Lumogen - BASF

1 Contact worldwide Lumogen IR keeps Asia BASF South East Asia Pte Ltd Eastern Europe, Africa, West Asia BASF Aktiengesellschaft your laser's promises. 7 Temasek Boulevard Regional Business Management 35-01 Suntec Tower One Performance Chemicals Singapore 038987 EUM/ME - Benckiserplatz 1. Singapore 67056 Ludwigshafen Tel.: + 65 6337 0330 Germany Fax: + 65 6432 3434 Tel.: + 49 621 60-76429. Fax: + 49 621 60-6676429. Esthetics and durability Europe Laser transmission welding in the automotive and electrical industry BASF Aktiengesellschaft South America Performance Chemicals for BASF Joints and connections not only have to meet esthetical require- With Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788, extreme durability, Coatings, plastics and Specialties Estrada Samuel Aizemberg ments but at the same time must withstand extreme mechanical esthetics and a broad color spectrum do not any longer contradict E-EVP/E - J 550 1707-Bloco C-3.

2 67056 Ludwigshafen 09851-550 S o Bernardo do Campo - SP. and physical stress. Exactly this has often been a contradiction. each other, but are properties to be achieved simply and economi- Germany Brazil With esthetics in focus, glueing was the joining technology of cally. Transparent outlooks for headlights, dash boards, watches, Tel.: + 49 621 60-72736 Tel.: + 55 11 4343-3637. choice, with negative impact on durability. When durability was at cell phones and much, much more. Fax: + 49 621 60-58320 Fax: + 55 11 4343-2040. stake, joints were either screwed or laser welded utilizing strongly colored broad band absorbers mostly at the expense of esthetics. North America This was the past. BASF Corporation Performance Chemicals for plastics and Specialties 100 Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ 07932. USA. Tel.: + 1-800-933-2273. Fax: + 1-973-245-6733. Colorants for plastics : For your sustainable success.

3 The data contained in this publication are based on our current knowledge and experience. In view of the many factors that may affect processing and application of our product, these data do not relieve processors from carrying out their own investigations and tests; neither do these data imply any gua- rantee of certain properties, nor the suitability of the product for a specific purpose. Any descriptions, drawings, photographs, data, proportions, weights etc. given herein may change without prior informa- tion and do not constitute the agreed contractual quality of the product. It is the responsibility of the recipient of our products to ensure that any proprietary rights and existing laws and legislation are observed. Laser transmission welding of colored BASF Aktiengesellschaft = registered trademark of BASF Aktiengesellschaft Performance Chemicals for and transparent polymers. Coatings, plastics and Specialties EVP 2304 e 67056 Ludwigshafen Germany No simple advance but a completely new approach.

4 Lumogen IR 765 / Lumogen IR 788. Finally: the impossible has become possible. The first pros without cons: Transparency and low toxicological potential. Laser transmission welding in medical technology Just say good-bye to any limits you have encountered in laser Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 are highly transparent sel- Their high absorption efficiency results in low dosage rates and highly transparent In medical technology, product quality is the top assessment For joining transparent tubing or manufacturing transparent transmission welding. For the first time ever you can weld colored ective near-infrared absorbers with very little residual color in the thus in an excellect cost/benefit ratio. But there is even more: the very little residual color in the visible criterion. Surfaces free of pores, low toxicological potential, anti- dialysis systems, one had to pass on the advantages of laser trans- and even transparent polymers with the new near infrared (NIR) visible spectrum.

5 They exhibit excellent heat stabilities and have new Lumogen IR absorbers are processed as easily as a standard nearly unlimited freedom in the septic manufacturing conditions and precise/high-grade joints. mission welding, to use other technologies instead and accept their . absorbers Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788.. been especially designed for the absorption of radiation from semi- additive. For you, this means most innovative high tech at no achievable color range Laser technology has always been the method of choice. But drawbacks. Not any more. Up to now, only transparent/black and black/black workpiece com- conductor lasers with emission wavelengths around 800 nm. investment costs into new processing technologies. resistant to chemical and physical influences up to now welding applications still had to face one limitation With Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 you can now profit binations have been possible in laser transmission welding.

