Biofibre® product types

We have set ourselves the goal of being able to present a wide range of material solutions for your requirements.
All Biofibre^® product types are presented in detail below:

1 Mechanical Properties *1
Mechanical testing on injection molded and standardized multipurpose test specimens (DIN EN ISO 527, Type 1A) conducted at standardized climate (23 °C, 50 % rel. humidity)

	Biofibre® Silva	Biofibre® Solva	Biofibre® Lenta	Biofibre® Sustra
Material property	Value				Unit	Testing Method	Comment
E-Modulus	3200	280	3500	1650	MPa	DIN EN ISO 527-2	Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Yield Strenght	39	21	44	23	MPa	DIN EN ISO 527-2	Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Strain at Break	1,8	290	13	6,6	%	DIN EN ISO 527-2	Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Notched Impact Strenght (Charpy)	2,2	10	–	5,5	kJ/m2	ISO 179-1/1eA	fracture

2 Thermal properties

	Biofibre® Silva	Biofibre® Solva	Biofibre® Lenta	Biofibre® Sustra
Material property	Value				Unit	Testing Method	Comment
Melt-Flow-Rate (MFR)	23	28	–	7	g / 10 min	DIN EN ISO 1133	190°C / 2,15kg
Melting Range	165 - 195	80 - 100	165 - 195	160 - 170	°C	–	DSC, 10 °C / min
Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT)	54	61	54	96	°C	DIN EN ISO 75-2	B (0,45 MPa)*2

3 Other features

	Biofibre® Silva	Biofibre® Solva	Biofibre® Lenta	Biofibre® Sustra
Material property	Value				Unit	Testing Method	Comment
Color	nature / brownish	translucent / white	white / opaque	natural / brownish / black	–	–	colorable
Density	1,26	1,26	1,55	0,98	g / cm3	–	Injection molded part
Bulk Density	550 - 650	550 - 650	550 - 650	550 - 650	kg / m3	–	–
Water absorption capacity	Max. 2	Max. 2	Max. 2	Max. 2	%	DIN EN ISO 62	–
Primary processing method	Injection Molding	Injection Molding	Injection Molding	Injection Molding	–	–	–