INEOS Styrolution introduces new MBS material for electronics component packaging

INEOS Styrolution introduced Zylar EX350, a new grade of its Zylar family of methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene (MBS) materials, for carrier tapes in electronics component packaging.

INEOS Styrolution’s new grade of MBS materials can be used for carrier tapes in electronic component packaging.

Zylar EX350 is an extrusion grade that offers a balanced combination of stiffness and toughness, ensuring component stability to provide optimal level of protection and support for electronics components. It also delivers a consistent and smooth peel-off strength performance and good transparency for camera inspection.

In addition, the new grade is more versatile as it enables the creation of deeper and more rigid pocket designs compared to a GPPS/SBC blend, providing greater design flexibility to cater a broader spectrum of market requirements.

“Having the right carrier tapes for tape-and-reel packaging is important as this will minimize part migration, flipping and sticking during transportation, as well as mis-picks during the pick-and-place process, preventing product and productivity losses during surface mount technology assembly,” explained Johnson Lin, APAC Technical Manager.

The new Zylar EX350 is recently launched in the Asia-Pacific region.