Envalior

Akulon® Fuel Lock

Envalior launched Akulon Fuel Lock nylon/polyamide (PA6) monolayer technology in 2011. Today, leading global manufacturers have trusted Akulon for years, and the third-generation technology continues to deliver superior performance versus HDPE. 

Explore Akulon® Fuel Lock

Born out of the need for a more eco-friendly product after stricter emissions regulations, Akulon Fuel Lock emerged as a functional replacement for the HDPE materials commonly used for small-engine fuel tanks.

Envalior continues to offer many cutting-edge products that meet the needs of the ever-changing global community. Akulon Fuel Lock is just one of those products, emerging as the perfect material for use in small-engine fuel tanks.

In the 1990s, stricter guidelines for reducing the evaporative emissions of small off-road equipment were instituted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With other countries preparing to follow suit, Envalior saw an opportunity to make an environmental impact in the outdoor power equipment (OPE) industry, leading to the 2011 launch of our Fuel Lock products.

Today, leading global manufacturers have trusted Akulon for years, and the third-generation technology continues to deliver superior performance versus HDPE.

Key Benefits

  • Tanks with 2 mm wall thickness molded from Akulon Fuel Lock perform at exceptionally low evaporative emission rate of 80% below the U.S. EPA and CARB regulation limits
  • Supports sustainable practices by avoiding fluorination, a traditional barrier technology for high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
  • High impact resistance at cold temperature to -40°C
  • Offers the ability to design thinner-wall fuel tanks that reduce weight material while increasing fuel capacity
  • Utilizes standard injection molding and blow molding tools and machines

Download Akulon® Fuel Lock datasheets

Akulon® Fuel Lock FLE40-HP

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Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.

We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).

In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.

  • Low fuel permeation PA6 suitable for use in blow molding

Akulon® Fuel Lock FLE-LP NA99001

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Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.

We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).

In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.

  • Low fuel permeation PA6 suitable for use in injection molding/welding of small engine fuel tanks
  • Low fuel permeation

                           

Featured applications

Hydrogen pressure vessel

Automotive | Engine | Fuel System

70% lighter than conventional steel tanks ; Cost-effective solution due to excellent processability ;High impact resistance and high elongation down to -60°C (-76°F) ;Guaranteed to last for the lifetime of the product

Outdoor power product fuel tanks

Consumer goods | Lawn & garden

Increased design freedom (minimum wall thickness possible up to 1.2mm) ;Evaporative emissions barrier more than six times higher than regulations require ;Guaranteed to last for the lifetime of the product

The versatile high performance polyamide

Akulon is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics and electrical to furniture and packaging. We offer Akulon grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, monofilament and multifilament).

In molded parts, the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion, the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon sets the market standards.

Read more about Akulon- PA6 & PA66

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