MOSCOW (MRC) -- Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is launching a new family of pre-crosslinked EVM rubbers, in the form of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers of the Levapren PXL series, said the producer on its site.
These have been developed specifically for rapid processing in particularly cost-effective, continuous mixing processes - using Buss co-kneaders, for instance, or twin-screw extruders. Among other things, the free-flowing granules are ideal for reducing mixing times when producing particularly high-quality hoses or cable sheathings.
Samples of the new ethylene vinyl acetate rubbers have already been made available to the first customers. The first grades to be available are 500 PXL, 600 PXL, 700 PXL and 800 PXL, with vinyl acetate contents of between 50% and 80%. The properties of vulcanizates produced using Levapren PXL are similar to those made using conventional EVM rubbers from Lanxess.
As MRC informed previously, yhe new Rhein Chemie Additives business unit of specialty chemicals company Lanxess has developed innovative halogen-free flame retardants that are based in part on a newly developed type of phosphorus chemistry.
Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.0 billion in 2014 and about 16,600 employees in 29 countries. The company is currently represented at 52 production sites worldwide. The core business of Lanxess is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.
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