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Baytec® Polyurethane Cast Elastomer Products
When your demanding application calls for an elastomer material, choose
a high-performance polyurethane cast elastomer from the company that
discovered polyurethane chemistry. Bayer MaterialScience offers a
full range of polyurethane cast elastomer products that can impart
any number of specific performance characteristics.
Baytec® prepolymers and one-shot cast elastomers from Bayer are
a family of polyurethane engineering materials designed to meet the
demands of an extensive array of mechanical and industrial applications.
Baytec polyurethane cast elastomers are excellent materials for producing
durable, resilient parts that provide long service life with minimal
maintenance.
Baytec Products - For Your High-Performance Elastomer Applications
Dynamic or high-load bearing applications. Parts requiring abrasion
and impact resistance. Operating environments where hydrolysis and
bacteria resistance are critical. Ultraviolet (UV) stability. Applications
where corrosion, gas and oil resistance are important performance
criteria as well as parts that provide cut and tear resistance. Baytec
cast elastomers answer manufacturers' calls for these and more physical
properties.
Although polyurethane elastomer properties are influenced by the molding
process, the main factor affecting the material's properties is the
choice of raw materials. Careful selection of raw materials and their
formulation result in optimal polyurethane cast elastomers for your
applications.
Baytec polyurethane cast elastomers have delivered long service life
in applications needing long wear in many industries all over the
world:
- Caterpillar treads for construction, forestry and agricultural
machinery
- Durable wheels for forklift trucks
- Wear-resistant grading screens for the mining industry
- High-performance pigs for cleaning, maintaining and inspecting
oil and gas pipelines
- Transparent, highly elastic and wear-resistant wheels for in-line
skates, skateboards and scooters
- Elastic roller coatings for the printing, paper production and
steel manufacturing industries.
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Let Us Help You
We can help you develop your next new part. Give us a call, tell us
what you would like the part to do and we will help you design it.
We can help you shorten the development and manufacturing processes,
introducing you to our product distributors and knowledgeable molders
in your area. Click here
to contact us by telephone or e-mail for technical support.
Polyurethane cast elastomers formulated with Baytec products can provide
advantages above and beyond those of traditional engineering materials
in a wide range of demanding industrial, mechanical, mining and manufacturing
applications.
| Compared with: |
Baytec cast elastomers offer you: |
| Steel |
Lighter weight
Greater corrosion resistance
More wear-resistance
Less-expensive tooling
Greater noise reduction |
| Ceramics |
Lower installation costs
Ability to repair the part |
| Rubber |
Greater abrasion resistance
Stronger cut and tear resistance
Better ozone resistance
Greater load-bearing capacity in both compression and shear
Lower-cost tooling |
| UHMW Polyethylene |
No brittleness
Increased impact resistance |
| Other Engineering Plastics |
Greater abrasion resistance
No brittleness
Highly elastic
Less-expensive tooling
More design freedom |
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Light-Stable Polyurethane Cast Elastomers
Most recently, polyurethane elastomers based on aliphatic (light-stable)
chemistry have gained considerable interest. Originally, this more
expensive polyurethane chemistry was used almost exclusively in coatings
applications that require excellent light stability and weatherability.
As in coatings, aliphatic polyurethane elastomers are used mainly
in applications where light stability and optical clarity are important,
such as laminates for safety and bulletproof glass. Further research
and development is leading to new applications of light-stable polyurethane
elastomers in more common products and applications for industry and
even the consumer market.
If you would like to learn whether light-stable polyurethane cast
elastomers can improve your new or existing product, Bayer has several
commercial formulations for you to trial. With our advice and guidance,
we can help you differentiate your product from the competition with
exceptional light-stable and weatherability properties.
Click here to view Bayer's
light-stable, aliphatic cast elastomer products.
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Select From a Complete Family of Polyurethane Products
Bayer brings you high-performance prepolymers, one-shot systems and
all of the raw materials (isocyanates and polyols) you will require
for one-stop shopping for polyurethane elastomers. We also offer Vulkollan®
high-performance polymers, which are unique among all elastomers for
their outstanding dynamic performance and abrasion resistance.
Bayer offers one of the broadest lines of polyurethane raw materials
available - isocyanates, polyols and prepolymers. Visit our PRODUCTS
page to learn more.
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