Arnitel

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Arnitel® is increasingly being used as a lighter, smarter, greener alternative to conventional rubbers, reducing environmental impact and ultimately system costs. Thanks to its outstanding characteristics, Arnitel® offers exceptional flexibility in design—giving the freedom to implement the most innovative product concepts, and to add value to the design process. Therefore, helping meet demands for ever-higher end-product performance and cost-effectiveness. Arnitel® has a wide range of hardnesses, which is capable of replacing rubbers, metals, leather and other thermoplastics. Arnitel® delivers superior chemical, heat and wear resistance, along with the ability to be recycled.

Arnitel® Portfolio Highlights

• Cable Insulation: With thermoplastic copolyetherester polymer as the basis, Arnitel® has a broad portfolio for cable insulation for consumer electronics (jacket + primary insulation), appliances, railway and automotive cable products. Next to insulation, Arnitel® also offers a wide portfolio for strain reliefs and plugs.

• Arnitel® Eco: This TPC plastic is a bio-based thermoplastic copolyester (TPE) that delivers high performance with the added benefit of a lower environmental impact. Arnitel® Eco is made from 50% renewable resources, based on rapeseed oil instead of mineral oil.

• Automotive: From airducts, tubes and hoses to boots, bellows and cables, TPC plastics provide the strength and processing characteristics of engineering plastics combined with the performance of thermoset elastomers.

Arnitel® Properties

• Heat ageing: The Arnitel® C series shows outstanding high heat ageing properties and meets the most stringent performance and compliance needs, including hydrolysis and abrasion resistance. This series meets the severe ISO 6277 class D requirements for automotive wire and cable.

• Elasticity: Arnitel® is a thermoplastic elastomer that combines the easy process of thermoplastics with the elasticity of a rubber. The soft Arnitel® grades show excellent elasticity and can be used as elastic fibers.

• Thermal: Arnitel® is extensively used in applications over a very wide range of temperatures. This TPC material retains its mechanical properties at very low temperatures of -45°C right up to 150°C.

Featured TPC Material Applications

• Automotive: Safety restraint systems braking systems and Engine Air Intake
• Consumer Goods: Sports and leisure

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