September 20 – Global diversified chemicals company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)’s BLUEHERO™ program aims to support the automotive industry in creating reliable, safe and efficient electric vehicles and optimizing electric vehicle battery components. Through this program, SABIC introduces new extrusion-grade flame retardant polymer solutions that provide a potentially advantageous alternative to traditional metal sheet. These advancements help automotive customers achieve their electrification goals and drive global adoption of electric vehicle batteries.
Extrusion-grade materials, made from SABIC’s proprietary materials, offer a unique alternative to traditional metal, extrusion and injection molding, allowing customers to manufacture complex thermoplastic structural parts more efficiently and cost-effectively. These industry-first extrusion-grade materials further enrich SABIC’s materials portfolio and expand its ecosystem of BLUEHERO solutions designed to accelerate the electrification of the automotive market.
New extrusion-grade materials include two breakthrough resin materials: PP compound H1090 and STAMAX™
30YH611, both developed exclusively by SABIC, are used in the upper covers, casings and module separators of electric vehicle battery packs. These extrusion-grade materials have melt strength suitable for extrusion molding and low melt rheology, two key properties that make the material flexible enough for manufacturers to produce components that meet the intended design specifications without breakage. This melt strength process increases design freedom while delivering structural performance and strength.
In addition to flame retardant properties, resin materials also have leading steel strength, strength and impact resistance within a certain temperature range. These materials are available worldwide and offer excellent processability. This is good news for businesses looking to put SABIC solutions into production.
Dealing with the risk of overheating
Thermal accidents are always a hot topic related to electric vehicle battery components. The SABIC team developed a solution that integrated high melt strength with bimodal distribution in the polymer matrix, producing a high-strength, highly moldable flame-retardant fiberglass material with thermal properties that help delay or contain thermal cycling. This means that if a thermal accident occurs, SABIC materials will mitigate the effects of thermal runaway on the battery pack or other parts of the vehicle.
Why it matters
As the automotive industry continues to move toward an electrified future, demand for electric vehicle components is growing. SABIC understands the importance of enhancing the value of its customers’ product portfolios and providing additional benefits. SABIC’s extrusion-grade materials help customers develop thermoforming solutions for large, complex structural parts while enhancing low-cost, lightweight production, design freedom, and thermal and electrical insulation properties through the extrusion process.
About SABIC
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is a world-renowned diversified chemical company headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company’s manufacturing plants are located around the world, including in many countries and regions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, and its products cover chemicals, general and high-performance plastics, agricultural nutrients and steel.
In key end application markets such as construction, medical equipment, packaging, agricultural nutrients, electronic appliances, transportation and clean energy, SABIC has long been committed to helping customers explore potential opportunities.
In 2022, SABIC’s net profit reached 16.53 billion rials ($4.41 billion), and total sales reached 198.47 billion rials ($52.92 billion). As of
At the end of 2022, the company’s total assets reached 313 billion rials ($83.46 billion). In 2022, SABIC’s total production will reach 61 million tons.
SABIC operates in approximately 50 countries around the world and has more than 31,000 employees. Adhering to the spirit of innovation and original thinking, SABIC’s various patents and pending applications have reached
10,090 items. The company has rich scientific research resources and has innovation centers in five core regions: the United States, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
About BLUEHERO™
SABIC’s BLUEHERO initiative is an expanding ecosystem of materials, solutions, expertise and projects designed to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to electricity in support of global climate change goals. The program will initially focus on the automotive industry, with at its core SABIC’s global team of experts with expertise in the design, testing and data generation of electric vehicle batteries and related applications. The BLUEHERO program also once again fulfills SABIC’s corporate commitment to help customers achieve their business goals and address one of the biggest challenges of this era: moving towards a low-carbon future and a clean air economy for the benefit of people and the planet.
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