Role of TPE Compounds in Plastic Raw Material Industry

TPE compounds have been proven very successful in plastic products including bottle-type of seals and cap liners. Thermoplastic elastomer compounds (TPE) gives a gentle touch and provide numerous benefits to the consumers and also helps in providing an enticing look to them.

Through this article, we will discuss in detail about the TPE compounds and the special features they possess. TPE compounds have been a boon for the plastic manufacturing industry. Not only this, you will also come to know about the special features of some popular molds such as Talc compounds, which are used in polymer and plastic industry.

Special Features of TPE compounds

• Upon heating thermoplastics, they get melted and solidifies when you cool them. When we repeat this process multiple number of times, thermoplastics can be recycled easily.
• TPE are a type of thermoplastics, which have the required elastomeric components to build up a flexible and soft structure.
• Experts handling the plastic raw material call the thermoplastics as thermoplastic rubber because they have a rubbery texture however, they are not made with rubber.
• It is impossible to recycle the plastic compounds unlike the thermoset rubber, which is easily available in the market.
• Using a processing equipment, the soft touch grips of TPE compounds can easily be molded into stubborn thermoplastic materials.
• You can even bond TPE compounds to a number of thermoplastic surface usage including polyamide, polystyrene, and polypropylene.

What are the uses of TPE compounds?

TPE compounds are used in every plastic raw material industry. Let’s take a look at a few domains where they hold usage.

1. As TPEs can be easily molded, they are considered great for use in soft-touch applications.
2. In food applications also TPE compounds are used. For making toddler cup spouts and soft baby spoons, food-contact approved TPEs are often used.
3. They hold a great use in healthcare and medical applications by being a substitute to silicone, latex, rubber, or PVC. Because they have high purity and are biocompatible, they can be used in medical industry effectively.
4. They are also used for sealing the rings because of their faster setting process.
5. TPE liners even act as a seal between the external environment and bottle contents of plastic caps and metal crowns.

TPE Compounds-Alternative type of Plastic Molds
 
Alternatively, a majority of experts associated with plastic mold manufacturing industry also prefer for TPE compounds. Similar to TPE, Talc is also a soft type of mineral filler and it incorporates the highest possible resistivity, low abrasiveness, low gas permeability and high percentage or extent of lubrication. Besides this, talc fillers come with a high aspect ratio equal to 20:1, because of which it has shown reinforcement ability in wide range of high-density thermoplastics, polyethylene and polypropylene compounds.

A large number of polymer applications use commercial TPE based on its natural origin and it contains varying levels of various other minerals. Especially, you will find wide applications of TPE and its compounds in the composites of thermoplastic polyolefin used primarily in large number of automotive industries as well.

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Author of this article has experience in telling us about high quality materials and TPE compounds being used in the plastic raw material industry.

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