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Making better, more efficient homes with TPEs.

KRAIBURG TPE serves up home technology demolded. The series can be process through injection
innovations with its THERMOLAST® K AD1 and AD/PA molding and extrusion.
compounds, especially for high technology household
product applications.
With increasing urbanization, time management has
become essential to boost household productivity. With
more people striking a balance between work and home,
advanced, high technology appliances are becoming
indispensable. These appliances, which come with
features such as voice command, sensors, and
connectivity and security functions, halve the time
delegated to household chores.
Underpinning this growth is the heightened crusade for
digital economy, which has led to the greater adoption
of automated processes in sectors where economic
activities require high productivity, such as
manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and others.
As such, the use of equally advanced, quality materials,
such as thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), in the
manufacture of high technology products, can ensure Additional benefits of the AD1 series include controlled
emissions and odor, which provide the edge to target
optimum benefits for users.
possible applications such as sealing for portable
KRAIBURG TPE, a global TPE manufacturer of a wide vacuums and window cleaning robots; gasket filters,
range of thermoplastic elastomer products and custom grommets, thumb wheel of the lawn robot; and more.
solutions for multiple industries, offers high-quality
custom engineered TPE compounds for high technology Meanwhile, the AD/PA series, suitable for application in
consumer products. functional and design elements is essential free of
halogens (according to IEC 61249-2-21), which is
Elements for innovations required by a large segment of the market. This series
From sealing and soft-touch to design innovation and has good adhesion with PA as well as good processability
versatile colorization, KRAIBURG TPE's compounds can and colorability.
meet the functionality and performance required for
Possible applications are buttons, cover bodies and grip
household technology products. Furthermore, TPE brushes of robots for swimming pools, window cleaning
materials can match the OEM specifications for design, brushes, filter bags of vacuum cleaners, and more.
aesthetics, weight requirements, and UL safety
standards.
The TPE compounds are targeted at an array of
household high technology products including
automated voice-command enabled lawn mowers,
robotic vacuum cleaners, robots for laundry folding and
pool cleaning; wireless LED lighting and speakers;
sensor-enabled door and window security devices,
automated watering systems for gardens, and more.
Setting the standard for versatility
KRAIBURG TPE offers the THERMOLAST® K AD1 and
AD/PA compounds, which come in natural and black
colors for easy for colorization, at the same time,
allowing for flexibility in a broad range of color designs.
The AD1 series has good adhesion properties with polar
thermoplastics such as ABS, PC and PC/ABS. These Both the THERMOLAST® K AD1 and AD/PA series of
compounds also have optimized flow properties, allow compounds conform to international criteria for safety
for soft-touch surfaces, are UV resistant, and can be including the flammability UL 94HB standards.

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