In the field of information technology, the balanced property combination of flow ability, toughness, heat resistance and flame retardance of Bayblend® FR grades make them ideally suited to applications like computer, monitor, laptop, printer or television housings and copy machines. Current requirements of a large number of environmental labels and EU directives as RoHS (Restriction of the Use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronical Equipment) are fulfilled by the Bayblend® FR grades.

With effect from 2008, the flame retardance of televisions and IT equipment will be assessed in the new ICE 62368 standard. This standard will replace the current guidelines following a transitional period. One aim of the new standard is to make televisions and IT equipment more resistant to external sources of ignition. This is because one fifth of all television fires are caused by external fire sources, such as candles that have fallen over.
When the IEC 62368 standard is introduced for television and IT equipment, it will no longer be possible to use non flame-retardant thermoplastics. The RoHS and WEEE directives make it more difficult to use flame-retardant grades whose current flame retardance packages no longer comply with the two EU directives. In contrast, Bayblend® FR is equipped with effective antimony-free, chlorine-free and bromine-free flame retardance packages and also offers outstanding material properties such as good long-term thermal stability, light stability and processability, for example. It is therefore the material of choice for television cabinets.

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Makrolon® grades with antimony-, chlorine- and bromine-free flame retardants, which comply with the current requirements of a large number of environmental labels and EU directives are applied in transparent and translucent housings.

Makrolon® grades as well as our Bayblend® FR grades are especially successfully applied in flat screen TV sets oft leading manufacturers.

For large size LCD TVs, the image-generating liquid crystal display is illuminated from the back by a backlight unit (BLU). Sheets and films made of Makrolon® are feasible for the homogeneous scattering from the light sources in the BLU.

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