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George Wypych

HANDBOOK OF

FILLERS
2nd Edition

Plastics Design Library

Toronto − New York 2000


Published by ChemTec Publishing
38 Earswick Drive, Toronto, Ontario M1E 1C6, Canada
Co-published by Plastics Design Library
a division of William Andrew Inc.
13 Eaton Avenue, Norwich, NY 13815, USA
© ChemTec Publishing, 1999, 2000
ISBN 1-895198-19-4
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or
transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of copyright
owner. No responsibility is assumed by the Author and the Publisher for any injury
or/and damage to persons or properties as a matter of products liability, negligence,
use, or operation of any methods, product ideas, or instructions published or
suggested in this book.

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Wypych, George
Handbook of Fillers
2nd ed., revised for the second printing
First edition published under title: Fillers

Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 1-895198-19-4 (ChemTec Publishing)
ISBN 1-884207-69-3 (William Andrew Inc.)
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-88518
1. Fillers (Materials). I. Title. II. Title: Fillers
TP1114.W96 1999

668.4’11

C98-901215-8

Printed in Canada by Transcontinental Printing Inc., 505 Consumers Rd.
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4V8


Acknowledgment

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Acknowledgment
The author wishes to acknowledge the kind help and many personal efforts from the
representatives of the companies manufacturing fillers and equipment. The following
companies were kind to share their data and information:
Abrasivos y Maquinaria, S.A., Calle Caspe, 79, 2o, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
Accuratus Ceramic Corporation, 14A Brass Castle Road, Washington, NJ 07882, USA
Ace International Inc., 520 North Gold Street, Centralia, WA 98531-0885, USA
ACuPowder International, LLC, 901 Lehigh Avenue, Union, NJ 07083, USA
AccuRate Bulk Solids Metering, Unit of Schenck AccuRate, 746 East Milwaukee Street,
P.O. Box 208, Whitwater, WI 53190, USA
Advanced Ceramics Corporation, 11907 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107-5026

Agrashell, Inc., 5934 Keystone Drive, Bath, PA 18014, USA
Akzo Nobel Aramid Products Inc., 801 F Blacklawn Road, Conyers, GA 30207, USA
Albion Kaolin Company, 1 Albion Road, Hephzibah, GA 30815, USA
Alcan Chemicals Europe, Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 0QB, England
American Metal Fibers, Inc., 2889 North Nagel Court, Lake Bluff, IL 60044-1460, USA
American Wood Fibers, 100 Alderson Street, Schofield, WI 54476-0468, USA
AML Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 4110, Warren, OH 44482, USA
Amoco Performance Products, Inc., 4500 McGinnis Ferry Road, Alpharetta, GA 30202,
USA
Amspec Chemical Corporation, 751 Water Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030, USA
Anthracite Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 112, Sunbury, PA 17801, USA
Anval, Inc., 301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070, USA
Applied Carbon Technology, 953 Route 202 North, Somerville, NJ 08876, USA
Asheville Mica Company, 900 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607-6120, USA
Aspect Minerals, Spruce Pine, NC 28777, USA
Ausimont USA Inc., P.O. Box 1838, Morristown, NJ 07962-1838, USA
Barium & Chemicals, Inc., P.O. Box 218, Steubenville, OH 43952-5218, USA
Bel-Tyne Products Ltd., Victoria Works, Brewery Street, Portwood, Stockport SK1 2BQ,
England
Bromine Group Dead Sea, P.O. Box 180, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
Bekaert Corporation, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Suite 100, Marietta, GA 30067,
USA
Buckman Laboratories, Inc., 1256 North McLean Blvd., Memphis, TN 38108, USA
Burgess Pigment, P.O. Box 349, Sandersville, GA 31082
Cabot Corporation, Special Blacks Division, 157 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821,
USA
Cabot Performance Materials, P.O. Box 1608, County Line Road, Boyertown, PA 19512,
USA
Cancarb Ltd., 1702 Brier Park Crescent N.W., Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G1, Canada
Carborundum Corporation, Boron Nitride Division, 168 Creekside Drive, Amherst, NY

14228-2027, USA
C.E D. Process Minerals Inc., 863 N. Cleveland - Massillon Road, Akron, OH
4433-2167, USA
Celite Corporation (World Minerals, Inc.), Headquarters, P.O. Box 519, Lompoc, CA
93438-0519, USA
Cellulose Filler Factory Corporation, 10200 Worton Road, Chestertown, MD 21620,
USA
Charis, Inc., 512 Sweet Briar Drive, Maryville, TN 37804, USA


