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. If you have any questions, comments or specific requests, please feel free to use our Inquiry Template as orientation guideline and contact us.

Biofibre® Silva Biofibre® Sustra Biofibre® Solva Biofibre® Lenta Biofibre® Customized

Orientation for Inquiries.pdf

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	–	–	–