APS Products: Zythane® TPU, Viprene® TPV, and Maxelast® TPE

Alliance Polymers & Services (APS) strives to make a difference in your elastomer buying needs by supplying you material faster, easier, and cost effective. Our goal is to provide you a full range of thermoplastic elastomers, starting with the three most important TPEs [TPU (TPE-U), TPV (TPE-V) and SBS/SEBS compounds (TPE-S)] supported by the highest level of service and technical expertise in the plastics industry.

Each type of thermoplastic elastomer formulation, generally referred to as TPEs, has its own special properties for its own unique applications.  Whatever your thermoplastic elastomer need, give us a call.

Here is what APS now offers in North America:

Zythane^® TPUs

Viprene^® TPVs




Polymax Maxelast^® TPEs 
                                                   

Soft Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs) Available at Alliance Polymers & Services

APS offers its own brand of soft thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs)  sold under the trade name Viprene^®.  

Viprene^® G – a general purpose TPV, combines the various mechanical performance properties of thermoset rubber with the processing ease of plastics. These materials offer good flexibility at low temperatures as well as long-term resistance in harsh environments and demanding applications where abrasion, chemical, and UV resistance are required. 

Features include:

• Hardness ranges from 45 Shore A to 50 Shore D.

• Applicability in appliance and window seals, gaskets, electronic components, cable jacketing, boots and bellows, and marine products.

• Available in pellets of natural and black.

APS can provide samples on request for molding trials and can ship small to large production runs of the TPVs.

Viprene® G-Series TPV for Appliance Seals

Viprene® G-Series TPV for Gaskets

Viprene® G-Series TPV for Cable Jacketing

APS (Alliance Polymers and Services LLC) is an established TPE technology resource offering service, technical  support and TPE materials for consumer and industrial applications.  Company offerings include Maxelast® TPEs, Viprene® TPVs, Zythane® TPUs, TPE alloys, compounding services and custom and standard soft elastomer formulations.

APS is owned and operated by three of the industry’s leading marketing and technical support executives, Roger J. Huarng and Stephane Morin, formerly with BASF Corporation. They work with a series of independent technical agents located in key cities and markets throughout the North American Continent.

For more information on TPEs for overmolding as well as other grades for conventional, unique or highly durable applications, contact APS.

Low-Cost Grade of TPEs for Tool Grips, Pen Grip, Personal Care Items, and Luggage Handles

Rising Prices for Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) Prompt

Development of  Low-Cost Grades That Process and Perform Like Expensive Grades.

 

Alliance Polymers & Services LLC (APS), the North American distributor of TPEs used by leading products manufacturers, offers low-cost grades of thermoplastic elastomers to help designers and processors significantly reduce their TPE costs with low prices for less demanding applications. They are ideally suited for overmolding (onto PP) for stand-alone applications such as tool grips, pen grips, personal care items, luggage handles, and other stationery products.

The introduction of the Maxelast® P2 and Viprene® G-Series of TPEs, offer savings up to 30%.

Low-Cost Grade TPE for Tool Grip

Low-Cost Grade TPE for Pen Grip

Low-Cost TPE for Person Care Items

Low-Cost Grade TPE for Stationary Products

Low-Cost Grade TPE for Tooth Brush Handle

Maxelast®  and Viprene® were able to achieve this pricing breakthrough by using the latest production efficiencies and removing unnecessary elements from the formulations. Features and specifications of these low-cost grades of TPEs include good colorability, a Shore A hardness range of 20A to 90A, a tensile strength of 120 psi (ASTM D412) and a tear strength of 340 psi.

APS can provide samples on request for molding trials and can ship small to large production runs of the TPEs.

APS (Alliance Polymers and Services LLC) is an established TPE technology resource offering service, technical  support and TPE materials for consumer and industrial applications.  Company offerings include Maxelast® TPEs, Viprene® TPVs, Zythane® TPUs, TPE alloys, compounding services and custom and standard soft elastomer formulations.

APS is owned and operated by three of the industry’s leading marketing and technical support executives, Roger J. Huarng and Stephane Morin, formerly with BASF Corporation. They work with a series of independent technical agents located in key cities and markets throughout the North American Continent.

For more information on TPEs for overmolding as well as other grades for conventional, unique or highly durable applications, contact APS.

