Performance Polymers
Cellasto® reduces NVH for improved elevator operation
Meet today’s standards for elevator comfort with Cellasto®. This high-performance microcellular polyurethane elastomer reduces noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) ensuring your elevators offer passengers a smooth, quiet ride.
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Why innovators choose Cellasto® for elevator applications
BASF is your experienced partner in the elevator industry, providing custom-designed and safety-certified components crafted with the outstanding versatility of Cellasto®. Count on BASF’s team of global experts to help you engineer designs that meet your specifications for NVH, safety and performance.
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Engine bearing
Control noise and vibration NVH produced by the elevator’s engine with Cellasto®. Cellasto offers outstanding vibration isolation and long-term durability.
Cabin isolator
Reduces the vibration of the pulley beams by decoupling the passenger cabin from the elevator’s hoisting mechanisms.
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Rail isolator
Avoid the transmission of operational vibration into the building structure with Cellasto® rail isolators. Design a custom solution to fit your guide rail fixing method.
Rope buffer
Control acceleration peaks with Cellasto® rope buffers at cabin and counterweight during starting and stopping movements.
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Roller guide mounts
Keep wheels in position and isolate the elevator’s passenger cabin from noticeable wheel vibration. Reduce cost and weight by a simple, customized Cellasto® solution.
Cellasto® ensures smooth, quiet elevator performance
Your Cellasto® elevator components will meet today’s expectations of smooth, quiet motion that communicates high-quality performance. With custom solutions co-created with BASF’s team of experts, your innovations will know no limits.
In elevator components where dynamic forces are at work, Cellasto® decouples the critical contact points. Even in small spaces, Cellasto® ensures excellent acoustic and vibration damping. Isolate the passenger cabin and building effectively with Cellasto® as your most versatile solution to reduce NVH.
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Cellasto® components offer the following advantages:
- Excellent static and dynamic long-run behavior
- High-volume compressibility with minimal lateral expansion
- Low dynamic hardening and amplitude-selective damping
- Low compression set
- High-abrasion resistance
- Excellent for energy absorption
- Resistance to cold, heat and moisture
- Resistance to oil, grease, ozone and other important media
Cellasto® product groups
Cellasto® special microcellular and compact polyurethane elastomers simplify your designs to improve your value chain. Use it for NVH reduction in a variety of applications. You’ll be able to produce market-ready goods faster than before, from routine parts to forward-thinking, engineered components.
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