Cutlery manufacturer expands product line with dishwasher-safe knife handles featuring stainless steel-filled Gravi-Tech™ compound

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Cutlery manufacturer expands product line with dishwasher-safe knife handles featuring stainless steel-filled Gravi-Tech™ compound

Higher hardness and filled grades usually have lower ultimate elongation and therefore are more easily degated.

LSR flows easily into molds with varied wall thicknesses and can fill very long, thin sections of a mold. Though the viscosity of TPEs are reduced when processed at high shear rates, TPEs must be “packed” into a mold to ensure complete fill-out. Materials with lower specific gravity will fill more volume and therefore yield more parts per pound.

For the mouse feet, Avient formulated a special grade of LubriOne™ filled acetal as an improvement over the neat acetal found in traditional designs.

Having experience in plastic injection molding, Smart Hero knew the material also had to have excellent flow characteristics to be able to fill the complex geometry required for the light.

TOOL MANUFACTURER T O O L H A N D L E S • Electrical resistivity of 100 MΩ, ESD • Hardness of 90 Shore A or higher • Suitable for OM onto PP • White color • Provided a solution with permanent antistatic properties and excellent tear resistance, enhancing durability • Met required hardness range, giving handle excellent grip • Simplified manufacturing process with excellent adherence directly onto PP substrate Stat-Tech™ Thermoplastic Elastomer KEY REQUIREMENTS WHY AVIENT?

It’s why we win. 11 474 644 924 107 147 208 467 616 872 2014 2018 2020PF R&D / Technical Marketing Sales Commercial Resources + 36% + 37% + 32% + 43% + 41% + 42% Headcount figures are Pro forma for the sale of Designed Structures and Solutions (DSS) and Performance Products and Solutions (PP&S) segments and the acquisition of the Clariant Masterbatch business. 2020PF data as of August 31, 2020. With the Clariant Masterbatch acquisition and divestment of the PP&S business, our exposure is now concentrated in less-cyclical and high-growth markets, with increased geographic diversification and a more specialized portfolio that can significantly expand EBITDA margins. 21 1. Avient Total Enterprise Value Pro forma for acquisition of Clariant Masterbatch business and tax payments associated with the PP&S divestiture per Company filings, resulting in a cash adjustment from the June 30, 2020 balance sheet of ~$1,520MM 2.

As shown in figure 2, in high shear rate regimes, the viscosity is at the lower end of the spectrum which helps the TPE to flow into and fill the thin-walled sections commonly encountered during overmolding. Furthermore, the material has outstanding adhesion to Ultramid B3G6 (glass reinforced polyamide 6) as demonstrated in Figure 10 and 11.