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Soft-touch thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) overmolded onto a lightweight paddleshaft made of Avient’s advanced composite materials can help add to the experience and avoid annoyances such as blisters. Make your products look and feel amazing, and add shelf appeal while you’re at it: • Offer a more comfortable grip to a typically hard surface with TPEs from Avient • Provide an easy process for customization with TPEs • Use materials that provide documented vibration damping and lessen the negative effects of bone- rattling vibration on the human body Your customers may get their thrills from extreme sports like backwoods snowboarding or a simple family camping trip.

TPE Knowledge Base TPE Technical Bulletin The most common scale for TPE’s is the Shore A scale.

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Finally, the new TPE grades also boasted lower extractables because they required no crosslinking, unlike thermoset silicones. Reduced freight costs: The lower specific gravity of TPEs versus thermoset silicone rubber cut the overall part weight by 20 percent. Reduced scrap costs: The easy processability of  the two TPE materials resulted in major scrap rate reductions totaling more than $70,000 a year.

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