What is ABS material?
The question "what is ABS?" will be answered by most people. It is the anti-lock braking system of a vehicle. That is correct, but apart from that ABS is also a material that can be used in LED lights. ABS also stands for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Half of the material consists of styrene. 5 to 30% is butadiene. The rest is acrylonitrile. The advantage of ABS is that it is easy to injection mould. This results in a smooth and solid plastic. ABS is also used in the production of LEGO blocks.
How strong is ABS material?
ABS is a relatively light material. Nevertheless, it is very strong and solid. An advantage of ABS is that it has no tendency to creep, the deformation of a material after long-term loading. ABS is a thermoplastic. The consequence of this is that the material is not entirely resistant to very high temperatures. How high the temperature can be depends on the modification of the material. This varies approximately between 85 and 100 degrees Celsius.
Is it harmful?
Plastic is sometimes seen as harmful. The raw material styrene, which is found in ABS, is harmful in itself. But the end product is not. ABS falls under the safe types of plastic. What is important to keep in mind is that the material cannot be combined with any other material. Then it could happen that it can be seen as harmful.
The benefits
Each material brings its own advantages, of course. So does ABS. The various advantages at a glance:
- High resistance to chemicals
- Electrically insulating
- Long service life
- Simple injection moulding
- Can be lacquered and metalised
- High melting temperature
- Hard
- Solid
ABS material at TRALERT®
Ook bij de verlichting van TRALERT® is het mogelijk om ABS materiaal terug te vinden. Het materiaal wordt dan gebruikt in de behuizing van de verlichting. Bij verschillende verlichting is dit het geval. Een voorbeeld hiervan is het 355ARWML LED neon rear light included reflectorLED neon tail light included. The body of the lamp is made of ABS plastic.