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.

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)

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Material propertyValueUnitTesting MethodComment
E-Modulus320028035001650MPaDIN EN ISO 527-2Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Yield Strenght39214423MPaDIN EN ISO 527-2Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Strain at Break1,8290136,6%DIN EN ISO 527-2Tensile Testing (1mm/min)
Notched Impact Strenght (Charpy)2,2105,5kJ/m2ISO 179-1/1eAfracture

2 Thermal properties

Biofibre® SilvaBiofibre® SolvaBiofibre® LentaBiofibre® Sustra
Material propertyValueUnitTesting MethodComment
Melt-Flow-Rate (MFR)23287g / 10 minDIN EN ISO 1133190°C / 2,15kg
Melting Range165 - 19580 - 100165 - 195160 - 170°CDSC, 10 °C / min
Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT)54615496°CDIN EN ISO 75-2B (0,45 MPa)*2

3 Other features

Biofibre® SilvaBiofibre® SolvaBiofibre® LentaBiofibre® Sustra
Material propertyValueUnitTesting MethodComment
Colornature / brownishtranslucent / whitewhite / opaquenatural / brownish / blackcolorable
Density1,261,261,550,98g / cm3Injection molded part
Bulk Density550 - 650550 - 650550 - 650550 - 650kg / m3
Water absorption capacityMax. 2Max. 2Max. 2Max. 2%DIN EN ISO 62
Primary processing methodInjection MoldingInjection MoldingInjection MoldingInjection Molding