Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Reimagines Packaging from Soft-Touch to Sustainability with TPEs TPEs are also compatible with most municipal recycling streams. Photo Caption: GLS™ TPEs allow designers to create packaging enhancements that maximize shelf appeal. 

Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Expands in India with New TPE Line and Technology Center The highly automated and dedicated TPE line is the first of its kind in India, and is designed to manufacture GLS™ TPEs exclusively to maintain the highest levels of material quality. PHOTO CAPTION: PolyOne Expands in India with New TPE Line and Technology Centre

TPE-1A is translucent and TPE-1B is opaque. TPE-2 TPE-2 materials are opaque and their base chemistries are different from TPE-1. The results confirm that TPE-1A, B and TPE-2B are truly the “universal overmolding TPEs.”

STANDARD BARSTOCK PRODUCTS PRODUCT MATERIAL DESCRIPTION COLOR MAX THICKNESS MAX WIDTH IN (CM) FLEXURAL MODULUS FLEXURAL STRENGTH GLASS GC-67-UB Glass/Epoxy Black 0.575 (14.6) 11.75 (29.8) 153 (1055) 67 GC-67-UBZ Glass/Epoxy Black 0.5 (12.7) 153 (1055) 67 GC-60-UBC Carbon/Epoxy Black 0.25 (6.35) 4.0 (10.2) 12.5 (86.19) (1034) 60 GC-67-UBW Glass/Epoxy, 90° Weft Blue 0.25 (6.35) 4.8 (33.10) (1034) 67 PULTRUDED PROFILES - TYPICAL PROPERTIES The Glasforms™ pultrusion process creates continuous, constant cross-sectional profiles with consistent, uniform quality and exceptional mechanical performance. PROFILE THICKNESS IN (MM) IN (MM) Rectangular 0.165–3.75 (4.19–95.25) 0.600–5.500 (15.24–139.70) PROFILE DIAMETER IN (MM) CROSS SECTION IN3 (MM3) Round 0.062–3.465 (1.57–88.01) 0.003–9.430 (1.93–6083.86) PULTRUDED PROFILES The tables below represent typical properties and common pultruded shapes and sizes. TENSILE TENSILE FLEXURAL FLEXURAL COMPRESSIVE DENSITY lb/in3 (g/cm3) GLASS % ASTM Standard ASTM D3916/D638 ASTM D3916/D638 ASTM D4476/D790 ASTM D4476/D790 ASTM D695 ASTM D792 ASTM D2584 Glass Fiber 110-150 (750-1000) 5.5-7.0 (38-48) 100-130 (700-900) 5.5-6.5 (38-45) 60-110 (415-750) .068-.073 (1.9-2.0) 65-75 Carbon Fiber 405 (2800) 24 (165) 180 (1200) 21 (145) (1000) 0.058 (1.6) 75 Multiaxial Glass 45-60 (310-415) 2.6-3.5 (18-24) 65 (450) 2.1-2.7 (15-19) 40 (275) 0.066 (1.8) 45-55 STANDARD SIZES CONTINUOUS FILAMENT WOUND PROFILES This table represents examples of common continuous filament wound profile sizes.

PRECOLOR ABS DARK PROFILE EDDY CAP 7737 GREEN 3 TPE

Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers provided a medical-grade TPE to help the customer meet necessary regulatory specifications and gain market share Consistency and performance demonstrated in profile extrusion

Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers provided a medical-grade TPE to help the customer meet necessary regulatory specifications and gain market share Consistency and performance demonstrated in profile extrusion

Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers provided a medical-grade TPE to help the customer meet necessary regulatory specifications and gain market share Consistency and performance demonstrated in profile extrusion

Homepage // News Center // Avient Features TPEs for Food Contact and Sustainability at Cekexpo 2020 We also have a range of TPEs under our reSound brand that contain up to 50 percent bio-based content.”     reSound™ Bio-based TPEs contain significant (40 to 50 percent) bio-based content within a wide hardness range; performance characteristics are comparable to standard TPEs

Home // Understanding TPE Material and Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies Download this white paper below to learn which TPEs were chosen, the methodology used, and the test results.  White Paper: Understanding TPE Performance for Enabling 5G Technologies