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Product Families
GLS has the capability to draw from a wide variety of technologies to develop our innovative TPE product line. This product line features five standard product families with a variety of performance features to provide you with the optimum TPE solution for your application. If you can't find a standard GLS product that will meet your needs, we can develop a flexible TPE solution optimized for your specific application.
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OnFlex™ TPE Compounds meet the requirements and end-use environments in the building and construction,transportation, wire and cable and industrial markets. This family of thermoplastic elastomers utilizes the available thermoplastic elastomer technologies to create compounds and alloys with highly specialized characteristics. Featured characteristics of OnFlex TPEs include:
- High heat and chemical resistance
- Automotive approved grades
- Good compression set
- Adhesion to a range of engineering plastics
- Flame retardant grades
- Extrusion, injection, and blow moldable
- Glass filled products
- UV Resistant
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Versaflex™ TPE Alloys meet the requirements and end-use environments in the healthcare, consumer, electrical and electronics, packaging and appliance markets. This family of thermoplastic elastomers utilizes the available thermoplastic elastomer technologies to create compounds and alloys with highly specialized characteristics. Featured characteristics of Versaflex™ TPEs include:
- Adhesion to a range of engineering plastics
- Clear, heat resistant TPEs
- Ultraclear grades
- Ultrasoft TPEs down to 30 Shore OO
- FDA, USP VI, ISO 10993 approved grades
- NSF, and UL 94 listed grades
- Extrusion, injection, and blow moldable
- Sterilizable under autoclave, radiation and EtO gas
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Dynaflex™ TPE Compounds are materials developed to fulfill a broad spectrum of customer specifications. They are designed to provide an economical solution for a wide variety of applications while providing these advantages:
- Soft, flexible feel
- Excellent grip characteristics
- Good weatherability
- Easy to process and color
- FDA and medical grades available
- Translucent and clear grades available
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Dynalloy™ OBC Compounds are based on INFUSE ™ olefin block copolymer (OBC) technology licensed from The Dow Chemical Company. Dynalloy grades offer customers a broad array of standard and customized TPE materials for a wide range of applications. The key features of Dynalloy OBC Compounds are:
- Unique feel
- Excellent colorability
- Superior flow characteristics
- Excellent processability with fast set-up rates
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Versalloy™ Elastomer Alloys are designed to deliver high performance in demanding applications. Based on TPV technology, these alloys demonstrate the performance properties of a TPV with improved processability and surface quality compared to standard TPVs. A few of the benefits of Versalloy elastomer alloys:
- Excellent surface quality
- Easy processing with excellent flow for long, thin flow paths
- Good compression set
- High tear strength
- Highly colorable
- Low specific gravity
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Versollan™ Elastomer Alloys, which contain BASF Corporation High Performance Polyurethane (TPU), are a new class of soft TPU elastomers. These products have the enhanced performance characteristics of TPUs with the rubbery grip and matte finish of TPEs. The key features of Versollan alloys are:
- Soft, rubbery feel with matte finish
- Excellent chemical and oil resistance
- Excellent adhesion to PC, ABS, PC/ABS
- Easy to process with fast set-up rates
- Flow characteristics similar to styrenic TPEs
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Manufactured by Kraton Polymers LLC, Kraton® compounds are high performance, versatile materials combining high strength and low viscosity. Several grades are available for use in a variety of applications.
Kraton Compounds are only distributed by GLS in North America. |
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