Product category:
Moulding materials
News Release from: Zotefoams | Subject: Moulding foams
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 February 2007
Moulding foams toxicity tested and
approved
Foams from Zotefoams are manufactured by a unique nitrogen gas expansion process and are exceptionally pure, unlike chemically blown foams, complying with the Oeko-Tex 100 toxicity standard.
Oeko-Tex 100 is an increasingly important toxicity standard for the textile industry; a standard that seeks to identify materials that are free from do not contain potentially harmful constituents such as carcinogenic dye-stuffs, formaldehyde, heavy metals or pesticides Approved materials are classified in four categories the most stringent of which is approval for dermal contact with babies A variety of Plastazote LD and Evazote EV and VA grades, in black, white and colours was tested and shown to meet these stringent requirements
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Plastazote and Evazote foams are used extensively in the sports and leisure industry for impact protection and may be sewn in a similar fashion to textiles.
Foams from Zotefoams are manufactured by a unique nitrogen gas expansion process and are exceptionally pure, unlike chemically blown foams that may contain potentially harmful blowing agent residues.
This Oeko-Tex 100 approval, which is based on annual re-testing of samples, is pertinent to any project in the textile field and especially any project where the foam is likely to come into contact with the skin.
It reaffirms Zotefoam's commitment to producing materials of the highest purity and substantiating that with independent testing. Request a free brochure from Zotefoams ...
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