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Polyamide 6 grades are claimed to meet new gas-permeation rules: manufacturers of gas-powered vehicles and power tools are under pressure to develop fuel-delivery systems and even portable fuel containers that meet stringent federal and state hydrocarbon-emission standards
Plastics Engineering, May, 2008 by Patrick A. Toensmeier
Moreover, since the PA 6 grades are weldable, processors can continue to blow-mold or injection-mold two-piece tanks and assemble them with no loss of properties and little effect on secondary operations.
Kachin points out that blow molders who send parts out for fluorination would also benefit from the materials. "If they are more than 50 miles away from a fluorination plant, they're going to save on logistics."
Rhodia's plans for the PA 6 grades include developing permeation data that will allow exemptions from EPA and CARB testing of each fuel-tank design, a process that can cost $20,000 per model.
"We're trying to get away from application-by-application testing," Kachin says. "Rhodia wants the regulators to recognize that if a blow molder is using its materials, there's no need to test every design for permeability."
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