Zytel® LCPA

Chemical Family: Polyamides

Polymer Name: Polyamide 1010 (PA 1010), Polyamide 610 (PA 610), Polyamide 612 (PA 612)

Zytel® LCPA flexible polymer materials provide an innovative and growing portfolio of long-chain polyamides with excellent thermal, chemical, and hydrolysis resistance. The various grades of Zytel® LCPA are designed to meet specific performance needs, including everything from high temperature resistance and stiffness to lower fuel and gas permeability. This important product family continues to expand. With science-driven innovation, DuPont has chemically modified PA610 and PA612 products, adding two new polymer series to the Zytel® LCPA portfolio. Zytel® RSLC 4000 and Zytel® LC 7000 offer a step change improvement over existing grades, both products meet customer needs for salt resistance and increased flexibility. The expanded portfolio provides increased resistance to chemicals and cracking, excellent yield and stiffness balance, and blow-molding compatibility. The Zytel® LCPA line also includes one of the industry and rsquo's widest arrays of innovative, renewably sourced (RS) materials. The RSLC grades are partially or entirely derived from non-food biomass. They provide performance properties that enable companies to reduce the use of fossil fuels in polymer feedstock, even in demanding applications.

MEGUM®

MEGUM® rubber-to-substrate adhesives are used to bond a variety of elastomer compounds to metal and plastic substrates including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, zinc, copper, polyamides, polyacetals, polyesters, and PTFE. Most formulations are low-viscosity, organic, solvent-based solutions and/or dispersion of polymers and other reactive chemicals. Water-based formulations are also available.

Hytrel®

Chemical Family: Polyesters

Polymer Name: Thermoplastic Polyester, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT), Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer

DuPont™ Hytrel® TPC-ET thermoplastic elastomer combines the flexibility of rubber with the strength and processability of thermoplastics. Manufacturers prefer parts made with Hytrel® for their resilience, heat and chemical resistance, as well as their strength and durability. Hytrel® drives innovative design, enabling the development of unique parts with multiple performance characteristics. This versatile thermoplastic elastomer resin can flex in multiple directions, cycle after cycle, long after rubber would break. Its durability has made it an essential ingredient in automotive components such as the Constant Velocity Joint (CVJ) boot, which must endure an average of 150,000 miles of pounding over a wide range of temperatures. DuPont™ Hytrel® RS delivers all of the benefits of Hytrel®, yet it contains up to 60 percent renewably sourced materials from biomass, making it an excellent product for applications demanding renewably sourced options

Delrin®

Polymer Name: Polyacetal Homopolymer (POM)

Leading companies across the globe specify Delrin® acetal resin from Dupont for high-load mechanical applications, including gears, safety restraints, door systems, conveyor belts, healthcare delivery devices, and other demanding products and parts. Delrin® acetal (Polyoxymethylene POM) is an ideal ingredient in parts designed to replace metal. It combines low-friction and high-wear resistance with the stiffness and strength such applications require. It provides a wide operating temperature range (-40° C to 120° C) and exceptional colorability. It also mates well with metal and other polymers, and it offers dimensional stability in precision molding. Compared to acetal copolymer, Delrin® acetal homopolymer offers higher tensile strength, stiffness, creep and fatigue resistance, and significantly higher impact resistance. The combination of these excellent mechanical properties in a single material allows for thinner, lighter-weight parts, shorter molding cycles, and potential cost savings thanks to its higher impact resistance. Authentic Delrin® acetal resin is available exclusively from DuPont distributors, in stock shapes (sheets, rods, tubes).

BETAMATE® Structural Adhesives

Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU), Epoxy & Epoxy Derivatives, Acrylics, Acrylates & Methacrylates

BETAMATE® structural adhesives deliver advanced solutions for bonding similar and dissimilar substrates, closures, and body structures, enabling improved load carrying capabilities, vehicle stiffness, durability, design flexibility, and weight reduction.As an example of what BETAMATE® can help you achieve, this is what happens when a mid-size vehicle with 50 meters of BETAMATE® is operated for one year: 10 kg primary mass reduction; 17 kg total weight savings with mass decompounding; 0.62 percent improvement in fuel efficiency; 32.6 kg carbon dioxide reduction BETAMATE® structural adhesives offer high-performance adhesion to automotive substrates such as steel, aluminum, magnesium, and composites. It replaces welds and mechanical fasteners, reducing fatigue and failure commonly encountered with traditional processes, and substantially increasing manufacturing efficiencies.

