¹Source: Life Cycle Impacts for Postconsumer Recycled Resins, December 2018 https://plasticsrecycling.org/images/library/2018-APR-LCI-report.pdf 

¹Source: Life Cycle Impacts for Postconsumer Recycled Resins, December 2018 https://plasticsrecycling.org/images/library/2018-APR-LCI-report.pdf 

1SPI, “History of Fluoropolymers” https://www.fluorotec.com/news/blog/the-history-of-ptfe/

• Abrasion resistance • High performance for consumer electronics applications MATERIAL DESCRIPTION HARDNESS COLOR OVERMOLD DENSITY (g/cm3) PROPERTY KEY CHARACTERISTIC Versaflex™ CE 3120-65 65A Natural/ Black PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.15 Soft touch, silky feel and good abrasion performance Silky feeling Versaflex™ CE 3130-70 70A Natural PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.04 Silky feel, long-term life, excellent abrasion resistance, performed UV and stain resistance, chemical resistance Non-blooming Versaflex™ CE 3130-80 80A Natural PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.08 Silky feel, good abrasion performance and UV resistance Non-blooming Versaflex™ CE 3320-70 70A Clear PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.08 Excellent UV resistance, blue jean stain Super UV resistance, blue jean resistance Versaflex™ CE 3320-80 80A Clear PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.15 Excellent UV resistance, blue jean stain Excellent UV resistance Versaflex™ CE 3140-65 65A Natural PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.00 Excellent abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, silky feel 5G transparent Versaflex™ CE 3140-90 90A Natural PC, ABS, Copolyester 1.01 Excellent abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, silky feel 5G transparent VIBRATION DAMPING ELASTOMERS MATERIAL DESCRIPTION HARDNESS COLOR OVERMOLD DENSITY Versaflex™ VDT 4201-35N 35A Natural PP 1.00  Versaflex™ VDT 4202-40B 40A Black PP 1.00 Versaflex™ VDT 5120-40 40A Natural Nylon 1.09 Versaflex™ XP 5130 -65 65A Natural PC/ABS 1.03 Versaflex™ CE 3310-80 80A Clear PC/ABS 1.15 Thermoplastic elastomers that dampen vibrations via energy transfer • Excellent vibration damping performance (reduce noise/shaking) • Adhesion to various plastics PC, PC/ABS, ABS, PP • Colorable and translucent grades available • Effective in thin films HEALTHCARE TPEs Avient has performance-grade materials that are compliant with USP VI, ISO 10993-4 and 10993-5. Eliminate the need for many secondary operations required for other materials so that results are controlled and consistent MATERIAL DESCRIPTION HARDNESS COLOR OVERMOLD DENSITY COMPLIANCE FDA EU GB Dynalloy™ FC 3510 series 40–80A Natural PETG, ABS, PC 1.04 (Aqueous foods; conditions D–G) EU 10/2010 Dynalloy™ FC 7850 & 7860 series 30–80A Translucent/ Natural PP 0.88/0.99 Generic FDA EU Versaflex™ CL2242 43A Clear PP/PC/ABS 0.89 (All foods; conditions A–H) Versaflex™ CL2250 50A Clear PP/PC/ABS 0.89 (Aqueous foods but not over 8% alcohol; conditions B-G. For fatty foods and over 8% alcohol; conditions D–G) Dynaflex™ G2780C 84A Translucent PE 0.9 (Aqueous foods; Versaflex™ FFC 2882-50 50A Translucent PP 0.9 (Aqueous foods; EU 10/2011 N/A FFC 2882-70 70A Translucent PP 0.88 (Aqueous foods; EU FFC 2882-87 87A Translucent PP 0.88 (Aqueous foods; EU FFC 3882-70 70A Natural PETG, ABS, PC 1.1 (Aqueous foods; EU OM 9100 Series 30–50A Translucent PC/ABS 0.9 FDA 177.1210 N/A N/A Copyright © 2024, Avient Corporation.

Digimat for long fibre reinforced materials Advanced simulation captures part performance for fibre reinforced thermoplastics Comparing the results of isotropic material data to anisotropic material data Case study https://hexagon.com/ Figure 2: Digimat material model workflow when coupled with an FEA solver Manufacturing Intelligence hexagonmi.com2 Solution Avient leveraged Digimat to reverse-engineer material data based on the microstructure, tensile test data, and micro-mechanical modelling. © 2022 Hexagon AB and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates. https://www.hexagonmi.com https://hexagon.com https://twitter.com/HexagonAB https://hexagon.com/

Available in four overmolding grades compatible with polypropylene (PP), and one grade that is suited for overmolding onto ABS, all grades are formulated for durability, delivering property retention and UV resistance comparable to traditional TPEs. TECHNICAL BULLETIN UV RESISTANCE • UV testing: QUV-A Test, 0.68 @ 45C • Comparable results to traditional TPEs reSound OM 5510-45N reSound OM 5510-60N Bio-derived Content (%) 40% 50% Hardness, Shore A 45 60 Delta E after 150 hrs. 0.22 0.23 Delta E after 300 hrs. 1.68 0.56 AGING – BONDING STRENGTH ONTO ABS reSound OM 5520-55N Room Temperature 70C Bio-derived Content (%) 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% Hardness, Shore A 54 54 55 54 55 56 OM Substrate ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS OM Avg. Peel (N/mm) 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 Failure Mode Cohesive Cohesive Cohesive Cohesive Cohesive Cohesive Cohesive KEY PROPERTIES AND OVERMOLD PERFORMANCE reSound™ OM 5510 grades for overmolding onto PP and reSound OM 5520 for ABS reSound OM 5510-30N reSound OM 5510-45N reSound OM 5510-60N reSound OM 5510-70N reSound OM 5520-55N Bio-derived Content (%) 40% 40% 50% 50% 49% Hardness, Shore A 30 45 60 70 54 Specific Gravity 0.88 0.88 0.89 0.89 0.95 50% Modulus, PSI 96 153 247 384 258 100% Modulus, PSI 137 251 343 462 353 Tensile Strength, PSI 264 438 625 608 637 Elongation, % 280 215 306 271 319 Tear Strength, PLI 58 84 109 132 146 OM Substrate PP PP PP PP ABS OM Avg.

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