6 For Additionally, they are extremely resistant to external chemical and compatible with most standard polymers unsurpassable: highly transparent joints. from all advantages of laser technology even for transparent obtaining the desired result, carbon black or another black colorant physical attacks and allow for nearly unlimited color combinations This new BASF chemistry not only offers you innovative products, nontoxic joints. Product quality remains the top assessment criterion with- acting as a broadband absorber had to be added to the bottom in the laser welded workpieces. but opens up completely new application fields in laser transmissi- processable like a standard additive out compromise. piece. Due to the dark inherent color, welding of brightly colored or on welding. Never before it was so easy for you to gain access to no extra investments necessary completely transparent parts was impossible.

7 But this is history. new markets and new business opportunities. excellent cost/benefit ratio Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 - % by weight in polycarbonate Compatibility of Lumogen IR with selected polymers 2,9. 2,4 Product PC PMMA PET PA[6] PS ABS SAN MABS PVC PP TPE PE. 1,9 Lumogen IR 765. extinction ( ). 1,4 Lumogen IR 788. 0,9. 0,4 suitable without limitations suitability must be tested -0,1 not suitable 500 600 700 800 900 1000. wavelength (nm). Lumogen IR 765 Lumogen IR 788 For these polymers, test results are not available yet: TPU, PES, POM, PTFE, PA , PA 12. No simple advance but a completely new approach. Lumogen IR 765 / Lumogen IR 788. Finally: the impossible has become possible. The first pros without cons: Transparency and low toxicological potential. Laser transmission welding in medical technology Just say good-bye to any limits you have encountered in laser Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 are highly transparent sel- Their high absorption efficiency results in low dosage rates and highly transparent In medical technology, product quality is the top assessment For joining transparent tubing or manufacturing transparent transmission welding.

8 For the first time ever you can weld colored ective near-infrared absorbers with very little residual color in the thus in an excellect cost/benefit ratio. But there is even more: the very little residual color in the visible criterion. Surfaces free of pores, low toxicological potential, anti- dialysis systems, one had to pass on the advantages of laser trans- and even transparent polymers with the new near infrared (NIR) visible spectrum. They exhibit excellent heat stabilities and have new Lumogen IR absorbers are processed as easily as a standard nearly unlimited freedom in the septic manufacturing conditions and precise/high-grade joints. mission welding, to use other technologies instead and accept their . absorbers Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788.. been especially designed for the absorption of radiation from semi- additive. For you, this means most innovative high tech at no achievable color range Laser technology has always been the method of choice.

9 But drawbacks. Not any more. Up to now, only transparent/black and black/black workpiece com- conductor lasers with emission wavelengths around 800 nm. investment costs into new processing technologies. resistant to chemical and physical influences up to now welding applications still had to face one limitation With Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 you can now profit binations have been possible in laser transmission welding. For Additionally, they are extremely resistant to external chemical and compatible with most standard polymers unsurpassable: highly transparent joints. from all advantages of laser technology even for transparent obtaining the desired result, carbon black or another black colorant physical attacks and allow for nearly unlimited color combinations This new BASF chemistry not only offers you innovative products, nontoxic joints. Product quality remains the top assessment criterion with- acting as a broadband absorber had to be added to the bottom in the laser welded workpieces.

10 But opens up completely new application fields in laser transmissi- processable like a standard additive out compromise. piece. Due to the dark inherent color, welding of brightly colored or on welding. Never before it was so easy for you to gain access to no extra investments necessary completely transparent parts was impossible. But this is history. new markets and new business opportunities. excellent cost/benefit ratio Lumogen IR 765 and Lumogen IR 788 - % by weight in polycarbonate Compatibility of Lumogen IR with selected polymers 2,9. 2,4 Product PC PMMA PET PA[6] PS ABS SAN MABS PVC PP TPE PE. 1,9 Lumogen IR 765. extinction ( ). 1,4 Lumogen IR 788. 0,9. 0,4 suitable without limitations suitability must be tested -0,1 not suitable 500 600 700 800 900 1000. wavelength (nm). Lumogen IR 765 Lumogen IR 788 For these polymers, test results are not available yet: TPU, PES, POM, PTFE, PA , PA 12.