APS Shore Hardness Scale for Viprene®, Zythane®, and Maxelast®

Here is a helpful chart to help select the proper TPU, TPV, and/or TPE.
APS Shore Hardness Scale

APS (Alliance Polymers and Services LLC) is an established TPE technology resource offering service, technical support and TPE materials for consumer and industrial applications.  Company offerings include Maxelast® TPEs, Viprene® TPVs, Zythane® TPUs, TPE alloys, compounding services and custom and standard soft elastomer formulations.

Sales and service are available from APS headquarters in the Detroit area and through independent technical agents located in key cities and markets throughout the North American Continent.

For more information and/or samples of the newest APS branded TPEs for conventional, unique or highly durable applications, contact us.

APS Launches Extrusion Series of Polyether-Based TPUs

Romulus, MI - North America’s newest provider of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) – APS (Alliance Polymers and Services, LLC) – announces the availability of the firm’s newest 7000Series of Zythane® TPUs.

 

These polyether-based thermoplastic polyurethanes are formulated for pneumatic tubing, cable jacketing, technical profiles and film and sheet, among other extrusion applications.

The new series of Zythane® TPUs are comparable in every way to the grades offered by established competitors.  In addition, they are available at extremely competitive pricing levels and backed by the highest levels of technical support in the industry.  They can also be formulated with UV stabilizers.

cable jacketing

Offered in a wide range of hardnesses – from 70 Shore A to 45 Shore D - the new Zythane® 7000 Series of TPUs  offer excellent transparency when extruded natural, have excellent low temperature flexibility, provide outstanding hydrolytic stability, exhibit excellent microbial resistance, offer excellent tear strength and possess highly impressive resistance to weak bases and acids.

APS (Alliance Polymers and Services LLC) is an established TPE technology resource offering service, technical support and TPE materials for consumer and industrial applications.  Company offerings include Maxelast® TPEs, Viprene® TPVs, Zythane® TPUs, TPE alloys, compounding services and custom and standard soft elastomer formulations.

For more information on the new 7000 Series of Zythane® TPUs for extrusion applications, contact  us.

Viprene® TPV

Supplied as natural or black pellets, Viprene®  thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) grades are offered in hardness ranges from 45 Shore A to 50 Shore D and combine mechanical performance of thermoset rubber with processing properties of plastics. TPVs offer flexibility at low temperatures as well as long-term resistance in harsh environments and applications where abrasion, chemical, and UV resistance are required. Depending on grade, TPVs can be injection molded, extruded, or blow molded. 

Viprene® TPV Watch Band

Alliance Polymers & Services, LLC (APS) in Romulus, MI, is a full service warehousing, distribution, shipping and technical service organization dedicated to helping all TPE marketers and processors with their product and technical support needs. APS also markets and supports Polymax Maxelast® TPEs and Zythane® TPUs.

Sales and service are available from APS headquarters in the Detroit area and through independent technical agents located in key cities and markets throughout the North American Continent.

For more information and/or samples of the newest APS branded TPEs for conventional, unique or highly durable applications, contact us.

Viprene® G-Series

Viprene® G is formulated to compete with the leading grades of thermoplastic vulcanizates. They are offered in hardness ranges from 45 Shore A to 50 Shore D and have been developed for applications ranging from appliance and window seals to rollers, mechanical equipment, gaskets, electronic components (cable jacketing), boots and bellows and marine products plus any products that need vibration dampening components.

 Bellow

Cable Jacketing

Seals

Viprene® G – a general purpose TPV that combines the various mechanical performance properties of thermoset rubber with the processing ease of plastics. These materials offer good flexibility at low temperatures as well as long-term resistance in harsh environments and demanding applications where abrasion, chemical and UV resistance are required.

Viprene® general purpose grades match the compression set of the most widely used TPVs. Viprene® G is available as pellets in natural and black. Depending on the grade selected, Viprene® TPVs can be injection molded, extruded or blow molded.

Alliance Polymers & Services, LLC (APS) in Romulus, MI, is a full service warehousing, distribution, shipping and technical service organization dedicated to helping all TPE marketers and processors with their product and technical support needs. APS also markets and supports Polymax Maxelast® TPEs and Zythane® TPUs.

Sales and service are available from APS headquarters in the Detroit area and through independent technical agents located in key cities and markets throughout the North American Continent.

For more information and/or samples of the newest APS branded TPEs for conventional, unique or highly durable applications, contact us.

Shore A Hardness Scale Cross References