Performance Polymers

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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

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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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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.

Our Elastollan^® Innovations

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.

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

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.

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Elastollan^® for Additive Manufacturing

BASF offers flexible materials for different 3D printing technologies, such as the Ultrasint^® TPU powders for powder-based technologies or a variety of flexible Ultrafuse^® filaments for filament-based technologies.

Elastollan^® Application Range

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

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Key Advantages of Elastollan^®

Elastollan^®

Product Range Thermoplastic Special Elastomers