TPU Shifting Gears with Improved Abrasion Resistance

  Market: Interior Automotive applications
Polymer: High performance aromatic and aliphatic TPU
 Key performances:

  • Improved Abrasion & Scratch Resistance
  • Matt finish
  • Fast Molding
  • Low Density
  • Gear knobs, and other interior TPU automotive applications require outstanding abrasion and scratch resistance

    In the automotive industry, manufacturers are focusing more and more on using lighter colours and aesthetically attractive materials to fulfill their design requirements without sacrificing top quality. Because of its unique set of properties, TPUs are the material of choice of high quality automotive interior parts.

     
    TPUs can offer a wide range of solution to fulfill the automotive industry´s requirements

    Pearlthane® 11T85UV provides a matt finish and an improved abrasion and scratch resistance vs. PVC. It has been conceived for dark and deep colours.

    Pearlthane® D91T85 is a new automotive grade of aliphatic based TPUs. Designed for use in light colors such as beige or silver grey, it offers long-term color fastness in addition to the toughness and scratch resistance of traditional TPUs. This makes it a material of choice in automotive interior applications.


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    Due to their excellent aesthetic properties, both Pearlthane® 11T85UV and D91T85 are ideal for PVC replacement process. In addition, their low density assures a faster moulding performance due to the reduction of cycling times, with the respective cost-savings.

    Weight Loss, mg


    Source: Handbook of Thermoplastic Elastomers, Litton Educational Publishing.

    Key performances by Pearlthane® 11T93 and D91T85 are set out below:

  • Easy flow allowing greater design flexibility
  • Outstanding adhesion to engineering plastics like ABS and PC
  • Excellent abrasion & scratch resistance even in colored grades
  • Good mechanical properties such as improved tensile strength
  • Matt finish & soft "rubbery" feel possible while maintaining TPU benefits.
  • Pearlthane® TPU complies with a wide range of OEM specifications, such as Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, PSA/Renault, Toyota, and Chrysler.

     

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