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Think, create, Elastollan® (TPU)

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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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

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.

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  2. News Release
Aerothan bicycle tube and valve made of TPU

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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  2. Graphic: Tube made of Elastollan®
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  4. Video "Schwalbe’s Aerothan Tube made of BASF’s Elastollan®"
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More Information

All information in one place: From technical articles, case studies and brochures, to data sheets and certificates.
Information and Certificates

All-rounder Elastollan®

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Schwalbe’s Aerothan Tube made of BASF’s Elastollan®

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Empowering the Electric Distribution Network with BASF Plastics

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Materializing eMobility ambitions

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Polymer Solutions for eMobility

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Live Talk at K Fair 2016!

Product Range Thermoplastic Special Elastomers

Series Type Chemistry Shore Hardness Range Properties     
11 Ether 70 A to 75 D
 Excellent hydrolysis resistance, cold flexibility, resistance to microorganisms
11 FHF, HFFR, FR
 Ether flame retardant 75 A to 54 D Non-halogen-based flame retardant, outstanding mechanical properties,
excellent hydrolysis resistance, resistance to microorganisms
12 Ether 85 A to 83 D Highly transparent, excellent hydrolysis resistance, cold flexibility,
resistance to microorganisms
12 FHF Ether flame retardant 70 D to 80 D Non-halogen-based flame retardant, outstanding mechanical properties, high rigidity, excellent hydrolysis resistance, resistance to microorganisms
13 Ether
 85 A to 90 A Water-vapor permeable, good tear propagation strength, very good mechanical properties
C Ester 80 A to 75 D Excellent mechanical properties, very good damping behavior,
good rebound, very good wear resistance
B Ester
 80 A to 65 D Very good mechanical properties, good cold flexibility, good wear resistance
500 Ester 85 A to 65 D Good mechanical properties, good abrasion resistance
600 Ester 70 A to 50 D Transparent, good damping behavior and rebound
700 Ester 70 A to 65 D Very good hydrolysis resistance, high wear resistance, very low
compression set, very good mechanical properties
800 Ester 75 A to 95 A Very good transparency, good abrasion resistance
A Ether or ester aliphatic 65 A to 55 D Color-fast, non-yellowing, hydrolysis-resistant (ether)
L Ether or ester aliphatic 75 A to 80 D Transparent, long-term UV-stability
Soft Ester or ether
 35 A to 65 A Very good wet grip, very flexible, very soft in part, highly transparent in part, ESD grades with very good volume resistivity
HPM Ester 60 A to 55 D Very good damping behavior and rebound, high temperature resistance, improved setting behavior, good demolding properties, color-fast, soft touch
CS Ester 70 A to 65 D Very good compression set, extremely low creep behavior
R Ester-reinforced E-modulus 1000-17000 MPa
 Glass fiber-reinforced, very high stiffness, low thermal expansion
coefficient, low shrinkage, very good impact resistance
Food Contact (FC) Ester or ether 70 A to 75 D Basic suitability for food contact applications in FDA and EU-regulated markets (see Food Contact Information)
Hotbond Ester see technical product info Excellent adhesive properties, good solubility with a broad viscosity range
Bondura Ester see technical product info Excellent adhesive properties, low activation temperature, good solubility with a broad viscosity range

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.

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Elastollan® Application Range

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

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Cable Sheathing

Cable sheathing for the protection of valuable and sensitive energy and control lines has to meet the highest requirements.
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Medical Technology

BASF offers medical plastics for applications such as inhalers, insulin pens, drug delivery devices, surgical instruments. 
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Food Contact

The Elastollan® FC portfolio has been specially developed for the use in food contact applications and is often used in the food industry or in drinking water applications.
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