Our technical team has developed a number of additions to the existing Innovative Polymers product line as well as several next-generation polyurethanes.

Industrial Casting Systems

Shore A Polyurethane

TD 175-11. Combining low viscosity with a long gel time, this Shore A polyurethane is ideal for potting and encapsulating large masses.  The product exhibits low shrinkage.  It is black in color.

Shore D Polyurethanes

IE 3065 and IE 3066.  These two new polyurethanes were formulated to perform like polyester body filler with significantly less odor and no styrene!   Both systems are sag resistant, thixotropic pastes with excellent green strength.  IE-3065 has a gel time of about six minutes.  IE-3066 is a faster system with a three-minute gel time that handles like conventional body filler with a similar demold time.  Once cured, both products are very strong with an ultra high flexural modulus of 635,000 psi.  The systems are ideal for use as surface coats for silicone glove molds.

IE 3068.  A good general-purpose polyurethane, IE-3068 has an easy to handle 1:1 resin:hardener mix ratio by weight, a water-like viscosity and a gel time of 13 minutes.  It produces white parts with good flexural and tensile properties.

IE 3071.  An extended gel-time (15-20 minutes) version of our faster-setting IE 3030, IE-3071 overcomes some of the issues that have been reported with other products currently on the market.  Specifically, it has a longer gel time and cures well with none of the system components separating and dropping out of suspension.

IE 3081.  This new polyurethane features a gel time approximately 10 minutes longer than competitive systems with no adverse effects noticed even in thin sections.  An added benefit is that formulation components remain well dispersed during handling and molding.  This prevents leaching of plasticizer onto cured surfaces which can make painting difficult.

Polyurethane Foams 

FM 104. This 3-5 pound density foam packs nicely and is our first successful, lightweight, flexible material.  It is important that the customer mechanically mixes this material because it must have good shear to form a quality cell structure.  If this recommendation is ignored, the material can collapse.  It should also be noted that the foam ha a very fast 15-20 second cream time that cannot be slowed down.

FM 110. A sister product of our FM 109, this new foam has a lower viscosity (1,000 cP) and is easier to handle with a resin:hardener mix ratio of 1:1 by both by weight and volume.

FM 2025.  This rigid, 2-3 pound, ultra-low density foam is ideal for packaging applications.  With its light weight, the product should be processed using a slight pack to produce good cell structure and optimize strength.

FM 2046.  We formulated this polyurethane as a slow version of FM 2045.  The cream time is 70-80 seconds versus 35-45 seconds, making the new product ideal for use on large masses.

FM 2050 Rigid.  White colored FM 2050 is a rigid, 4-5 pound foam that is being used for building outdoor scenes by taxidermists.

High Performance Polyurethanes

TP 4016.  A companion system to TP 4014 and TP 4015 polyurethanes, the new product has a mid-range gel time of 5-7 minutes and meets the requirements of UL 94 V-O as a flame retardant material.