Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications - Arhive

KRAIBURG TPE is highlighting its market-driven and customer-oriented development expertise at the 26th International Trade Fair Fakuma held from October 16 to 20, 2018 at Friedrichshafen Exhibition Center.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications

In addition to current applications for its thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), the company – at Booth 5303 in Hall B5 – will also be showcasing two advanced new material series that provide excellent properties for automotive interior and consumer applications.

“Fakuma is the largest trade fair specializing in plastics processing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA),” emphasizes Franz Hinterecker, CEO of KRAIBURG TPE.

“With our comprehensive materials expertise, sound knowledge of the market and consistently close customer relations, we’ll be offering visitors to the fair a comprehensive demonstration of competence covering every aspect of thermoplastic elastomers.”

With FG/SF, the new THERMOLAST® K series and latest innovation for the automotive industry, KRAIBURG TPE is expanding its portfolio in this growing market segment.

The series comprises several compounds in the Shore A hardness range between 50 and 80 with excellent surface properties for automotive interior parts – properties that include reliable adhesion to polypropylene and good abrasion resistance.

The materials can be processed at relatively low pressures. Along with the standard black and natural colors, customer-specific colors are also available.
The new FG/SF compounds also comply with all common OEM standards for components used in automotive passenger compartments in relation to emission and smell as well as UV-resistance.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications

The target applications range from floor mats and anti-slip mats with complex geometry that require enhanced surface quality to decorated surfaces and functional parts with a pleasantly soft touch, such as thumb wheels and switches.

The new compounds in the FC/AD/PA THERMOLAST® K series are aimed at manufacturers in the consumer and food industries.

These materials have been developed specifically for food contact and feature excellent adhesion to polyamides. The natural-colored compounds are available in hardness degrees ranging from 40 to 80 Shore A.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications

They are not only characterized by easy processing and colorability, but also by high tensile strength and elongation at break.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications

This makes the TPE family particularly suitable for a wide range of applications with direct food and mouth contact such as container and packaging seals, and parts of kitchen utensils and tableware.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications

Other applications include sports items and cosmetics, as well as seals for hearing aids.

The applications with thermoplastic elastomers that are being showcased range from motor vehicle window profiles to consumer goods, to e-mobility applications, to electrosurgical instruments and a new mascara container.

From October 16 to 20, at Booth 5303 in Hall B5, visitors to Fakuma will be able to have detailed technical discussions and interviews with the manufacturer’s market and materials experts about the wide range of potential applications provided by the company’s TPE solutions.Kraiburg TPE portfolio automotive consumer applications
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