Designers conceptualized a new, larger version of the Soldier’s model, including 10 tools, a lock blade that can be opened with one hand and, importantly, a non-slip handle manufactured from a combination of hard and soft thermoplastics. Achieving the non-slip handle Victorinox envisioned required a soft material for the new grip areas that would chemically bond to a rigid polymer underneath. Avient material scientists found the perfect combination with a custom rigid nylon formulation for the handle paired with a soft GLS™ thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) in the grip areas.

Performance advantages: • Non-conductive: formulations engineered to optimize composite dielectric properties • Lightweight: up to 80% lighter than porcelain, reducing installation time and cost • High strength: high tensile, compressive, flexural and inter-laminar shear strength to support various design configurations and line loads • Flexible: deflect and return to original shape for load dampening to minimize damages and outages • Durable and shatter resistant vs. ceramic and glass, and UV and corrosion resistant for long service life INSULATORS AND ARRESTERS OVERHEAD SWITCH RODS CROSSARMS AND BRACES COMPOSITE POLES GUY INSULATORS Electrical Transmission & Distribution Applications  COMPONENT DESCRIPTION SIZES Insulators for transmission and distribution Suspension insulators Epoxy/corrosion resistant glass rods .625" to 1.25" diameter Line post and station post insulators Epoxy/glass fiber rods 1.50" to 4.74" diameter Arresters Cage type Polyester or vinyl ester/glass fiber rods .125" to .50" diameter Custom tubular Polyester, vinyl ester or epoxy/ glass fiber custom shapes 2.0" to 6.0" envelope size Pole line construction Conductor standoff and equipment support arms Polyester/glass fiber rods 1.50" to 2.00" diameter Guy strain insulators Polyester/glass fiber rods 0.50" to .812" diameter Cross arms Tangent and deadend, support braces Polyester/glass fiber rectangular tubes 3.62" x 4.62" and 4.0" x 6.0" rectangular Utility poles Composite poles Polyester/glass fiber hollow custom tubes 10" to 14" diameter, typical lengths 40' to 110' Pole line construction, cross arms, rods, and utility poles feature an integral fabric surfacing veil for long-term weather resistance and retention of properties.

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CASE STUDY: VERSAFLEX™ SOFT-TOUCH THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS Challe nge Accepted. They presented Hoyt with a variety of options and suggested Avient’s Versaflex™ soft-touch thermoplastic elastomer as a material solution. THE IMPACT Versaflex soft-touch material offered Hoyt value— ergonomically, aesthetically, and functionally.

Versaflex XP 2850 Hardness, Shore A 53 Specific Gravity 0.89 Color Natural Tensile Strength (psi) 616.4 Elongation at Break (%) 541.4 Viscosity @ 11170/sec (Pa s) 10.9 Dry Kinetic COF 1.256 Wet Kinetic COF 2.463 Increase in COF* (%) 96.1 Abrasion Loss** (mg/cycle) 0.014 Bondability*** PP, PE TECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF VERSAFLEX XP WET GRIP MATERIAL * Pull time = 5 sec; Sled Weight = 203 grams; Rate = 30cm/min ** Weight = 1000 grams; Cycles = 500; Wheel = H-18 *** For bonding to other substrates, please contact Avient COMPARING VERSAFLEX XP 2850 WITH COMMONLY USED WET GRIP MATERIALS 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 1.26 2.46 0.85 0.52 0.40 1.20 0.52 0.50 0.52 0.500.50 0.49 Wax Rubber EVA Foam Rubberized Vinyl Versaflex XP 2850 PVC DRY WET Wet/Dry COF Performance *Prepared to standard ASTM D1141-98R21 ps i Du ro m et er (S ho re A )