Homepage // News Center // Avient Launches Halogen-Free Flame-Retardant TPE Grades Made with Sustainable Raw Materials for USB-C Cable Jackets Avient Launches Halogen-Free Flame-Retardant TPE Grades made with sustainable raw materials for USB-C Cable Jackets. These new HFFR reSound BIO and reSound REC TPE grades are currently manufactured in Asia and are available globally.   

AVIENT SOLUTION V E H I C L E B AT T E RY M A N U FA C T U R E R C E L L P A C K C O O L I N G T U B E • Comply with ISO 3384-1:2011 for TPE compression set • Comply with ISO 11359-2:1999 standard for linear thermal expansion • Good ethanediol resistance • Good sealing performance • Customized a Shore 60A hardness TPE formulation with good physical property retention • Achieved good compression set and bonding performance with PA12 • Qualified thermal expansion by customer • Provided excellent ethanediol resistance under both low and high temperature conditions KEY REQUIREMENTS CHEMICAL RESISTANCE + SEALING LEARN MORE OnFlex™ TPE Custom Formulation Copyright © 2023, Avient Corporation.

Homepage // News Center // Expanded reSound™ R TPE Portfolio from Avient Launches Globally, Over 80 Percent Recycled Content Available in EU In North America, Avient is launching an additional reSound™ R recycled content TPE grade for PC, ABS, and PC/ABS overmolding. For a complete view of the reSound R line of recycled-content TPEs, please click here. 

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

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