5V UL fire rating
AAGR Average Annual Growth Rate
ABS Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
ACM-V Vulcanized acrylate rubber
ACS Acrylonitrile Chlorinated polyethylene Styrene
AES or AEPDS Acrylonitrile EPDM Styrene
AMC Alkyd Moulding Compound
ArF or AF Aramid Fibre
ASA Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATH Aluminium TriHydrate
BF Boron Fibre
BMC Bulk Moulding Compound
BMI BisMaleImide
BOPP Bi-axially Oriented PolyPropylene
CA Cellulose Acetate
CAB Cellulose AcetoButyrate
CAD Computer Aided Design
CBT Cyclic polyButadiene Terephthalate
CE Cyanate Ester
CF Carbon Fibre
CFC ChloroFluoroCarbon
CIC Continuous Impregnated Compound
CM or CPE Chlorinated PolyEthylene
CNT Carbon NanoTube
COC or COP Cyclic Olefin Copolymers or Cyclic Olefin Polymers
CONC Concentrated solution
COP or COC Cyclic Olefin Polymers or Cyclic Olefin Copolymers
COPE or TPEE COPolyEster TPE
CP Cellulose Propionate
CPE or CM Chlorinated PolyEthylene
CPVC or PVC-C Chlorinated PVC
CS Compression Set
CUT Continuous Use Temperature under unstressed state
Cy PolyCyanate
DAP DiAllyl Phthalate
DCPD Poly(DiCycloPentaDiene)
DMC Dough Moulding Compound
DMTA Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
DRIV Direct Resin Injection and Venting
DSC Differential Scanning Calorimeter
DTA Differential Thermal Analysis
EB Elongation at Break
EBA, EGMA, Ethylene-acid and ethylene-ester copolymers, e.g. Ethylene-ButylAcrylate
EMAH, EEA,EAA
ECTFE Ethylene monoChloroTriFluoroEthylene
EE, E&E Electrical & Electronics
EMA Ethylene-MethAcrylate ionomers
EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference
EP EPoxy
EPDM rubber Terpolymer ethylene, propylene, diene
EPS Expandable (or Expanded) PolyStyrene
ESC Environmental Stress Cracking
ESD ElectroStatic Discharge
ETFE Ethylene-TetraFluoroEthylene
EVA, E/VAC, Ethylene-VinylAcetate copolymers
EVAC,VAE,EVM
EVOH Ethylene-Vinyl alcohol copolymers
F-PVC Flexible PVC
FEP Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FR Fire Retardant
GF Glass Fibre
GFRP Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic
GMT Glass Mat Thermoplastic
HB UL fire rating
HDPE or PE HD High Density PolyEthylene
HDT Heat Deflection Temperature
HPGF High-Performance short Glass Fibre reinforced polypropylene
HSCT High Speed Civil Transport (aircraft)
HTPC Hybrid ThermoPlastic Composite
HTV High Temperature Vulcanization
ILSS InterLaminar Shear Strength
IMC In-Mould Coating
IMD In-Mould Decoration
IPN Interpenetrating Polymer Network
IRHD International Rubber Hardness
IRM International Referee Material
ISO International Standardization Organization
LCP Liquid Crystal Polymer
LCTC Low Cost Tooling for Composites
LDPE or PE LD Low Density PolyEthylene
LEFM Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
LFRT Long Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic
LFT Long Fibre reinforced Thermoplastic
LGF Long Glass Fibre
LIM Liquid Injection Moulding
LLDPE Linear Low Density PolyEthylene
LRTM Light RTM
LSR Liquid Silicone Rubber
LWRT Light Weight Reinforced Thermoplastic
MABS Methylmethacrylate-Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
MBS Methyl methacrylate-Butadiene-Styrene
MDPE Medium Density PolyEthylene
MF Melamine
MPR Melt Processable Rubber (TPE)
NB No Break
NVH Noise Vibration Harshness
O&M Organization & Methods department
OPET Oriented PET
OPP Oriented PP
PA PolyAmide
PA-T Transparent amorphous PolyAmide
PAA PolyArylAmide
PAI PolyAmide Imide
PAEK PolyArylEtherKetone
PAN PolyAcryloNitrile
PAS PolyArylSulfone
PB PolyButene-1 or PolyButylene-1
PBI PolyBenzImidazole
PBO PolyphenyleneBenzoOxazole
PBT or PBTP PolyButyleneTerephthalate
PC PolyCarbonate
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PC-HT PolyCarbonate – High Temperature
PCL PolyCaproLactone
PCT PolyCyclohexylene-dimethylene Terephthalate
PCTA Terephthalate/Isophthalate
PCTFE PolyChloroTriFluoroEthylene
PCTG PolyCyclohexylene-dimethylenediol/ethyleneglycol Terephthalate
PE PolyEthylene
PEAR PolyEtherAmide Resin
PEBA PolyEther Block Amide
