Thermoplastic Elastomers - TPEs from Aurora Material Solutions are a broad line of soft-touch & abrasion-resistant materials for the medical, packaging, consumer, industrial, automotive & non-automotive transportation markets.

TPE: Thermoplastic Elastomers

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers (TPR), are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) which consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. While most elastomers are thermosets, thermoplastics are in contrast relatively easy to use in manufacturing, for example, by injection molding. They also can be recycled! These polymers resemble elastomers in that they are highly resilient and can be repeatedly stretched to at least twice their initial length with full rapid recovery, but are true thermoplastics and thus do not require curing or vulcanization as most rubbers.

Thermoplastic Elastomers - TPEs from Aurora Material Solutions are a broad line of soft-touch & abrasion-resistant materials for the medical, packaging, consumer, industrial, automotive & non-automotive transportation markets.
Thermoplastic Elastomers - TPEs from Aurora Material Solutions are a broad line of soft-touch & abrasion-resistant materials for the medical, packaging, consumer, industrial, automotive & non-automotive transportation markets.

All TPEs are composed of hard and soft segments

Hard segments contribute typical engineered properties

  • Tensile strength
  • Modulus/Stiffness
  • Thermal stability

Soft segments contribute elastomeric properties

  • Hardness
  • Compression set/Tensile set
  • Flexibility
  • Low-temp performance

Common Thermoplastic Elastomer Applications