TPE or silicone? The materials of TPE and silicone are not better or better. Different materials are used for different environments and applications. The two materials are very similar. The editor recommends choosing the right rubber and plastic material according to your product positioning. The best one is to choose the right one.
Lien TPE manufacturer uses several application cases to analyze which one is better, TPE or silicone? First of all, we are the common smart bracelets.
TPE material smart bracelets are soft and smooth, and have a better feel than silicone. They have good wear resistance, easy to apply color, simple molding and demolding, environmentally friendly and non-toxic, and will not cause allergies to human skin. silicone bracelet also has a good feel and is shock-resistant and impact-resistant when falling on the ground. Silicone is insoluble in water and has good waterproof properties. However, silicone has a thick texture, few styles, is easy to be greasy, and has a slightly poor fit. At the same time, if the material is slightly worse, it is easy to get gray and dust.
Silica gel sealing ring has good resistance to environmental and solvent properties, good pull-up elasticity, no deformation, no fading, high and low temperature resistance, aging resistance, good corona resistance, good heat insulation effect, and high density. The TPE sealing ring has good elasticity, weather resistance, aging resistance, as well as oil resistance and ozone . TPE is soft, has strong rebound, has good fatigue resistance, good aging performance, simple and superior processing performance, no need for vulcanization, and can be reused.
Kitchen products silicone has advantages over TPE in terms of high temperature resistance. Silicone's temperature resistance is generally between 200 degrees and 300 degrees, while TPE is theoretically generally resistant to high temperatures between 80-100 degrees Celsius. If it is higher, it will age and crack. From the perspective of processing performance: silicone needs to be vulcanized and heated, while TPE can be processed and molded without vulcanization. Silicone processing is difficult to form, while TPE production and processing is simple. The price of silicone is generally more than 30,000 yuan per ton, while the general price of TPE is between 13,000 and 30,000 yuan. TPE has an advantage in price, in addition to special TPE materials, such as halogen-free flame retardant, food-grade and other characteristics. Which is better,
tpe or silicone? The origin of silicone material originated in the 18th century, and thermoplastic elastomer TPE was born in the mid-19th century and began to commercialize and develop gradually. From a historical perspective, the development time is far behind that of silicone materials, and from a technical perspective, TPE materials have made great breakthroughs in application areas in the past 10 years. In many industries, TPE materials have replaced silicone products.
