Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Putty Knife Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Automotive Grab Handle Liquid Chemical Foaming Additives - White Paper

Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Putty Knife Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Automotive Grab Handle Liquid Chemical Foaming Additives - White Paper

ECO-CONSCIOUS FLEXIBLE FOAM GUN GRIP SLEEVES HIT THE MARK ECO-CONSCIOUS PLASTISOLS IMPROVE THE FIREARM EXPERIENCE AND MEET GUIDELINES THE CHALLENGE EZR Sport® is an American company specializing in grips for industrial & military manufacturers since 1964. EZR Sport wanted a flexible foam grip that could be chemically resistant to gun oil and diethyltoluamide or DEET (the most common active chemical ingredient in insect repellents), UV resistant for longer-lasting aesthetics, and compliant with California’s Proposition 65 law (requiring businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, congenital disabilities or other reproductive harm). THE IMPACT By using Avient’s CORE formulation combined with the proprietary manufacturing process from EZR Sport, the companies created an exceptional foam cell structure, providing excellent shock absorption with a cushioning effect for steady hand placement.

Foaming agent decreases dashboard weight by 20% while improving part bending strength, ultimately enhancing vehicle safety. With non-hazardous Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents (CFA) Avient helped the customer achieve their sustainability targets through significant energy savings in production and finished part weight reduction. Added during processing, Hydrocerol is heat activated and releases gas to form a cellular foam structure, keeping the outer skin solid without voids.

Geon(TM) FK167-11 Red HD Foam (PMS200) Geon(TM) FK167-42 Blue HD Foam (PMS303) PP FR 8-6 LMS-1000

Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Putty Knife Excelite™ IM Chemical Foaming Additives for Automotive Grab Handle Liquid Chemical Foaming Additives - White Paper

Cesa™ Nucleant Additives are mainly used to clarify PP resin. Chemical foaming agents, materials that generate gas upon decomposition, also act as nucleating agents. The fine-grain spherulite structure of ingredients incorporated in Hydrocerol™ chemical foaming agents make it an ideal nucleating agent in direct gassed PS and polyolefin foams.

Avient Corporation will highlight Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents, which can be used to reduce weight in automotive applications such as door panels, at the Plastics in Automotive Engineering (PIAE) Conference 2024 This will also highlight Avient’s new Foaming Prediction Service, which helps predict the behavior and maximum weight reduction of foamed parts, reducing the need for physical trials and testing. Avient does this by offering a multitude of solutions, including those that can enable greater use of recycled materials, such as its award-winning Color Prediction Service, and lightweighting solutions, such as Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents.

A SOLUTION FOR TAKING CONTROL CASE STUDY: EXCELITE™ CHEMICAL FOAMING ADDITIVES Ch all en ge A cc ep te d. THE SOLUTION The Avient technical team leveraged its expertise in liquid colorants and chemical additives to scientifically engineer its line of ColorMatrix™ Excelite™ chemical foaming additives (CFAs) for PVC processing.

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