Hand + Power Tools
From weekend warriors to construction and industrial pros, users increasingly demand soft touch grips and controls on their tools. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) help bring comfort, safety and durability to this need.
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Benefits |
- Broad range of touch and functionality
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- Enhanced design flexibility
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- Broad family of soft touch overmolding TPEs
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- Enhanced design flexibility
- Improved ergonomics
- Non-slip grip, dry or wet
- Attractive look and feel
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- Resistance to chemicals & hydrocarbons
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- Long life in tough applications
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- Available from opaque to translucent to clear
- Easily colored, from pure white to signal yellow to tomorrow's hues
- Range of surface appearances from rough to silky to smooth
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- Enhanced aesthetics
- Product differentiation
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- Range of resiliency and compliance
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- Noise & vibration damping
- Flexible assembly
- Design freedom for component seals & o-rings
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- Capable of overmold bonding to wide range of materials, including engineering plastics
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- Product differentiation
- Reduced assembly, cycle time
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Example TPE applications include:
- Power tool grips
- Hand tool grips
- Garden tools and equipment
- Industrial paint brushes and scrapers
Product Families
- Dynaflex and Versaflex compounds offer a variety of soft touch texture and appearance options for furniture applications.
- Versalloy compounds are high performance TPV alloys with enhanced flow and processability characteristics.
- Versollan compounds, based on TPU, offer excellent toughness and oil resistance for the most demanding applications.
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