BETAFILL® Seam Sealants

Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)

These single-component polyurethanes offer permanent elasticity and good adhesion properties to a variety of substrates, making them ideal for manufacturing and repair applications such as panel sealing, gap filling, and finishing. BETAFILL® helps prevent moisture intrusion that can lead to corrosion while also protecting interior compartments from dust, dirt, fumes, and moisture. The sealants also may provide acoustical and thermal management advantages.

BETACLEAN® Cleaners

BETACLEAN® cleaners provide advanced surface preparation and are a vital part of the adhesive repair process for direct glazing, as well as sealing and bonding of body panel repairs. Additionally, BETACLEAN® can be used to remove excess uncured adhesives from a variety of finished and unfinished surfaces. With a proven track record of providing exceptional performance, lowering costs, and reducing assembly times, our urethane adhesive glass bonding systems are used by original equipment manufacturers worldwide. BETACLEAN® cleaners, BETAPRIME® primers and BETASEAL® adhesives together provide a total solution for glass bonding installation, structural bonding, and sealing.

MULTIBASE™

Liveo™

Chemical Family: Silicones

Polymer Name: Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), Silicone Elastomer

Inspired by the terms "live" and "to be alive," Liveo™ reflects our drive to create innovative next-generation solutions that can help patients live life to the fullest. Built on a strong foundation and unmatched heritage from Dow Corning, Liveo™ medical-grade silicone solutions provide safety and patient benefits and help customers address a wide range of healthcare challenges. The broad Liveo™ product portfolio of performance materials is supported by DuPont Healthcare’s legendary expertise, transformational science and competencies in connected solutions.

BETATECH™

Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU), Epoxy & Epoxy Derivatives

Maintains thermal conductivity in EV batteries to help control temperature. Thermal management for battery modules is essential to safety and long service life. Dispensable BETATECH™ offers significant advantages when applied between the battery cells and the cooling plate as part of the assembly process. BETATECH™ is part of our AHEAD™ initiative, which demonstrates our commitment to meeting the needs of the mobility market.

Vamac® Heat And Chemical Resistant Ethylene Acrylic Elastomers

Polymer Name: Ethylene Acrylic Elastomer (AEM)

Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomer is used across the globe for automotive powertrains and other applications that require heat and chemical resistance, as well as those that demand specific rubber-like qualities. Vamac® also helps provide longevity in powertrain applications and air management systems, and delivers long-term durability in other environments with diverse chemical exposure over a broad temperature range. Vamac® is becoming the preferred elastomer for a variety of demanding automotive applications. In engine and transmission seal applications, Vamac® provides resistance to service fluids and retains sealing properties while under compression. Vamac® also ensures transmission lip seals which can withstand pressure, in both hot and cold environments. DuPont’s experts have extensive experience working with customers to find new ways Vamac® can improve the performance of their applications. DuPont provides global support with local technical assistance in more than 65 countries.

Vespel®

Chemical Family: Polyimides

Polymer Name: Polyimide (PI)

Temperature extremes, high friction, and heavy loads? Vespel® has outperformed other engineering materials under the most severe conditions since 1965. Highly demanding applications like aerospace components, semiconductor processing, automotive manufacturing, and energy production rely on Vespel® parts to keep their equipment running. Vespel® polyimide materials provide continuous operation at cryogenic to high temperatures; low wear and low friction at high PV in lubricated or unlubricated environments; outstanding creep, strength, and impact resistance; exceptional dimensional stability; low thermal expansion; and easy machinability. Vespel® makes lighter weight parts not only practical, but, in many cases, better than standard metal, ceramics, and other engineering polymers such as PEEK (polyether ether ketone) and PAI (polyamide-imide). With design centers in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, DuPont technicians collaborate with customers to combine materials science with design to produce high-performance parts and keep production running smoothly. Vespel® parts and shapes, both custom and stock, have been tested and proven effective in highly demanding applications around the globe. They are available in sheet, rod, tube, plaque, bar, disk, ring, ball, and custom machined parts.

Zytel®

Chemical Family: Polyamides

Polymer Name: Polyphthalamide (PPA), Polyamide (unspecified), Polyamide 6 (PA 6)

For manufacturers across a number of industries, Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamide resin is the choice for reducing weight, improving strength, enhancing durability, increasing thermal performance, and simplifying processing. The Zytel® family of products is available in a variety of grades that sustain high strength and stiffness over a wide range of temperatures, chemicals, and moisture exposure. Zytel® HTN is widely used to replace metal parts that must withstand high temperature tolerances (such as engine cooling, handheld devices, and non-halogenated connectors), while reducing cost and weight. In both PPA grades and structural grades, Zytel® HTN solutions enhance performance in a diverse array of applications.