Boosting the performance of long-chain polyamides
Boost the performance of long-chain polyamides to empower the use of nylon 12 (PA12) in more challenging applications and take part in Evonik’s discovery journey in the world of high-performance polymers
+++ The qualification phase is over, congratulations and good luck for the elaboration phase for the finalists! +++
✅ Challenge completed 🏁 Winner Congrats to ComPA12, David Porter and Ahmad Zeinolebadi on winning the Challenge!🏆 Rewards 7.000€ Prize pool + Pitch in front of the Business Unit, cooperation & job opportunities and the chance to win Evonik as a long term partner.
Status Quo
Polyamide 12 (Nylon 12) was developed in the 1960ies by Chemiewerke Huels, a predecessor of Evonik, and is marketed under the tradename VESTAMID. Nylon 12 is used for automotive fuel and brake lines, oil and gas pipes, sport shoe soles, industrial coatings, and additive manufacturing.
TROGAMID CX is a transparent Polyamide of Evonik, which is based on a cycloaliphatic monomer and offers high transparency. It is used for sunglasses, water filters, or medical applications.
An Image Film for the Polyamide 12 and the Use Cases
The LinkedIn Showcase-Page of Evonik's Business Line for High-Performance Polymers
More in depth-information about Vestamid
More in depth-information about Trogamid
Challenge
Long-chain polyamides such as Polyamide 12 convince with balanced properties towards mechanical and chemical stability as well as toughness at low temperatures but are limited in use in applications that require a high continuous use temperature (e.g. under the hood applications).
In this challenge Evonik wants to experience new concepts, with which the material performance can be boosted to offer new features, broaden the application field for this high-performance polymer, experience new processing technologies and learn about potential new use cases for nylon 12.
Tracks
To participate in this challenge, you can use one of the following four tracks to help structure your approach and get a better understanding of the different areas that Evonik is focusing on.
Legal procedure
For this project, Evonik provided the Terms and Conditions.
All information regarding the use of submitted solutions, especially the winning solutions, can be found in the terms and conditions of the challenge. If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@ekipa.de
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