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Avient Expands Launch of New Recycled TPE Grades to Asia to Support Greater Use of Recycled Materials in Automotive Vehicles
Avient expands its recently launched reSound™ REC TPE AF 7210 grades to Asia, offering a range of PCR-based solutions for overmolding PP in demanding automotive applications.
Our new reSound REC AF 7210 TPE series responds to this trend and addresses upcoming regulatory changes in export markets, such as the European Union, where a newly proposed ELV directive requires high recycle contents for plastic components.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Edgetek PKE Glass-Filled Product Bulletin.pdf
Industrial – pipes, tubing, fluid management
• Electrical/Electronics – connectors,
battery components
• Transportation – under-the-hood fuel/
chemical components
PRODUCT BULLETIN
PROPERTY COMPARISON — EDGETEK™ PKE FORMULATIONS VS NYLON
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Comfort Meets Design Freedom in New Overmolding Solution from Versaflex™ VDT Vibration Damping TPE Portfolio
To address this unmet need, we created a new solution that demonstrates our ongoing investment in breakthrough TPE technologies to benefit customers.”
Versaflex VDT TPE for overmolding is available in 40 - 60 Shore A hardness levels, and is opaque and colorable.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-launches-first-ever-tpe-blue-jean-stain-resistance-phone-cases
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PolyOne Launches First-Ever TPE with Blue Jean Stain Resistance for Phone Cases
CLEVELAND – June 11, 2018 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today unveiled the first-ever thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material able to resist blue jean staining for white and light-colored phone cases.
Using Versaflex™ CE 3320-70 TPE helps brands avoid the sourcing and manufacturing issues of silicone, and it is the only thermoplastic material that stands up to blue jean staining when used in white and light-colored phone cases.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-12/Versaflex TPEs for Gasket of Radial Artery Hemostat_Final.pdf
artery tourniquet
ARTERY TOURNIQUET
MANUFACTURER
G A S K E T O F R A D I A L A R T E R Y
H E M O S T A T
• Super soft feeling
• Increased production efficiency by simple injection process
• High transparency
• Delivered a series of soft-touch TPEs
capable of meeting the desired feel
• Formulated solutions to comply with FDA
regulation for skin contact
• Provided easy molding and assembling by
onsite technical and customized durometer
Customized Versaflex™ TPEs
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-10/Dynaflex TPE - Aqueous Battery Gasket - Application Snapshot.pdf
ENERGY
STORAGE OEM
A Q U E O U S B A T T E R Y G A S K E T
• Sealing performance from -40 to 110°F
• Ability to flow in a long, thin seal design
• Chemical resistance to a proprietary electrolyte solution
• Natural color
• Provided a chemically resistant TPE that
outperformed competitive TPE and thermoplastic
rubber in rigorous customer testing
• Offered material expertise and education to
empower an informed material decision
• Enabled OEM to model and evaluate sealing
performance via design support and data files
• Met global production needs through material
consistency and local technical support
Dynaflex™ Thermoplastic Elastomer
KEY REQUIREMENTS
WHY AVIENT?
https://www.avient.com/idea-center/idea-center?all=true
TPEs vs.
Think TPEs.
More
Durablility, Simplified
Manufacturer finds improved durability and cost-effectiveness for plastic spinning tubes & bobbins.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/Novel_Thermoplastic_elastomers_for_overmolding_applications.pdf
Overmolding TPE compounds have a relatively low viscosity.
ADHESION MEASUREMENT OF THE OVERMOLD TPE
The bond strength between the TPE and the engineering plastic can be measured by performing a “90° Peel
Test”.
NOVEL TPE DEVELOPMENTS:
Non-Drying TPEs for PC, ABS, PBT and their alloys
Novel classes of non-drying TPEs which can overmold onto a variety of engineering thermoplastics have been
developed.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-launches-next-generation-low-adhesive-build-tpe-protective-film-tack-layer
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Avient Launches Next Generation Low Adhesive Build-Up TPE for Protective Film Tack Layer
SHANGHAI – September 22, 2021 – Avient today unveiled its new optimized Versaflex™ CF6668 low build-up TPE for the tack layer of protective film.
Protective film co-extruded with Versaflex CF6668 TPE answers this market need.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-expands-fatty-food-contact-materials-portfolio-versaflex-ffc-tpes
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Avient Expands Fatty-Food-Contact Materials Portfolio with Versaflex™ FFC TPEs
Avient Expands Fatty-Food-Contact Materials Portfolio with Versaflex™ FFC TPEs.
SHANGHAI – June 1, 2022 – Avient today launched a new family of Versaflex™ thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials developed for fatty-food-contact (FFC) applications that must comply with migration limit standards in Europe and North America.