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suggestion to acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (abs plastic)Posting by mike on April 17, 2008 at 14:43:25.
am looking for helpful suggestions for a good alternative to our current ABS material that is failing, probably caused by fatigue / mechanical ageing. Our current part is failing in the field after three to six months of use. The failure is a fatigue failure very near the pivot pin of a trigger. The surface shows typical clamshell pattern failure and it is slightly polished where the break starts and white/grey where it the break ends. We used a Polycarbonate - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene blend on a prior version of the part and by going to the Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (Entec-Resins, type 756) almost doubled the life using our stress test jig. Shrink rate may not be totally critical so I am open to going away from the ABS solution. What are my options? Many thanks for your help!
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