{"id":16,"date":"2012-09-11T12:29:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T12:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simcobox.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2015-01-02T02:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T02:24:38","slug":"why-simco-uses-abs-plastic-for-electrical-and-electronics-enclosures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/why-simco-uses-abs-plastic-for-electrical-and-electronics-enclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SIMCO uses ABS plastic for electrical and electronics enclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/\" rel='nofollow' >SIMCO<\/a> enclosures are made from ABS plastic.\u00a0 SIMCO uses several different formulations to meet a variety of specifications, including enhanced flame resistance or structural strength in combination with different pigments.<\/p>\n<p>ABS is short for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. ABS plastics are made from a combination of monomers made from propylene, ammonia, butane, and coal. \u00a0ABS plastics combine the best properties of the three main components.\u00a0 Acrylonitrile and styrene polymers bring strength and rigidity.\u00a0 The nitrile groups attract each other and bind the chains together, making ABS stronger than pure polystyrene. \u00a0The styrene gives the plastic a shiny, impervious surface.\u00a0 Butadiene gives a rubbery toughness that allows ABS to bend without snapping, even at low temperatures. While not generally considered flexible, ABS parts have enough spring to accommodate snap-fit assembly requirements such as SIMCO\u2019s screwless boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The most important mechanical properties of ABS are impact resistance and toughness. A variety of modifications can be made to improve impact resistance, toughness, and heat resistance.\u00a0 Other advantages include resistance to water, salts, most inorganic acids, food acids, and alkali; and electrical insulating properties over a wide range of frequencies. ABS plastics are easily machined, and can be stamp printed or painted.\u00a0 This allows SIMCO to customize your enclosure to suit your exact requirements.\u00a0 ABS is also light weight, and has a moderate price.<\/p>\n<p>SIMCO\u2019s standard enclosures use PA-756 for grey enclosures or GP-22 for black.\u00a0 Both these plastics are rated under UL test 94 for horizontal burn.\u00a0 For better flame resistance and a UL 94VO rating, SIMCO uses PA-765.\u00a0 Specification sheets can be downloaded from the SIMCO website at <a href=\"http:\/\/simcobox.com\/Spec-Sheets.html\">http:\/\/simcobox.com\/Spec-Sheets.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about SIMCO products, visit the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\">http:\/\/www.simcobox.com<\/a> or call Mike Early at 863-452-9090.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/\" rel='nofollow' >SIMCO<\/a> enclosures are made from ABS plastic.\u00a0 SIMCO uses several different formulations to meet a variety of specifications, including enhanced flame resistance or structural strength in combination with different pigments. ABS is short for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. ABS plastics are made from a combination of monomers made from propylene, ammonia, butane, and coal. \u00a0ABS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}