Lawn + Garden
Soft thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grips on lawn and garden tools help enhance quality, performance and safety.
GLS soft overmolding TPEs offer an easy and cost-effective way to meet the growing consumer preference for ergonomic, soft touch grips surfaces on a growing range of outdoor products from tools to furniture.
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Benefits |
- 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 mowers, sprayers and more
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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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- Good to excellent weatherability
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- Enhanced product durability
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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:
- Garden hand tool grips
- Hose and sprinkler seals
- Grips for power equipment
- Soft-surface lawn furniture components
Product Families
- Dynaflex and Versaflex compounds are suitable for general-purpose grips that require smooth, consistent surface appearance and soft, ergonomic feel.
- Versalloy compounds are high performance TPV alloys with enhanced flow and processability.
- Versollan compounds, based on TPU, offer excellent toughness and oil resistance for the most demanding applications.
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