Suzorite® for plastics

The “rite” choice

Naturally occurring micas are excellent ways to improve noise reduction in polymeric plastic compounds. If you’re making plastics for applications like power tool housings, under-the-hood automotive parts, bitumen membranes for use in automotive and domestic appliances, or even water-based vibration damping coatings for trains, boats, buses and aeroplanes, you need noise and vibration damping, without elevated costs. 

Suzoriteis a highly lamellar phlogopite mica that will act as a vibration dampener while also improving structural properties and reinforcing the plastic compound. It’s a cheaper alternative than glass fiber and can be used as a partial replacement without affecting stiffness. 

Highly lamellar, Suzorite micas generate sound damping performance comparable to, or exceeding, glass fiber – and in all cases superior to those of the virgin resin.

Suzorite has a high aspect ratio, making it ideal for improving mechanical properties of plastic composites, such as flexural modulus and strength, heat deflection and tensile strength. It also improves cross-flow shrinkage and shrinkage isotropy. 

And in Polyamide 6 plastics, it is an effective partial replacement for chopped glass fiber.

In addition, Suzorite is ideal for improving noise reduction in polymeric compounds for:  

• Power tool housings
• Under-the-hood automotive parts
• Bitumen membranes for use in automotive and domestic appliances 
• Water-based structural vibration damping coatings for trains, boats, buses, aeroplanes, cars and many other applications.

Talk to our teams about our various grades of Suzorite and how they can improve your results.