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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
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/automotive-windshields-post-consumer-recycled-content-tpes?pname[]=17849
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Automotive Windshields to Post-Consumer Recycled Content TPEs
These injection moldable TPEs can be overmolded to polypropylene (PP) and come in a natural grade that can be easily colored.
These new TPEs contain 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content from PVB reclaimed from broken automotive windshields and laminated architectural glass.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/automotive-windshields-post-consumer-recycled-content-tpes?ind[]=6596
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Automotive Windshields to Post-Consumer Recycled Content TPEs
These injection moldable TPEs can be overmolded to polypropylene (PP) and come in a natural grade that can be easily colored.
These new TPEs contain 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content from PVB reclaimed from broken automotive windshields and laminated architectural glass.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/automotive-windshields-post-consumer-recycled-content-tpes?sust[]=1137
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Automotive Windshields to Post-Consumer Recycled Content TPEs
These injection moldable TPEs can be overmolded to polypropylene (PP) and come in a natural grade that can be easily colored.
These new TPEs contain 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content from PVB reclaimed from broken automotive windshields and laminated architectural glass.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-specialty-inks-launches-wilflex-epic-rio-ready-use-standard-color-inks
These popular industry colors have a flexible cure profile of 266 ⁰F to 320 ⁰F (130⁰C to 160⁰C), compared to the typical 320⁰F curing temperature of most standard inks.
In addition to Wilflex Epic Rio RFU Standard Colors’ wide-range curing profile, these inks can also print with excellent opacity, wet-on-wet printing capabilities, great stretch, and an optimal soft hand.
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/processing-enhancement-additives/cesa-ctr-additives
Optimizes lubrication for faster injection speed, mold release and extruder output
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/high-temperature-color-concentrates/colorant-chromatics-peek-colorants
You can expect uniform and consistent dispersion to improve the processing efficiency and aesthetics of your injection molded and extruded parts.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-introduces-high-lubricity-peek-solutions
A semi-crystalline thermoplastic, LubriOne PEEK can be injection molded and extruded.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/Fiber Colorants and Additives Brochure.pdf
Product range
• Flame retardants to reduce flammability of
fibers and fabrics especially in building and
construction applications
• Light stabilizers to protect fibers used outdoors
or exposed to sunlight against UV light
• Antimicrobials to protect hygienic fiber products
from bacteria proliferation
• Antistatics to reduce electrostatic charges
• Antioxidants to reduce polymer oxidation during
spinning and protect fabrics during service life
• Optical brighteners to provide a brilliant white
effect and blueish hue
• Electrets to retain electrostatic charge on the
polymer surface for a longer period of time in
filtration applications
• Hydrophobics to impart durable water repellency
• Chain extenders for recycled polyester fibers
• Others on request
Product characteristics
• Good spinnability
• Fiber-specific QC and protocols
• Lot-to-lot consistency
• Carriers: PET, PBT, PA 6, PP, and others
• Possibility to combine colors and additives into
a combination concentrate for convenience
• Product guidance from our fiber expert team
• Focus on safe and sustainable formulations
• Continuous filaments (POY, FDY, HOY, BCF)
• Long and short spinning staple fiber
• Nonwoven processes (spunbond and meltblown)
Cesa™ Fiber
Additives
MagIQ™ Liquid Fiber
Colorants & Additives
Multiple color production
• Depending on the manufacturing set-up, several
injection points can be added to enable multiple
color production at the same time on a single
extruder
Batch size flexibility
• Fiber producers can manufacture anything from
a few kilograms to hundreds of tons using the
same simple process
Rapid color changes
• No extruder contamination and easy color-on,
color-off operation increases color change speed
Waste reduction
• Rapid color changes, precise metering and
the ability to adjust color in-line reduces waste
during color changeovers
Continuous metering & long spin pack life
• High pigment and dye concentrations mean
fewer pack changes are required
• Where color is running low for larger volume
runs, low level metering sensors alert operators
and packs can be changed without disrupting
production
In-line IV adjustment
• Specialist additives are available to adjust
Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) in-line for rPET
applications
• These additives are available as single products,
or can be combined with color to create a multi-
functional formulation
Color design service
• Avient offers a dedicated color design service to
help shorten product development cycles and
enhance market agility
Liquid color processing
• Formulations are stable at temperatures up
to 60°C and retain good flow properties at
temperatures as low as 10°C
• These formulations can help lower yarn friction
and abrasion, and there is no fuming
or evaporation during production
Avient’s liquid fiber colorant technology combines advanced liquid color
formulations with state-of-the-art, high-pressure metering equipment to
enable late-stage injection of liquid color for spun-dyed polymer melt.
It works by injecting liquid color at high pressure into the polymer melt-
flow between the end of the extruder, or melt-pipe, and the spin head.
The extruder is never contaminated with color which translates into faster,
more efficient color changeovers that make low volume and custom color
production a reality.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-05/avnt-tpe-beginner-guide-fin.pdf
TPE Quick Facts
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Diving Deeper into
TPEs
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