Hyosung Chemical

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HYOSUNG POKETONE

The world's first commercialized
HYOSUNG POKETONE

Hyosung Poketone is a future-oriented industrial material developed and commercialized exclusively by Hyosung globally. It generates minimum CO2 emissions during manufacturing and is a new engineering plastic that is harmless to the human body.

Carbon Monoxide + Ethylene + Propylene -> HYOSUNG POKETONE

HYOSUNG POKETONE, a safe material with excellent properties and competitiveness

As the world’s first commercially successful polyketone by Hyosung Chemical, it is an engineering plastic that is free of harmful substances and safe for the human body. It has obtained FDA certification and certifications related to potable water. It possesses excellent chemical resistance, impact resistance and abrasion resistance, among other outstanding performance characteristics.

HYOSUNG POKETONE Value Chain

Being the world’s first commercially successful polyketone by Hyosung Chemical, it provides customers with new business opportunities based on its distinct properties and harmlessness to humans. With a stable supply policy, it leads various industries with its unique characteristics.

POKETONE
Intermediate Product
End Product

HYOSUNG POKETONE Structure

Hyosung Poketone is the only engineering plastic composed entirely of carbon in its backbone chain. It has a compact crystalline structure and exhibits excellent impact resistance, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, fuel resistance and gas barrier properties.

Tm : Approx. 220℃

HYOSUNG POKETONE Portfolio

We produce a diverse range of injection/extrusion products with index and melting temperatures to cater to different customer needs.

M930: 220Tm(℃), 200MI(g/10min) / M330: 220Tm(℃), 60MI(g/10min) / M630: 220Tm(℃), 6MI(g/10min) / M730: 220Tm(℃), 3MI(g/10min) / M710: 195Tm(℃), 3~6MI(g/10min) / M410: 195Tm(℃), 6~60MI(g/10min) / E700: 195Tm(℃), 0~3MI(g/10min) / M640: 235Tm(℃), 6MI(g/10min)

Main Product

M930 Advanced High Flow
M330 High Flow
M630 General Purpose, High Impact
M730 Low Flow
M710 Low Flow, Low Tm
M410 Monofilament, Low Tm

Special Product

E700 PK compound for EVOH blend, resistance to retort treatment
M640 High impact at low temperatures, High Tm

Food contact

Hyosung Chemical’s polyketone is free from harmful substances, making it safe for food contact applications.
It offers superior longevity even when exposed to periodic sterilization and disinfection agents compared to conventional materials.

Polyketone generates fewer emissions and is harmless to the human body.

Traditionally, POM (acetal) has been used for food conveyor parts and water purifier parts. However, due to the leaching issue of formaldehyde, there was a demand from the industry to replace it with harmful substance-free materials, and Polyketon began to be applied to materials in the food industry.

Polyketone Food Grade (F GRADE) is not only FDA certified but also USP CLASS VI and ISO 10993 certified, guaranteeing its safety. In accordance with European drinking water certifications (KTW, ACS, and WRAS), it expands its applications to various food and water industries.

Strengths

Chemical
Resistance
Safe &
Toxicity Free
Impact
Resistance
Elastic
Resilience
Low Water
Absorption

Applications

Food Conveyor Parts

Due to excellent chemical and impact resistance, it has a longer replacement cycle than other materials, so it is used for food conveyor belts.
Toys

It is used for toys as it does not break when dropped and it is not dangerous even if children put it in their mouth or grab and pull it.
Water Purifier Parts

Harmful substances do not flow out in cold water as well as warm water, maintaining their stable condition without dimensional change even when in contact with water for long periods by absorbing less water.

Industrial

Hyosung Chemical's polyketone is resistant to impact and detrition, which, in turn, makes a positive contribution to improving the service life of industrial materials.

Strengths

Abrasion
Resistance
Low Noise
Property
Moldability
Impact Resistance
& Flexural Rigidity

Applications

Gear

Due to high abrasion resistance, it has a long service life and has good economic energy absorption, thereby generating little noise. In addition, in comparison with nylon, it generates less noise by dimensional changes between parts.
Mining Components

Polyketone is used as a liner to prevent corrosion of metal mining pipes used for underground drilling of oil and natural gas, increasing oil flow rates by employing sucker rod guides to enhance drilling volume. Polyketone boasts excellent oil resistance and corrosion resistance, extending the service life of metal equipment parts used in mining.

Automotive

Polyketone is highly resistant to the environment where is exposed to chemical substances, such as fuel system substances and antifreeze, and is highly insulated, thus making it suitable for automotive parts.

Strengths

Chemical
Resistance
Dimensional
Stability
Insulation
Low Carbon
Emission

Applications

Connector

It offers improved flowability compared to conventional materials, enabling the molding of fine and thin parts and its fast solidification rate reduces cycle time. Additionally, its excellent elastic resilience ensures connectors can be repeatedly attached and detached without breaking.
EV Battery Connection Plug Board

With excellent high voltage resistance and combustibility, it is safe to use as parts of EVs. Low-emissions in manufacturing make it even more suitable for green trends in the automotive industry represented by electric vehicles.

Extrusion

With characteristics of chemical resistance and gas barriers, Hyosung Polyketone is used as a means of extrusion for a wide range of products from mining pipe liners, and food film.

Strengths

Chemical
Resistance
Gas Barriers
Safe &
Toxicity Free

Applications

Pipe

It can be utilized as a liner for mining and oil pipelines since it is durable in situations of being exposed to fuel system substances.
Film

With outstanding gas barrier properties, when used as packaging film for food, it maintains food quality during storage. In addition, it has obtained FDA, European food contact plastic-related certifications, and China’s GB certification. It also does not contain harmful substances like bisphenol A, phthalates and heavy metals.