Ergonomic enhancement is also playing an increasingly important role in packaging applications, and TPEs can be used in coextruded blow molding to enhance the grip of bottles or can be overmolded onto caps, closures and containers to provide an ergonomic grip. Bottles: TPEs can enhance the interaction between package and consumer in coextruded blow molding. GLS and Kautex Machines, a leader in extrusion blow-molding equipment, jointly developed a solution for co-extruding an ultra-thin outer layer of translucent, customized Dynalloy™ TPE onto recycled or virgin HDPE resin.

A leading manufacturer of molded auto parts and subassemblies was in a tough spot. But the manufacturing process for the decorative trim molded from ABS was time consuming, requiring as many as eight steps to complete. After molding, the parts had to be cleaned, primed, painted and clear coated – with three rounds of drying in between. 

LSR flows easily into molds with varied wall thicknesses and can fill very long, thin sections of a mold.  Keep in mind that a limited number of toolmakers specialize in LSR molds—and many are based in Europe.  With that widespread availability also comes a wider selection of mold metals and production techniques.

LSR flows easily into molds with varied wall thicknesses and can fill very long, thin sections of a mold.  Keep in mind that a limited number of toolmakers specialize in LSR molds—and many are based in Europe.  With that widespread availability also comes a wider selection of mold metals and production techniques.

LSR flows easily into molds with varied wall thicknesses and can fill very long, thin sections of a mold.  Keep in mind that a limited number of toolmakers specialize in LSR molds—and many are based in Europe.  With that widespread availability also comes a wider selection of mold metals and production techniques.

LSR flows easily into molds with varied wall thicknesses and can fill very long, thin sections of a mold.  Keep in mind that a limited number of toolmakers specialize in LSR molds—and many are based in Europe.  With that widespread availability also comes a wider selection of mold metals and production techniques.

To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX concentrates for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV. Suitable for standard injection molding machinery, Smartbatch™ FX reduced the cost per part by 30 percent or more compared to painted parts.

To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX concentrates for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV. Suitable for standard injection molding machinery, Smartbatch™ FX reduced the cost per part by 30 percent or more compared to painted parts.

To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX concentrates for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV. Suitable for standard injection molding machinery, Smartbatch™ FX reduced the cost per part by 30 percent or more compared to painted parts.

To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX concentrates for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV. Suitable for standard injection molding machinery, Smartbatch™ FX reduced the cost per part by 30 percent or more compared to painted parts.