Ticona Engineering Polymers has added a new member to its series of flame-resistant liquid crystal polymers. The company said the material is the first LCP tailored for thermoforming.“With high melt viscosity and melt strength, this new LCP is ideally suited for extrusion and thermoforming processes,” said Edward Hallahan, marketing manager, high-performance polymers. “Initially, Ticona is offering a 40 percent mineral filled grade, Vectra Trex 541, which provides impact and notched impact strengths significantly higher than those of other mineral-filled grades.”Vectra Trex 541 provides the following performance attributes, according to Ticona:* High heat deflection temperature of 245°C;* 20 percent improvement in impact performance versus standard 40 percent mineral-filled LCP;* Higher...