Santoprene Material and Resource

Santoprene (TPVs)

Evolution In Application With Santoprene™ Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs)

At SantopSeal, we produce Santoprene TPV extruded tubing, Seals and Gaskets to be used across various automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. Its properties like reduced weight, recyclability, and reduced production cost make the Santoprene parts an apt choice for superior and consistent application. Santoprene TPV products are easy to manufacture and are durable to fit in any kind of market segment.

With apt industrial knowledge over the years in the Santoprene tubing industry, we have managed to establish a global standard for engineered TPV products. We deliver advanced solutions for our clients to meet their high-performance products. Our manufactured Santoprene TPV general grade, medical grade and food grade tubes are a combination of vulcanized rubber along with the ease of thermoplastics. Such characteristics allow us to produce varied piping and sealing solutions that are durable and attractive for a variety of market innovations.

Benefits

  • Excellent performance: Parts made with Santoprene TPVs are durable and flexible that exhibit high-performance capabilities for sealings increasing their lifespan.
  • Reduced costs: These Santoprene TPV made Parts are easily processed and are flexible to become a part of any product range which results in a reduction in production cost.
  • Potential sustainability: It has sustainable benefits like reduced weight, recyclability, which makes the Santoprene TPV material different from polymeric materials like TSR or EPDM rubber.

Products

See below for more information on our product families. Learn more about our full suite of Santoprene™ TPV product grades in our datasheet library

General Purpose

  • Standard Extrusion And Molding
  • Hard Grades (>85a) Ideal For Blow Molding
  • Highest Level Of Elastomeric Properties
  • Hard Grade (90a) Ideal For Blow Molding
  • Excellent Colorability

Specialty Molding

  • Improved Processabihty And Aesthetics
  • Superior Processability And Aesthetics
  • Designed For Improved Uv Resistance
  • Outstanding Processability For Specialty Molding
  • Excellent Colorability

Bonding

  • Insert or 2 Shot Molding
  • Bonds to PC, ABS, PS and other Engineering Thermoplastics (ETPs)
  • B100 Grades also Bond to PP
  • Extrusion
  • Bonds to Metal and PP

Extrusion

  • Designed and released against specific extrusion performance criteria
  • 121 series designed for improved LIV resistance

Detergent Resistant

  • Property Retention An Presence Of Typical Dishwasher And Washing Machine Detergents
  • Stabilized For Protection Against Copper And Other Metal-catalyzed Degradation

Potable Water

  • NSF-61 Certified (241 -xx Also NSF-51 Certified)
  • W236 Grades Stabilized Against Copper And Other Metals Atalyzed Degradation

Non-fatty Food Contact

  • FDA Non-fatty Food Contact Rating
  • NSF-51 Certified
  • 8271-xx Non-Hygroscopic, Enhanced Colorability

Flame Retardant

  • UL 94 V-0 Rated Except 85A Is V-2 Rated
  • UL 94 Sva Rated
  • Stabilized Against Copper And Other Metal-catalyzed Degradation

UV Resistant

  • Designed for UV Resistance
  • UL Listed Grades are UL (fi) Rated

Feedstock

  • High Rubber Low Filler Content Feedstock For Compounding