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Elastomer for high elongation, cyclic application

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Wytman

Mechanical
Sep 30, 2002
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Hello -

I have a need for an elastomer that performs reasonably well up to 150% elongation with little to know hysteresis - either in single loading or repeated stretching. We have tested lots of materials and so far, thermo-set polyurathanes perform the best. We have been searching for a TPU material which could work because the volume of the part really lends itself to injection molding (500,000 + a year). Every place we have gone turns into a major testing/research project. Anyone out there aware of someone who has worked a lot with rubber/elastomer materials in applications like this?

Thanks!
 
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Give Advanced Elastomers a call.

They can give you a pretty good idea of what to expect using their Santoprene materials.

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Frank M.
Tradewind Resources
 
we have done a bit of work on this ? what is the specifiv application?
( We are convert PU In South africa)
regards
 
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