A Brief History of Elastomers
- Author:tony
- Release on :2015-10-15
Before TPEs (thermoplastic elastomers), there was thermoset rubber. But there was a charge for a bigger blazon of artefact – one that could access allotment assembly (lowering aeon times), action lower weight, be calmly colorable, be bendable or rigid, be recyclable, be produced over added abstracts in a two attempt action (overmolding), and accord to lower allotment costs.
Enter TPEs in the 1970’s on a accumulation scale, anon to be followed by added bendable elastomers that anon fell beneath the accepted class of TPEs – TPOs or thermoplastic olefins, TPVs or thermoplastic vulcanizates, TPUs or thermoplastic polyurethanes and dozens of new grades that were and are artlessly ‘alloyed’ articles comprised of altered components. And, anon thereafter were grades that could not alone be bang molded, but aswell extruded, draft molded or thermoformed.
Products started actualization on the bazaar with a new attending and feel, enabling manufacturers to upsell their articles to address to new markets – the admirable ability assignment comes to apperception – the aforementioned basal assignment belly over the years, but ‘reintroduced’ with new, visually-appealing grips. And again came new and bigger articles for appurtenances such as antic equipment, automotive seals and hoses, medical goods, apparatus parts, window and ceramics seals, wire and cable applications and hundreds of added articles in dozens of markets. Thanks to TPEs, they not alone looked bigger and could be candy better, but they performed bigger and offered a array of textural and finishing options. Depending on the appliance and the product, they were softer or harder, added aggressive to chemicals and oils, added durable, able bear far college and lower temperatures, and ultimately would and could endure longer
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