AGRIFI™
AgriFi™ a hydrophobic fiber, provides a number of physical property benefits to products and lowers costs. It's less than carbon neutral, half the density of mineral fillers and allows for exact control of properties. Our thermal mechanical treatment process technologies address all the off-gassing and moisture issues associated with natural fiber polymer fillers by removing the extractives without compromising the integrity of the cellulose and hemicellulose structures of the remaining fibers.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Pellets
- Solid
Product families
Applications
- Consumer Goods — Furniture
- Consumer Goods — Housewares
- Aftermarket Parts & Components
- Exterior & Body
- Interior
- Powertrain & UTH
- Other Building Envelope & Roofing Applications
- Consumer Electronics
- Industrial & Transport Packaging
- Other Packaging Materials
Product Families
- Fillers & Extenders
Other characteristics
- Brand
- AGRIFI
- End Uses
Automotive Applications, Automotive Exterior Parts, Automotive Interior Parts, Containers, Kitchenware, Pallets, Rigid Films, Rigid Packaging
- Functions
- Filler
- Processing Methods
Compression Molding, Extrusion, Injection Molding
- Usage
The products can be made from a wide range of plastic resins, melts and specs reinforced with the AgriFi™. Product examples below that can be made using AgriFi™, which only represents a few of the many possibilities and opportunities.; Auto Parts - Inner Fender; Auto Parts - Interior/Exterior; Auto Parts - Engine; Plastics Cutlery & Dishware; Computer Related Devices; Shipping Pallets; Waste Bins; Utility Carts; Paint Trays and Step Stools; Pet Products - Carriers; Pet Products - Cat Litter; Roofing& Plastic Lumber
- Markets
- Automotive & Transportation
- Building & Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Electrical & Electronics
- Printing & Packaging
- Features
AgriFi™ technologies can be successfully used as polymer fillers with loading levels as high as 80% by weight depending upon the polymer, process and finished product specs/tolerances. The polymer filler can be dry mixed, compounded into pellets or directly fed into machines depending upon the process and products being manufactured.; Sustainable - AgriFi™ comes from annually renewable agricultural biomasses like wheat straw helping to save our forests and environment.; Green - AgriFi™ in plastics adds bio-content and lowers the carbon footprint and in many cases making the products carbon neutral or negative. AgriFi™ is also a form of bio-carbon that replaces coal, thus reducing mining and other ecosystem disturbance.; Performance - AgriFi™ provides physical property improvements to plastics while lowering overall costs.
- Technology
- Plastics
- Product Specs
Mesh sizes 40-300 (nano scale available); Hydrophobic (does not absorb water); Process temperatures up to 310º C; Compatible with most polymers and processes; Physical properties, composition and chemical values
- Labeling Claims
- From Renewable Resources
- Low Carbon Footprint (PCF)
- Sustainable
- Material Features
- Cost Effective
- Enhanced Physical Properties
- Hydrophobic
- Plastics and Elastomers End Uses
- Automotive Applications
- Automotive Exterior Parts
- Automotive Interior Parts
- Containers
- Kitchenware
- Pallets
- Rigid Films
- Rigid Packaging
- Plastics and Elastomers Functions
- Filler
- Plastics and Elastomers Processing Methods
- Compression Molding
- Extrusion
- Injection Molding
