Thermoplastic Elastomers | Healthcare , Regulatory Issues Starting with specific performance requirements, Avient’s formulation experts set to work developing several thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grades that could deliver better productivity and enhanced key properties than the silicone rubber part. Extensive compatibility testing confirmed that the new grades would bond chemically with the engineering thermoplastic rigid substrate required in the device.

Thermoplastics offer versatility and a wide range of applications. Further performance can be delivered through an engineered thermoplastic sheet or thick film, which may incorporate more than one resin formulation or composite in multiple layers to impart additional properties such as gas barrier, structural integrity and lightweighting. General Manager, Specialty Film & Sheet, General Electric Plastics, June 2004 to September 2006.

Microbial susceptibility of various polymers and evaluation of thermoplastic elastomers with antimicrobial additives R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E Microbial susceptibility of various polymers and evaluation of thermoplastic elastomers with antimicrobial additives Zachary Zander1 | Deirdre Newton2 | Heather Scaglione1 | Averie Reiber1 | Parminder Agarwal2 1Avient Corporation, Avon Lake, Ohio, USA 2Lonza LLC, Morristown, New Jersey, USA Correspondence Zachary Zander, Avient Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, OH 44012, USA. Clarity and yellowness remains an industry challenge for thermoplastics with bulk- imbedded antimicrobial additives. Notably, the addition of blue tint can effectively decrease the YI to a level below FIGURE 2 Results of Japanese Industrial Standard Z2801 testing for various GLS™ thermoplastic elastomer line products; 24-h bacteria viability reported in mean CFU/sample is plotted for a series of samples with increased ZPT loading.

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For stiffness or strength requirements, consider leveraging long fiber thermoplastics technologies. However, advancements in engineering thermoplastics now enable effective heat dissipation comparable to metals but at a fraction of the weight. This is 50 to 100 times greater than standard thermoplastics and 1/5 that of cast aluminum.

Specific drying temperatures and times can be found on the technical data sheets for each individual product. The specific starting conditions for each individual product are located in the product technical data sheet. GLS TPEs have lower viscosity (higher flow) than traditional thermoplastics and will leak back easier than other materials.

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