MuCell Extrusion Technology

The MuCell Extrusion Technology expands markets by enabling innovative products and improving profitability.

The MuCell Extrusion Technology is a breakthrough process for thermoplastic materials that produces microcellular foams. Based on the use of inexpensive and environmentally friendly physical blowing agents in their supercritical state, the process is implemented through equipment design.

The microscopic cell structure enables companies to obtain numerous product and process benefits that are often not possible with traditional foaming methods. The MuCell Extrusion Technology is particularly suited for high performance foam applications with TPV and TPE related materials. In this field, Trexel can not only offer broad expertise as to the deployment of the process on automotive TPV weather seals, but also on TPE sheet and profile applications for consumer and industrial markets.

• Microcellular HDPE Foam for Extruded Pipe and Tubing Applications
• MuCell® Foam for Blow-Molding
• TPV Seal Geometry Effects On Compression Set (CSet) and Compression Load Deflection (CLD)
• The theory of Microcellular foaming
• TPV Sponge Materials and Foaming Systems for Dynamic Automotive Weatherseals
• Presentation of TPV Sponge Materials and Foaming Systems for Automotive Weatherseals RAPRA 2005 Conferences