What is ABS EDGE Banding

ABS edging is synthesized from three chemical monomers: acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene. Each monomer has different properties: acrylonitrile for its high strength, thermal and chemical stability, butadiene for its toughness and impact resistance, and styrene for easy processing, high finish and high strength. Morphologically, ABS is an amorphous material. The polymerization of the three monomers produces terpolymers with two phases, one being a continuous phase of styrene-acrylonitrile and the other being a dispersed phase of polybutadiene rubber. The properties of ABS depend mainly on the ratio of the three monomers and the molecular structure in the two phases. This allows for a great deal of flexibility in product design, and results in hundreds of different qualities of ABS materials on the market. These different qualities offer different properties, such as impact resistance from medium to high, finish from low to high, and high temperature twisting characteristics. ABS material has superior ease of processing, appearance characteristics, low creep and excellent dimensional stability as well as high impact strength.