Thermoplastic Elastomers Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers Thermoplastic Elastomers for Healthcare Overview

HIGH PERFORMANCE CLEAR THERMOPLASTICS ELASTOMER Jiren Gu , Tom Castile and Krishna Venkataswamy GLS Corporation 833 Ridgeview Dr., McHenry, IL 60050 Abstract High performance clear TPE products are developed to replace silicone and PVC in various medical and personnel care applications. These TPEs have good processability. Styrene Block Copolymer (SBC) is a TPE that combine the processing characteristic of thermoplastics and physical properties of vulcanized rubbers.

In addition, visitors are invited to meet with experts at the stand and attend 15- minute Tech Talks focused on reducing weight, managing heat, adding value through thermoplastic elastomer overmolding, and more. Managing heat in molded interconnect devices with specialty thermoplastics Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions with strong, lightweight and sustainable thermoplastics

NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS FOR UNIVERSAL OVERMOLDING ON DISSIMILAR THERMOPLASTICS Liang Xu, Sehyun Kim, Rajesh Varma and Krishna Venkataswamy GLS Corporation 833 Ridgeview Drive McHenry, IL 60050, USA Abstract Overmolding thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) onto rigid thermoplastics has been an explosive trend in the last decade. Recently, many TPEs have been uniquely developed to bond to specific substrate materials based on surface energy or polarity match between the elastomer and the thermoplastics. Figure 1 shows the surface energy match of various thermoplastic elastomers with rigid thermoplastics.

Collaborated with BIC to develop a custom thermoplastic elastomer grade with 62% recycled content  Microbial susceptibility of various polymers and evaluation of thermoplastic elastomers with antimicrobial additives Examine the technical details of our research study to test against microbial attack, including the efficacy of GLS™ TPES with antimicrobial additives

Collaborated with BIC to develop a custom thermoplastic elastomer grade with 62% recycled content  Microbial susceptibility of various polymers and evaluation of thermoplastic elastomers with antimicrobial additives Examine the technical details of our research study to test against microbial attack, including the efficacy of GLS™ TPES with antimicrobial additives

Collaborated with BIC to develop a custom thermoplastic elastomer grade with 62% recycled content  Microbial susceptibility of various polymers and evaluation of thermoplastic elastomers with antimicrobial additives Examine the technical details of our research study to test against microbial attack, including the efficacy of GLS™ TPES with antimicrobial additives

Thermoplastic Elastomers Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers Thermoplastic Elastomers for Healthcare Overview

The lower extractable profile of Versaflex™ HC BT218 thermoplastic elastomer provided a drop-in material replacement with excellent clarity and performance for a medical tubing extruder Broad range of Versaflex™ HC 3810 TPEs, all formulated without animal derivatives, met demands for barrier, flexibility and sealing performance Custom wet grip TPE eliminated the problem of a slippery surfboard and enabled SurfCo Hawaii, Inc. to launch its non-abrasive grip tape

Surface energy match between the thermoplastic elastomers and the rigid thermoplastic substrate. 2. Wetting and flow behavior of the soft thermoplastic elastomer and 3. Molecular interaction between the thermoplastic elastomer and the rigid thermoplastic.