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What Plastics Are Used In Electrical Equipment?

  • Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene - telephone handsets, keyboards, monitors, computer housings
  • Aikyd resins - circuit breakers, switch gear
  • Amino resins - lighting fixtures
  • Epoxy resins - electrical components
  • Ethylene vinyl acetate - freezer door strips, vacuum lean hoses, handle-grips
  • Phenol formaldehyde - fuse boxes, knobs, switches, handles
  • Polyacetal - business machine parts
  • Polyamide - food processor bearings, adaptors
  • Polycarbonate - telephones
  • Polyesters - business machine parts, coffee machines, toasters
  • Polyethylene - cable & wire insulation
  • Polymethyl methacrylate - hi-fi lids, windows on tape decks
  • Polymethyl pentane - circuit boards, microwave grills
  • Polyphenylene oxide - coffee machines, TV housings
  • Polyphenylene suiphide - hairdryer grilles, element bases, transformers
  • Polypropylene - kettles
  • Polystyrene - refrigerator trays/linings, TV cabinets
  • Polysulphone - microwave grills
  • Polytetrafluoroethene - electrical applications
  • Polyvinyl chloride - cable and wire insulation, cable trunking
  • Styrene acrylonitrile - hi-fi covers
  • Urea formaldehyde - fuse boxes, knobs, switches