普立萬公司推出了一種新型混合材料，可承受高使用頻率帶來的磨損，這有望推動其吉力士(GLS) 熱塑性彈性體在消費電子市場上實現增長。
Versaflex CE推出之際恰逢美國工業設計師協會于8月22日-24日在美國芝加哥召開年會。該產品采用了消費電子產品常用的聚碳酸酯和ABS混合料，而且耐刮擦和耐化學品侵蝕—如手機、手表和音樂播放器經常會接觸到的防曬霜。
普立萬吉力士的全球營銷總監Charles Page在會上接受《塑料新聞》采訪時說：'如果你花800美元購買一種產品，你希望它在使用六個月后仍然看起來很新。'
該公司之前推出的TPE產品已被用在手機外殼和其他電子產品中。該公司預期一系列使用Versaflex CE的可穿戴電子產品將在今后數月和數年的時間里陸續面市。
'可穿戴消費電子'包括各種已上市的產品，如健身追蹤器，以及預計很快將上市的大眾版'智能手表'，將具備智能手機的許多功能，但更為小巧。普立萬已使用Versaflex為一款智能手表開發出了概念表帶。
Page說，由于新的混合材料基于普立萬之前就供應的TPE材料，因此更方便模塑商和開發商推出新品，同時更快響應電子行業的發展速度。
新產品越快投入市場，越能吸引消費者的注意。
Page說：'采用易于加工、能直接放入注塑成型機使用的材料非常關鍵。”
PolyOne GLS unveils new TPE series for consumer electronics
This conceptual design for a “smart”
watch incorporates VersaflexCE in the wrist bands.
PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers today unveiled Versaflex CE TPE products tailored for consumer electronics applications.
“Our wide range of innovative technologies allow us to provide targeted performance for distinctive electronics applications,” said Charles Page, global marketing director for PolyOne GLS, “and we continue to develop new solutions that address the needs of the fast-moving and rapidly expanding consumer electronics sector.”
The Versaflex CE portfolio of standard and custom-formulated TPEs offers consumer electronics designers a combination of performance, visual appeal and physical aspects, including:
Sensory attributes: Designers can combine outstanding aesthetics, such as silky-smooth soft feel, with colour and texture.
Durability: The new TPEs provide very good chemical and UV resistance for durable components along with a lush feel.
This new materials address several challenges of today’s designers, including desirable haptics for high-end phone and tablet cases and excellent vibration-damping properties to improve device performance and comfort in use. The portfolio is ideally suited to applications such as electronic wristbands, “smart” watches and mobile devices.
Versaflex CE also supports more sustainable manufacturing because it bonds to PC/ABS and other substrates during moulding without adhesives. In addition, these materials can help to lower systems cost by reducing scrap and accelerating throughput of materials during processing.
PolyOne is featuring Versaflex CE solutions for the consumer electronics industry this week at IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) Conference2013, 21-24 August, Chicago, IL, USA, stand #400.
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