Miele selects high-flow ABS grade ELIX 118HF for its new battery-powered vacuum cleaner model Triflex HX 1
Miele chose ABS grade 118HF – coloured in customized grey, red and white – because it meets the company’s key property requirements: high flowability, dimensional stability, good heat resistance and high surface gloss. The thinwalling capabilities of the grade translate into cost savings in terms of material consumption and reduced cycle times, leading to higher productivity.
“We are very pleased to work with such an innovative producer of high-end products like Miele,” commented Joachim Kroeger, Regional Sales Manager of ELIX Polymers. “Faithful to Miele’s creed – always better – ELIX modified the formulation and improved the rheological properties in order to provide the best possible solution for the new product.”
When designing and developing the innovative and multi-functional Triflex HX1 battery-powered vacuum cleaner, Miele’s objective was to create a product with long battery life as powerful as a conventional vacuum cleaner. When selecting a material suitable for the housing parts of the handheld device, the main focus was on minimizing the wall thickness in order to save part weight. “Beside mould filling properties, material selection was also based on mechanical properties such as strength and stiffness as well as part performance and part aesthetics”, said Miele’s specialist.
ELIX Polymers has for many years been a leading development partner and preferred supplier of high-performance engineering thermoplastics used for many household appliances in Miele’s product portfolio. “We have an excellent supplier relationship with ELIX Polymers and consider it as a very valuable and reliable supplier as well as a development partner for demanding technical projects,” said Miele’s head.
