Design optimization, predictive tools and best practices for working with thermoplastic composite sandwich panels Overmolding of Thermoplastic Elastomers Engineered Solutions for Consumer Product Differentiation - White Paper TPE Overmolding Solutions for Engineering Thermoplastics - White Paper

Design optimization, predictive tools and best practices for working with thermoplastic composite sandwich panels Overmolding of Thermoplastic Elastomers Engineered Solutions for Consumer Product Differentiation - White Paper TPE Overmolding Solutions for Engineering Thermoplastics - White Paper

Design optimization, predictive tools and best practices for working with thermoplastic composite sandwich panels Overmolding of Thermoplastic Elastomers Engineered Solutions for Consumer Product Differentiation - White Paper TPE Overmolding Solutions for Engineering Thermoplastics - White Paper

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One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them lightweight their heavy truck applications. These tapes and laminates combined high strength, unidirectional fibers and engineered thermoplastic resins to help reduce weight while maintaining exceptional strength and impact resistance.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals. These tapes and laminates combined high strength, unidirectional fibers and engineered thermoplastic resins to help reduce weight while maintaining exceptional strength and impact resistance.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals. These tapes and laminates combined high strength, unidirectional fibers and engineered thermoplastic resins to help reduce weight while maintaining exceptional strength and impact resistance.

One respected truck manufacturer chose Avient to help them reach their lightweight goals. These tapes and laminates combined high strength, unidirectional fibers and engineered thermoplastic resins to help reduce weight while maintaining exceptional strength and impact resistance.

Avient Corporation 3 Simplified Drop Test • 65g steel ball • Dropped from 305mm • Onto 3.175mm thickness flat samples Materials Tested • Standard TPE 30 Shore A • TPU alloy 60 Shore A • Damping TPE 32 Shore A VDT reduces bounce Avient Corporation 4 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 Image courtesy of Airobag TV https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Simulation of Impact A weight dropped onto protective element in contact with rigid substrate https://www.youtube.com/c/AirobagTV/videos Avient Corporation 5 SIMULATION & CALIBRATION E N 1 6 2 1 - 1 L E V E L 2 REFINING THE DESIGN D E S I G N A N D M A T E R I A L C O M B I N A T I O N Avient Corporation 6 • A number of different shapes and designs are created and simulated to determine which one works best • Refining to meet EN standard • VDT TPEs can help reach compliance with EN1621-1 level 2 and EN1621-2 level 1 • Optimum protection can be achieved by combining industrial design and engineering Avient Corporation 7 VALIDATION P R O T O T Y P I N G W I T H 3 D P R I N T I N G 3D Printing Validation -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% Density Tensile Strength // Tear resistance // Rebound resilience 2mm 3D Printed VDT vs Injection Molded VDT can be 3D printed for concept evaluation early in the design process SUMMARY Avient Corporation 8 • Enabled a new, compact design with a customized VDT TPE formulation • Improved user comfort and functionality • Fulfilled EN standards • Reduced number of prototyping tools required • Reduced time spent in product development by 40 percent, enabling faster commercialization of product

Any military organization's top priority is protecting soldiers, and one necessary measure is critical battlefield defense from enemy fire and explosive events. Army Corps of Engineers and Edwards Design and Fabrication, Inc. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Survivability Engineering Branch enlisted the expertise of Edwards Design and Fabrication, an Alabama-based equipment fabricator for commercial and government research and development organizations.