Bayer
MaterialScience thermoplastics in a number of countries. We
therefore suggest contacting the relevant local agency and ask for
a local source.
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Which thermoplastics are transparent and where can you find
optical properties for them? |
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Many Makrolon® and Apec® grades are
available in transparent formulations.
Optical
properties such as refractive index and degree of light
transmission for the transparent grades are given in the product
data sheets which you can find on this home page under
'Product information/ respective products/ product data sheets'.
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Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics as semi-finished
products in the form of sheet, tubes, rods and profiles? |
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As a manufacturer of raw materials, we recommend
contacting known semi-finished goods manufacturers who as a rule
are able to discuss customer requirements with regard to selecting
the appropriate material.
You can find information on
Makrolon® (PC) sheet at www.bayersheeteurope.com,
www.sheffieldplastics.com,
and www.laserlite.com.au
If
you want to get in contact with Bayer Sheet Europe, please use
following link: Contact
Bayer Sheet Europe Under the address
www.makrofol.com you will find
information on Makrofol® and Bayfol® (PC) films.
If you
want to get in contact with Bayer Films Europe, please use
following link:
makrofol@bayermaterialscience.com
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