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The use of radii (0.5-mm minimum) in sharp corners
helps reduce localized stress.
Long draws should
have a 3-5o draft to help ejection.
This
helps TPE flow into and fill thin walled sections commonly encountered in over-molding.
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These high-quality additive dispersions can help streamline your manufacturing and reduce waste, while enhancing your product’s performance.
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The addition of Cesa™ Release Additives to polymers during processing helps to prevent parts from sticking to the mold cavity, facilitating their removal which can lead to reduced cycle times and increased productivity.
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It works to create an active barrier against oxygen ingress, helping to enhance product protection and extend shelf life.
In addition, the additive is compatible with many different rPET grades to help brand owners achieve their sustainability targets.
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With non-hazardous Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents (CFA) Avient helped the customer achieve their sustainability targets through significant energy savings in production and finished part weight reduction.
Using Hydrocerol with core-back molding technology, a process in which the mold is opened slightly to further reduce pressure and allow the foam core to expand, Avient helped the customer leverage density reduction to lower finished part weight.
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Over the years, as GLS™ has worked with customers to perfect their thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) applications, we've developed a range of concepts and procedures that can help improve and optimize designs.
This TPE Tip can help you achieve:
• Conventional, opaque colors
• High visibility, fluorescent, bright colors
• Transparent, translucent, or pearlescent colors
• Thermochromic colors for color change based on temperature