Overview:
Santoprene TPV was created out of a simple concept that revolutionized the industry more than 40 years ago. Developed as a ready-to-use material that behaves like a rubber, but processed like a thermoplastic, Santoprene TPV is proven solution serving markets as diversified and demanding as automotive, medical, building and construction, and consumer products.
Santoprene TPVs are high-performance elastomers, which offer manufacturing flexibility, ease of processing and durability. By offering superior and consistent performance across automotive, industrial and demanding consumer applications, Santoprene TPV offers the potential for reduced system costs, reduced weight, and recyclability compared to materials such as thermoset rubber.
Compared to materials such as EPDM or other thermoset rubbers, Santoprene thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) significantly simplify manufacturing resulting in total system cost reductions. Santoprene TPV also provides weight reduction through part redesign and in-process recycling during the conversion phase and the potential for recycling at the end of life.
Excellent performance
Parts made with Santoprene TPVs are not only strong and flexible, but also exhibit excellent aesthetics, sealing capabilities and maintain a high level of performance over the life of the part.
Reduced system costs: Santoprene TPVs offer ease of processing and design flexibility to help reduce costs in a wide range of applications.
Potential sustainability
Santoprene TPVs can provide potential sustainability benefits such as reduced weight, more sustainable manufacturing and recycling versus other polymeric materials like thermoset rubber (TSR) or EPDM rubber.
Santoprene Technical Attributes: Sealing performance
UV ageing, ozone and weathering resistance
Chemical and oils resistance
High elastic recovery within a wide temperature range
High flex-fatigue resistance
High thermal and electric insulation values
Weight reduction - through part redesign versus thermoset rubber
Colorability - metallic, photochromic/thermochromic effects
Aesthetics - surface, feel and appearance options
Easy processing and total system costs reduction
In process and end-of-life recycling
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