Extrusion ABS The extrusion ABS resin is processed through a sheet or profile extrusion.

Although the resin in the form of a sheet may be used itself, depending on the application, it is processed as the final product through thermoforming, which is applied to refrigerator inner door cabinets, bathtubs, door covers, etc., or is applied to sashes, pipes, etc., through the continuous profile extrusion, as shown in Figure 6.5 and Table 6.6. For the case of extrusion ABS, when there is any change of throughput in the continuous process, such as sheet extrusion, profile extrusion, etc., inferior conditions such as surface inferiority or thickness deviation can be created. Therefore, the extrusion stability (less deviation of melt flow depending on temperature, less additives) is regarded as the major important characteristic, as shown in Table 6.7. Although the extrusion ABS may be used as the final product in the profile form, such as sheet, film, or pipe, in most cases it is generally moldingprocessed as the final product through sheet extrusion followed by a thermoforming process. The typical example is the refrigerator inner door cabinet product. In thermoforming processing, deformation and thickness variation may be raised, and to minimize such problems, the extrusion ABS is mainly characterized by an excellent thermoformability.