Materials

 

FINDING YOU THE RIGHT ELASTOMERS

Your ideas are the starting point for our formulation work and the first step in finding you exactly the right kind of engineering elastomer.
Once we know what you want to achieve, we can discuss the thousands of formulation options available via our TECNOTHANE™ / DALTOCAST™ product range.

TECNOTHANE™ / DALTOCAST™ is an advanced portfolio of polyurethane-based, hot-cast, engineering elastomers, which includes a full range of polyols and chain extenders. Over the years we’ve blended these raw materials together in different combinations - creating a suite of tried and tested elastomer formulations that we market as our MPC, MDE, MPT, SWP, WRP, V-TER product families

Proven to perform, these standard elastomer products are easy to process and provide good chemical resistance and excellent mechanical characteristics. Often, these off-the-shelf solutions will satisfy our customers’ needs. But if not, don't worry. We can work together to make you something unique

APPLYING OUR ELASTOMERS EXPERTISE TO YOUR APPLICATION CHALLENGE

Our engineering elastomers and hot-cast elastomer processing machines are used across industry to create components and technical parts
for a range of applications. Discover more about our elastomers for specific applications.

Research and Innovation

 

DEFINING POSSIBILITIES, MATCHING EXPECTATIONS

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

To enable us to recommend the right elastomers and correct casting equipment, we’ve set up our own Research & Innovation Department. Dedicated to advancing the development and application of polyurethane-based engineering elastomers, this specialist facility helps us study the science behind customer concepts and pinpoint the perfect products.

Our global Research & Innovation Department is extensively equipped with testing apparatus and staffed by scientists who are experts in:

  • Rheological analysis
  • Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR)
  • Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
  • Size exclusion chromatography (SEC)
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
  • Plus many other disciplines.

We’ve also installed CASTECH™ machines at technical centers in Belgium, China and the USA. This investment puts our product research and prototyping capabilities closer to our customers and increases opportunities for us to work together on collaborative, elastomer-based innovation projects.

Research and innovation on polyurethane performance upgrade

raw materials quality control and specific chemical analysis

scale up your tailor made elastomer from project to process