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Acknowledgment

Charles B. Chrystal Co., Inc., 30 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10007, USA
Chronos Richardson Inc., 15 Gardner Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004, USA
Chemalloy Company, Inc., P.O. Box 350, Bryn Nawr, PA 19010-0350, USA
CIMBAR Performance Minerals, 25 Old River Road S.E., P.O. Box 250, Cartersville,
GA 30120, USA
Cleveland Vibrator Company, 2828 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113, USA
Climax Molybdenum Company, Division of Cyprus Amax Company, Centennial Center,
Suite 308, P.O. Box 0407, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-0407, USA
Coal Fillers, Inc, P.O. Box 1063, Bluefield, VA 24605, USA
Composite Materials, L L C, 700 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543, USA
Composite Particles, Inc., 2330 26th Street S.W., Allentown, PA 18103, USA
Columbian Chemicals Company, 600 Parkwood Circle, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30339,
USA
Cortex Biochem, Inc., 1933 Davis Street, Suite 321, San Leandro, CA 94577, USA
CSM Industries, 21801 Tungsten Road, Cleveland, OH 44117, USA
Degussa AG, Weissfrauenstrasse 9, D-60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Duke Scientific Corporation, 2463 Faber Place, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
DUSLO, a.s., Drienova ul. 24, 826 03 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Eagle Picher Minerals, Inc., 6110 Plumas Street, Reno, NV 89509, USA
ECC International, Ltd., John Keay House, St. Austell, Cornwall PL25 4DJ, England
Electro Abrasives Corporation, 701 Willet Road, Buffalo, NY 14218, USA
EM Corporation, P.O. Box 2400 TR, 2801 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Engelhard Corporation, Pigments and Additives Group, 101 Wood Avenue, P.O. Box
770, Iselin, NJ 08830-0770, USA
D. J. Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 31366, Cleveland, OH 44131, USA
Evans Clay Company, P.O. Box 595, McIntyre, GA 31054, USA
Expencel, Inc., 2150-H Northmont Parkway, Duluth, GA 30096, USA
Favre & Matthijs SA, Chemin des Fleurettes, 43, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
Fibertec, 35 Scotland Boulevard, Bridgewater, MA 02324, USA
Fiber Sales & Development Corporation, Checkerboard Sq., St. Louis, MO 6364, USA
Franklin Industrial Minerals, 612 Tenth Avenue, North Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Grefco Minerals, Inc., P.O. Box 637, Lompoc, CA 93438, USA
Halvor Forberg AS, Hegdal, N-3261 Larvik, Norway
Hapman Conveyors, 6002 E. Kilgore Road, P.O. Box 2321, Kalamazoo, MI 49003, USA
Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation, 60 S. Seiberling Street, P.O. Box 9360,
Akron, OH 44305-0360, USA
Hitox Corporation of America, P.O. Box 2544, Corpus Christi, TX 78403-2544, USA
Huber, J.M. Corporation, Engineered Minerals Division, One Huber Road, Macon, GA
31298, USA
Hyperion Catalysis International, 38 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
I H Polymeric Products, Ltd., Meopham Triding Estate, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent
DA13 0LT, England
Inco Company, 681 Lawlins Road, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, USA
Interfibe Corporation, 6001 Cochran Road, Solon, OH 44139, USA
JAYGO, Inc., 675 Rahway Avenue, Union, NJ 07083, USA
J.B. Company, 9 Ginter Street, Franklin, NJ, USA

Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company, 1441 Donelson Pike, Nashville, TN 37217, USA
Keystone Filler & Mfg. Company, 214 Railroad Street, Muncy, PA 17756, USA
Kinetico Inc., 10845 Kinsman Road, P.O. Box 193, Newbury, OH 44065, USA
Kronos Canada, Inc., Suite 206, 45 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N
5W9
K-Tron, Routes 55 & 553, Pitman, NJ 08071, USA
Lancaster Products, Division of Kercher Industries, Inc., 920 Mechanic Street, Lebanon,
PA 17046, USA


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Laurel Industries, Inc., 30195 Chagrin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44124-5794, USA
Littleford Day, Inc., 7451 Empire Drive, Florence, K Y 41042-2985, USA
Luzenac Europe, B.P. 1162, 31036 Toulouse Cedex 1, France
Malvern Minerals Company, 220 Runyon Street, P.O. Box 1238, Hot Springs National
Park, AR 71902, USA
Mica-Tek, A Division of Miller and Company, 325 North Center Street, Suite D,
Northville, MI 48167-1224, USA
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, 200 International Circle, Suite 5000, Hunt Valley, MD
21030, USA
MMM Carbon, Avenue Louise 534, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Morgan Matroc, Ltd., Bewdley Road Stourport-on Severn, Worcestershire DY13 8QR,
England
Nabaltec GmbH, P.O. Box 18 60, D-92409 Schwandorf, Germany
Nanophase Technologies Corporation, 453 Commerce Street, Burr Ridge, IL 60521,
USA
Non-Metals, Inc., 1870 West Prince Road, Suite 67, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA

