CHEMFILM®

CHEMFILM®

CHEMFILM®

Product catalog summary
Overview: This document provides a detailed overview of CHEMFILM® high-performance films, focusing on various types of fluoropolymer films and their applications across different industries. It includes technical specifications, properties, and potential uses.
1. Product Types and Specifications:
  • Extruded Fluoropolymer Films: Melt-processable films available in various thicknesses and widths, featuring cementable/bondable surfaces.
  • Cast PTFE Films: Multi-layer films known for superior dielectric performance, available in different adhesion versions.
  • Skived PTFE and UHMW PE Films: Films offering superior flatness and tight tolerances, available in a wide range of thicknesses.
  • Polyimide Films: Dimensionally stable, isotropic, and temperature-resistant films suitable for high-temperature applications.
  • Zitex® Porous PTFE Membranes: Hydrophobic and self-supporting membranes used for venting, diffusion, filtering, and sealing.
2. Industry Applications:
  • Industrial and Chemical: Suitable for demanding chemical applications like tank linings and pump diaphragms.
  • Protective/Decorative: Provides environmental and chemical protection, ideal for laminating with various substrates.
  • Electronics: Used in dielectric components for energy storage devices due to excellent dielectric properties.
  • Aerospace: Suitable for high-temperature applications in composite processing.
  • Life Sciences: Used for containment applications due to inert nature and broad temperature range.
  • Energy: Applied in photovoltaic panels and wind turbine applications.
3. Emerging Technologies:
  • ETFE-LM: A specialty grade of ETFE with high elongation and low modulus, suitable for complex geometries.
  • Surface Texturing Modification: New technology that imparts permanent surface texture to ETFE films while maintaining performance.
4. Technical Properties: Detailed tables provide data on general, mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, and chemical properties of various film types, including tensile strength, dielectric strength, and thermal resistance.
5. Surface Treatments and Industry Use: Various surface treatments are available, such as cementable and chemical etching, with applications across aerospace, industrial, electronics, life sciences, energy, and transportation sectors.
Surface Treatments Available:
  • C-Treatment (Cementable, 1 or 2 Sides)
  • Corona Treatment (1 or 2 Sides)
  • Chemical Etching (1 or 2 Sides)
  • Chemlink Bondable
  • Heat Bondable
Industries Served:
  • Aerospace
  • Industrial
  • Electronics
  • Life Sciences
  • Energy
  • Auto/Transportation
Contact Information:
  • Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Specialty Films—The Americas, Wayne, NJ
  • CHEMFILM High-Performance Extruded Films and Zitex® G Membranes, Wayne, NJ
  • CHEMFILM Fluoropolymer SKIVED PTFE and UHMW PE Films and Sheet, Hoosick Falls, NY
  • Cast Films and Polyimide Film, Worcester, MA
  • Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Specialty Films—Asia, Shanghai, China
  • Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Tygaflor® Ltd. Films—Europe, Rochdale, UK
Warranty Information:

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation offers a limited warranty for 6 months from the date of first sale, covering manufacturing defects. The company's obligation is limited to replacement products or refunding the purchase price. All other risks, including injury or damage, are assumed by the user. The company disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied.

Disclaimer:

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation does not assume responsibility for advice furnished or the performance of the product. Users should conduct their own tests to determine product suitability for specific purposes.

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Catalog excerpts

CHEMFILM®-1

CHEMFILM® HIGH PERFORMANCE FILMS

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CHEMFILMHigh Performance FilmsExtruded Fluoropolymer Films • Melt-processable fluoropolymers • Broadest fluoropolymer film product line on the market • Up to 60" wide webs, thickness range from 0.0005" to 0.010" • Cementable/bondable surface versions available • Precision slitting and converting in white-glove environment Cast PTFE Films • Multi-layer construction • Individual layers configured with different polymers and polymer blends • Inherently void- and pinhole-free; superior dielectric performance • Superior drape and conformability • Up to 50" wide thickness from .00025" to .005" • Cementable,...

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Engineered For Demanding Applications - CHEMFILM offers the broadest line of high-performance polymeric films. Saint-Gobain has more than 40 years of experience in selecting and processing premium grade polymers into specialty films to deliver the perfect combination of temperature, chemical and dielectric performance for your application. We utilize a full range of polymers, including FEP, PFA, PTFE, ETFE, ECTFE, PI and UHMW PE. For extremely demanding film applications, CHEMFILM is your partner of choice for the long term. Industrial Chemical Our products are designed to fulfill many demanding...

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Thick FEP-FS Clear, White

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CHEMFILM Fluoropolymer Cast Films

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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Specialty Films—Asia Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Tygaflor® Ltd. Films—Europe 1468 Kun Yang Road Minhang Economical and Technological Development Zone Shanghai, China 200245 Tel: +86 21-5472-1568 Box 3 Transpennine Estate, Gorrels Way Rochdale, Lancashire OL112PX United Kingdom Tel: (44) 1706 746900 Fax: (44) 1706 746991 CHEMFILM High-Performance Extruded Films and Zitex® G Membranes CHEMFILM Fluoropolymer SKIVED PTFE and UHMW PE Films and Sheet P.O. Box 320, 14 McCaffrey Street Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Tel: (800) 962-2666, (518) 686-7301 Fax: (518) 686-4840...

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