For example, traditional printing technologies can lead to the mark peeling off or surface damage can result from the use of infrared (IR) laser marking.  Colorant Chromatics UV Laser Marking technology can allow for a permanent, yet benign, mark on the FEP surface that achieves a 60-80% contrast, meeting aerospace industry standards SAE AS4373F and EN-3475-706. Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

This new TPE technology can provide a cost-effective alternative to TPU adhesive films and traditional glue.   With the new Versaflex TF Adhesive TPEs, manufacturers can create close-fitting bodywear textiles that offer consumers a more comfortable exercise experience. Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint  

In addition to excellent wash durability and a super-soft hand, they can provide an intuitive printing experience with conventional screen printing equipment and processes.     This product is an easy switch for our plastisol customers and can help them meet sustainability goals.” These can be mixed into thousands of Pantone® shades using IMS 3.0, Avient Specialty Inks’ proprietary color formulation software.

This technology enhances the ability of clinicians to make visual confirmation of fluid flow and can allow for detection of potentially harmful air bubbles that might cause embolisms, while patients can experience greater comfort via use of a single catheter. Manufacturers of catheters can benefit through increased production efficiency by eliminating a need for co-extrusion, which is typically required to manufacture striped catheters, as well as reducing material usage and complexity. Catheter manufacturers can now offer a commercially viable product that provides excellent visibility, both optically and under X-ray, enabling performance improvements and efficiencies in the healthcare field.”

For manufacturers, this development means they can increase production rates while also maintaining the excellent quality of their laser marking. It is non-contact, abrasion resistant, permanent, and can be integrated into continuous production lines.  We encourage manufacturers to collaborate with our laser marking experts to ensure that marking and contrast can be optimized for each color and polymer.”

Charging only works when the correct masterbatch is utilized, and together with the fiber denier, gram weight and number of layers, ensures the middle layer of protective masks can effectively trap smaller particles. Manufacturers can use either hydro charging or corona charging processes. See how our specially formulated colorants can help differentiate your brand

In addition to radiation shielding, Gravi-Tech can be used as a sustainable alternative for adding heft to a product such as spirits caps and closures, where a feeling of weight in a consumer’s hand can denote luxury and quality. See how advanced materials can help your products compete and deliver on performance

Special TPEs can achieve up to 40 inches at an injection speed of 5 in/sec. Most GLS styrenic TPEs (Dynaflex and some Versaflex) have fairly high mold shrinkage and cause the overmolding TPE to contract more than the substrate, which can result in warpage or cupping of the substrate part. This can be managed in several ways:

We can help you make the world more colorful while enhancing your product and process performance. If you can dream it, we can give you the materials you need to make it.

In solvolysis, the chain length of matrix polymers is reduced toward monomers while removing the matrix from the fibers so that both the fibers and matrix chemical products can be recovered. Composites can be ground into small particles for use as engineered fillers or maintained at larger scales where fibers remain of reasonable length to be reused as fiber reinforcement in their next life.   Likewise, utilizing post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials as composite components can significantly reduce the carbon footprint* of those composites.