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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2006
Reviewing thermoplastic elastomer
technology
Thermoplastic elastomers continue to show healthy growth, due to their unique combination of elastomeric properties with thermoplastic processibility and recyclability.
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) continue to show healthy growth compared with most other polymeric materials, due to their unique combination of elastomeric properties with thermoplastic processibility and recyclability TPE2006, Europe's premier international conference for the thermoplastic elastomer industry, highlights new and exciting developments in markets, materials, applications, additives and processing
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The use of TPVs in automotive sealing applications features strongly.
There is also a new method for estimating crosslink density in TPVs, and a novel TPV made from silicone rubber and ethylene-octene copolymer.
New crosslinked HSBC materials with improved heat resistance and mechanical properties will be presented, together with an additive to improve melt flow and strength of TPEs , and a new styrene isobutylene block copolymer.
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