Avoid callbacks with St 6000® MDP FSP

Who should risk a recall or food production shutdown to find the proverbial needle in a haystack when, through the use of our metal-detectable engineering plastic St 6000® MDP FSP even the smallest impurities in foodstuffs can be easily identified? Right – no one!

St 6000® MDP FSP – Metallic Detectable Plastics for Consumer and Industrial Protection

“Group has to recall millions of chocolate bars of several brands!”, headlines like these or comparable ones drive the beads of sweat onto the foreheads of those responsible in the food and packaging industry. One of the most common reasons: Unwanted foreign particles in the food – such as a broken plastic particle… Plastic particles found in food can have devastating health and economic consequences – not to mention the loss of image among customers and consumers.

Whether as a semi-finished product or as an individual plastic part – no company in the food industry can ignore our PE-UHMW-based, detectable plastic. It is slippery, wear-resistant, easy to clean, and delivers higher process reliability and control to boot. With St 6000® MDP FSP recall actions and thus personal and economic damage are avoidable.

Pre-test and identify the smallest plastic particles in a food-safe manner: St 6000® MDP FSP with FDA and EU approval

St 6000® MDP FSP is an excellent plastic for components in the food industry. For maximum consumer protection and compliant with Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011. The PE-UHMW-based plastic is detectable by conventional, industrial metal detectors thanks to special additives for the detection of foreign bodies – on request, we will be happy to send you a test sample so that you can check the material’s detection capability in your system.

St 6000® MDP FSP in detail

Our PE-UHMW based metal detectable material St 6000® MDP FSP is available in the color blue and is available at short notice. Wefapress® keeps sheets in the format 2,000 x 1,220 mm in the most common thicknesses in stock, other sheet formats are of course also possible. Here again the most important features at a glance:

• FDA approved
• compliant with Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 [als FSP Qualität]
• Continuous temperature: 80 °C – up to 100 °C possible for short periods.
• good gliding properties
• High wear resistance
• no moisture absorption
• metal detectable
• Very good impact strength

Would you like to learn more about St 6000® MDP FSP or other engineering plastics and their applications from Wefapress®? With pleasure, because we are at our best when it comes to developing customized plastics solutions for industry. Our sales team looks forward to your inquiry and will advise you on individual solutions for your specific application area in your industry.

A wide range of products is also available in the standard area. Check out our overview of engineering plastics and let us advise you on the design and manufacture of your plastic parts! Our customer service team is looking forward to your product inquiry.