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Thermoplastic Polyurethane

Elastollan® is the brand name for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) from BASF. Over the last few decades, the numerous benefits of Elastollan® in all its forms – aromatic or aliphatic, very soft or glass fiber-reinforced, flame retardant or highly transparent – have been clearly demonstrated across every sector of industry.

Benefits

Key Advantages of Elastollan®

  • High wear and abrasion resistance
  • High tensile strength and excellent tear resistance
  • High resistance against oils, greases, oxygen, and ozone
  • Very good low-temperature flexibility
  • Very good damping capacity
Transparent TPU granulate on black background
Transparent TPU granulate on black background

Elastollan®

Elastollan® is the brand name for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) from BASF. It stands for maximum reliability, consistent product quality and cost efficiency. Elastollan® can be extruded into hoses, cable sheathing, belts, films and profiles, and can also be processed using blow molding and injection molding technologies. 

This extensive product portfolio, which makes use of a variety of raw materials and formulations, is the starting point for successfully bringing innovative customer projects to fruition.

We thrive on creative ideas and complex challenges – come and talk to us!                                 

Product Range Thermoplastic Special Elastomers

Product Range Chemistry Shore Hardness* Range Properties     
11 Ether 50 A - 75 D excellent hydrolysis resistance, cold flexibility, resistance to microorganisms
12 Ether 86 A - 83 D highly transparent, excellent hydrolysis resistance, cold flexibility, resistance to microorganisms
13 Ether 85 A - 90 A water-vapor permeable, good tear propagation strength, very good mechanical properties
C Ester 80 A - 73 D excellent mechanical properties, very good damping behavior, good rebound, very good wear resistance
B Ester 82 A - 64 D very good mechanical properties, good cold flexibility, good wear resistance
BCF Ester 45 A - 70 D very good wear resistance and low-temperature flexibility, excellent processing behavior especially in injection molding, good compression set
500 Ester
60 A - 61 D good mechanical properties, good abrasion resistance
600 Ester 85 A - 50 D transparent, good damping behavior and rebound
700 Ester 85 A excellent mechanical properties and chemical resistance, outstanding wear resistance, good damping characteristic and high resilience performance
800 Ester 80 A - 90 A very good transparency, good abrasion resistance
A Ether or ester aliphatic 65 A - 55 D color-fast, non-yellowing, hydrolysis-resistant (ether)
L Ether or ester aliphatic 75 A - 60 D color-fast, long-term UV-stability
FHF, HFFR, FR Ether flame retardant 75 A - 54 D non-halogen-based flame retardant, outstanding mechanical properties, excellent hydrolysis resistance, resistance to microorganisms
Food Contact (FC) Ester or ether 70 A - 75 D general suitability for food contact applications in FDA and and EU regulated markets (see Food Contact Information)
HPM Ester 60 A - 55 D very good damping behavior and rebound, high temperature resistance, improved setting behavior, good demolding properties, color-fast, soft touch
R Ester-reinforced E-Modul 1000 - 14000 MPa glass fiber-reinforced, very high stiffness, low thermal expansion coefficient, low shrinkage, very good impact resistance
N bio-based Ether 85 A - 95 A biobased, excellent mechanical properties, durable, flame retardant possible, good media resistance
BMB Ether 70 A - 95 A based on biomass balance approach; saving of fossil raw materials, reduction of greenhouse gases, identical product quality and -properties
Infinergy®     expanded, predominantly closed-cell foam particles made of
thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU)

* incl. plasticized products

Focus topic: Plastics for wallbox applications

If you want a relaxed drive with your electric car, you better have a charging station at home. Function and safety are decisive criteria here, but optics and design are also becoming more and more important. In the Wallbox Demonstrator, BASF is showing some plastic materials that are ideally suited for certain application points in a wallbox and that cover the high requirements in the wallbox sector particularly well thanks to their product performance.

Wallbox RSW Teaser

Elastollan® – for cables, hoses and wires

The material combines properties such as abrasion resistance and flame retardancy in ideal balance with mechanics, usability and flexibility over a wide temperature range while offering strong UV, weather and ozone resistance.

Ultramid® B3GK24 – for mounting brackets, frames and housings

Flame retardant Ultramid® and Ultradur® – for contact carriers, switches, charging guns, charging inputs

Ultramid® Deep Gloss – for covers

Ultramid® Vision – for displays

New mobility concepts require innovative materials. 

Charging cables for electric vehicles also need cable sheathings ensuring a strong resistance to UV, weather, ozone and microbes. In order to make the charging process safe, cables should be made flame retardant without halogens, must be able to form a coil and must be flexible. Elastollan® is perfect for this complex requirements profile. Elastollan® further sets itself apart from other materials by being recyclable.

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Get in contact with us to get to know more about charging cables and other cable solutions

Material Properties

Elastollan® features an extraordinary property profile combining elasticity with resistance over a wide range of temperatures. It is abrasion- and impact-resistant, has a good elastic recovery, is tear and kink-resistant as well as oil- and grease-resistant. Moreover, Elastollan® can be modified for specific applications, by glass-fiber reinforcement, for instance.

Chemical structure

Physical properties

Chemical properties

Fire Behavior

Food Contact

Our Elastollan® Innovations

Teaser TPU pneumatic tube Elastollan®
Elastollan® 1598 A 10 FC 

Elastollan® 1598 A 10 FC is a thermoplastic polyether polyurethane with a unique product performance

e.g.

  • outstanding hydrolysis resistance,
  • excellent burst behavior and
  • significantly reduced creep behavior.

It’s suitable for applications like pneumatic tubes, conveyor belts and elevator straps.

Teaser Tube 4 MTB
The new Schwalbe Aerothan tube

The new Schwalbe Aerothan tube is made of 100% Elastollan® from the valve shaft to the tube. The TPU convinces with outstanding rubber elastic properties and low wearing effects. The tube is fully recyclable.

Elastollan® is the material of choice because of its characteristics like:

  • Outstanding rubber elastic properties
  • Long-lasting with very low wearing effects
  • Extraordinary flexibility and damping properties at different temperatures
  • Recyclability
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Processing Recommendations

Elastollan®, the thermoplastic PU elastomer (TPU) of BASF, which is developed, produced and marketed by BASF Polyurethanes for the European Market at the site in Lemförde, can be processed in a targeted manner using various methods.

Please find detailed recommendations in the brochure:

General Recommendations

Processing method injection molding

Processing method extrusion

Machining

Quality management

Cockpit skin made of TPU
Application in Focus

Elastollan® in Automobiles

No industry has more extensive specification sheets for materials than the automotive industry. Elastollan®, offers this industry a material that meets the requirements for quality and reproducibility, and in addition features material properties such as flexibility at low temperatures, haptics, insulation, oil resistance, reliability and durability.

Elastollan® Application Range

The applications are as manifold as its product properties: Explore the various application possibilities of Elastollan®!

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