Novamet Specialty Products Corporation, 681 Lawlins Road, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, USA
NOVATEC, 222 E. Thomas Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
Nyco Minerals, Inc., 124 Mountain View Drive, Willsboro, NY 12996-0368, USA
Nyacol Products, Inc., Megunco Road, P.O. Box 349, Ashland, MA 01721, USA
Old Hickory Clay Company, P.O. Box 66, Hickory, KY 42051-006, USA
OMG, Inc., World Headquarters, 50 Public Aquare, 3800 Terminal Tower, Cleveland,
OH 44113, USA
OMYA/Pl ss-Staufer AG, P.O. Box 32, CH-4665 Oftringen, Switzerland
Owens Corning, World Headquarters, One Owens Corning Parkway, Toledo, OH 43659,
USA
Pacific Century, Inc., P.O. Box 221016, Chantilly, VA 20153, USA
Palamatic Handling Systems Ltd., Cobnar Wood Close, Chesterfield Trading Estate,
Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 9RQ, England
Pierce & Stevens Corporation, 710 Ohio Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Piqua Minerals, Inc., 1750 West Statler Road, Piqua, OH 45356, USA
Polar Minerals, 1703 Bluff Rd., Mt. Vernon, IN 47620, USA
Plastic Methods Co., Inc., 20 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018, USA
Polytechs S.A., Zone Industrielle de la Gare, BP 14, 76450 Cany Barville, France
Potters Industries, Inc., Southpoint Corporate Headquarters, P.O. Box 840, Valley Forge,
PA 19482-0840, USA
PPG Industries, Inc., One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15272, USA
PQ Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, P.O. Box 840, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0840,
USA
Premier Pneumatics, Inc., 606 North Front St., P O Box 17, Salina, KS 67402-0017, USA
Quarzwerke GmbH, P.O. Box 1780, Kaskadenweg 40, D-50226 Frechen, Germany
ReBase Products, Inc., 70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON L4M 4Z2, Canada
Reheis Ireland, Kilbarrack Road, Dublin 5, Ireland
Piedemont Minerals, Division of RESCO Products, Inc., P.O. Box 7247, Greensboro, NC
27417-0247, USA
Sachtleben Chemie GmbH, Postfach 17 04 54, D-47184 Duisburg, Germany

San Jose Delta Associates, Inc., 482 Sapena Court, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lincoln Drive, P.O. Box B, Tamaqua, PA
18252-0420, USA
Silvered Electronic Mica Co., Inc., P.O. Box 505, 107 Boston Post Road, Willimantic,
CT 06226, USA
Solvay S.A. Benelux, rue du Prince Albert 44, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
SOVITEC Iberica S.A., Poligono Industrial, E-Castellbisbal-Barcelona, Spain


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Acknowledgment

Sphere Services, Inc., 1055 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 100, Oak Ridge, TN 37830,
USA
Spiroflow-Orthos Systems, Inc., 2806 Gray Fox Road, Monroe, NC 28110, USA
Steward, 1200 East 36th Street, P.O. Box 510, Chattanooga, TN 37401-0510, USA
Strong-Lite Products Corporation, Emmett Sanders Road, P.O. Box 8029, Pine Bluff, AR
71611, USA
Struktol Corporation, 201 East Steels Corners Road, P.O. Box 1649, Stow, OH 44224,
USA
Superior Graphite Corporation, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
Suzorite Mica Products, Inc., 1475 Graham Bell Street, Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6A1,
Canada
Syncoglas N.V., Industriepark, Drukkerijstraat 9, B-9240 Zele, Belgium
Synair Corporation, P.O. Box 5269, 2003 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37406,
USA
TAM Ceramics, Inc., P.O. Box 67, 4511 Hyde Park Blvd., Niagara Falls, NY
14305-0067, USA
Technic, Inc., Engineered Powders Division, 300 Park East Drive, Woonsocket, RI

02895, USA
Teledyne Advanced Materials, An Allegheny Teledyne Company, 7300 Highway 20
West, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA
TIMCAL, Ltd., Graphites and Technologies, CH-5643 Sins, Switzerland
Tioxide Canada, Inc., 9999 Cavendish Boulevard, Suite 100, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec
H4M, 2X5, Canada
Transmet Corporation, 4290 Perimeter Drive, Columbus, OH 43228, USA
Toho Rayon Co., Ltd., 3-9 Nihonbashi 3-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103, Japan
3M Chemicals, Specialty Additives, 3M Center building 223-6S-04, St. Paul, MN
55144-1000, USA
United Clays, Inc., 7003 Chadwick Drive, Suite 100, Brentwood, TN 37027, USA
United States Antimony Corporation, P.O. Box 643, Thompson Falls, MT 59873, USA
U.S. Silica Company, P.O. Box 187, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411, USA
Vanderbilt, R.T. Company, Inc., 30 Winfield Street, P.O. Box 5150, Norwalk, CT
06856-5150, USA
Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Hans-Seidel Platzz 4, D-81737 München, Germany
Wright Industries, Inc., 225 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220, USA
Zemex Industrial Minerals, 1040 Crown Point Parkway, Suite 270, Atlanta, GA 30338
Zeochem, Chemie Uetikon Subsidiary, P.O. Box 35940, Louisville, KY 40232, USA
Zinc Corporation of America, 300 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061-2295, USA