PEEK PolyEtherEther Ketone
PEG PolyEthylene Glycol
PEI PolyEtherImide
PEK PolyEtherKetone
PEN PolyEthylene Naphthalenedicarboxylate
PES or PESU PolyEtherSulfone
PET or PETP PolyEthylene Terephthalate
PETG PolyEthyleneGlycol/cyclohexylene-dimethylenediol Terephthalate
PETI PhenylEthynyl with Imide Terminations
PEX Crosslinked PolyEthylene
PF Phenolic resin
PF1Ax PF general purpose, ammonia free
PF2Cx PF heat resistant, glass fibre reinforced
PF2Dx PF impact resistant, cotton filled
PF2E1 PF mica filled
PFA PerFluoroAlkoxy
PGA PolyGlycolic Acid
PHA PolyHydroxyAlkanoate
PHB PolyHydroxyButyrate
PI PolyImide
PK PolyKetone
PLA PolyLactic Acid
PMI PolyMethacrylImide
PMMA Poly MethylMethAcrylate
PMP PolyMethylPentene
PO PolyOlefin
POM PolyOxyMethylene or Polyacetal
PP PolyPropylene
PPA PolyPhthalAmide
PPE PolyPhenylene Ether
PP/EPDM Unvulcanized EPDM blended with polypropylene or block copolymerized
PP-EPDM (reactor TPO) – (TPE) (TPO)
PP/EPDM-V Vulcanized EPDM dispersed in polypropylene (TPE) (TPV)
PP/IIR-V Vulcanized butyl rubber dispersed in polypropylene (TPE) (TPV)
PP/NBR-V Vulcanized nitrile rubber dispersed in polypropylene (TPE) (TPV)
PPO PolyPhenylene Oxide
PPS PolyPhenylene Sulfide
PPSU PolyPhenyleneSulfone
Prepreg Preimpregnated
PS PolyStyrene
PSU PolySulfone
PS-X or XPS Crosslinked PolyStyrene
PTFE PolyTetraFluoroEthylene
PTMT or PBT PolyTetraMethylene Terephthalate or PolyButyleneTerephthalate
PTT PolyTrimethylene Terephthalate
PUR PolyURethane
PV Pressure*Velocity
PVA or PVAL PolyVinyl Alcohol
or PVOH
PVAC PolyVinyl ACetate
PVAL or PVA or PVOH PolyVinyl ALcohol
PVB PolyVinyl Butyrate
PVC PolyVinyl Chloride
PVDC PolyVinyliDene Chloride
PVC-C or CPVC Chlorinated PVC
PVC-U Unplasticized PVC
PVDF PolyVinyliDene Fluoride
PVF PolyVinyl Fluoride
PVOH or PVAL or PVA PolyVinyl Alcohol
RF Radio Frequency
RFI Resin Film Impregnation
RH Relative Humidity or Hygrometry
RIM Reaction Injection Moulding
RIRM Resin Injection Recirculation Moulding
RP Reinforced Plastic
RRIM Reinforced Reaction Injection Moulding
RT Room Temperature
RTM Resin Transfer Moulding
RTP Reinforced ThermoPlastic
RTV Room Temperature Vulcanization
SAN Styrene AcryloNitrile
SATUR Saturated solution
SB Styrene Butadiene
SBC Styrenic Block Copolymer
SBS Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (TPE)
SCRIMP Seeman’s Composite Resin Infusion Moulding Process
SEBS Styrene Ethylene/Butylene Styrene (TPE)
SEPS Styrene Ethylene/Propylene Styrene (TPE)
SGF Short Glass Fibre
Si Silicone
SIS Styrene Isoprene Styrene (TPE)
SMA Styrene Maleic Anhydride
SMC Sheet Moulding Compound
SMMA Styrene-Methyl MethAcrylate
SN curve Plot of stress or strain (S) leading to failure after N cycles of repeated loading
SOL Solution
SP-polyimides Condensation polyimides
SPC Statistical Process Control
SPDF Super Plastic Diaphragm Forming
SRRIM Structural (Reinforced) Resin Injection Moulding
TAC TriAllyl Cyanurate
TDI Toluene-2,4-DiIsocyanate
TFE TetraFluoroEthylene
TGA ThermoGravimetric Analysis
TGV High-speed train
TMC Thick Moulding Compound
TP ThermoPlastic
TPE ThermoPlastic Elastomer
TPE/PVC PVC-based TPE, alloys of PVC and rubber (TPE) (TPO or TPV)
TPEE or COPE ThermoPlastic Elastomer Ester
TPO ThermoPlastic Olefin
TPR ThermoPlastic Rubber
TPS ThermoPlastic Styrenic
TP/Si-V TPV of a vulcanized silicone rubber dispersed in a thermoplastic phase
TPU ThermoPlastic polyUrethane
TPV ThermoPlastic Vulcanizate
TR Temperature-Retraction procedure
TS Tensile Strength
UD UniDirectional composite
UF Urea-Formaldehyde
UHMWPE or UltraHigh Molecular Weight PE
PE-UHMW
UL Underwriters Laboratories
Unkn. Unknown
UP Unsaturated Polyester
UV UltraViolet
V0 to V2 UL fire rating
VAE Ethylene-VinylAcetate copolymers
VARI Vacuum Assisted Resin Injection
VARTM Vacuum Assisted RTM
VE VinylEster
VIP Vacuum Infusion Process
VST Vicat Softening Temperature
WPC Wood Plastic Composite
XLPE Crosslinked LDPE
XPE or PEX Crosslinked PolyEthylene
XPS or PS-X Crosslinked PolyStyrene
ZMC A highly automated process using Moulding Compounds