Trade fair highlight 28. August 2024

In the plastics industry, SWARCO Indusfericas’ SWARCOFORCE glass filler beads are important filling and reinforcing agents. In thermoplastics, they are incorporated through compounding. Here, the purpose is primarily to optimize mechanical properties, such as rigidity, pressure resistance, heat deflection, and many other attributes.

How do SWARCOFORCE glass filler beads enhance the properties of materials?
* Increased scratch resistance
* Improved abrasion resistance
* Optimized rigidity and pressure resistance
* Improved heat deflection
* Reduced warping and shrinking behaviour
* Enhanced haptics
* Higher surface quality
* Used as anti-blocking agents

Optical properties
Glass filler beads with a high refractive index are ideal for use in plastic films and multi-wall sheets, making this a perfect area of application for SWARCOFORCE REFLEX. The glass filler beads prevent overheating during the day and reduce heat loss at night, which is ideal for greenhouses, for example, or other areas protected from the sun. Furthermore, by scattering the light, glass filler beads can create diffuse light conditions while hardly lowering transparency.

Tailor-made solutions for customer needs
SWARCO Indusferica is the competent partner for individual solutions in the industrial application of micro glass beads as filler. Particle size distribution, silanization characteristics and filler content influence the properties of the final product. By precisely studying these ratios and their effects, products can be optimized and further developed in a targeted manner. Many different particle sizes are available. The production process ensures tight screening curves. On request, screening curves are also possible according to individual customer requirements; these are adapted exactly to the customer's needs.