RTP Company: The Global Leader in Specialty Compounding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RTP Company Introduces Cost-Effective Compounds Containing Perfluoroether Oil

WINONA, MINNESOTA, USA — Perfluoropolyether (PFPE) synthetic oil has a successful 40-year history as a topical lubricant. Now, RTP Company has perfected a method to disperse this modifier into thermoplastics to produce innovative, cost-effective solutions for wear-resistant applications.

When used as a modifier in specialty compounds, PFPE significantly improves the wear resistance of crystalline resins with little to no effect on specific gravity. With common loading levels of just 0.1% to 1.0%, these compounds perform similarly to those with 15 to 20% loadings of PTFE.

RTP Company's new PFPE compounds are generally more cost-effective than compounds containing PTFE. In addition to material cost savings, they reduce processing costs by eliminating die cleaning and its associated downtime.

Typical benefits include

• Eliminating plate-out associated with PTFE
• Improving wear resistance and reduce coefficient of friction at low modifier levels (less than 1.0%)
• Improving processing by enhancing melt flow, increasing throughput, and acting as a mold release
• Improving fatigue resistance, particularly important for gear applications
• Minimizing marring and scratching of polymer surfaces and reduce or eliminate squeaks

Choose RTP Company's PFPE compounds for medical devices such as catheters; increased extrusion throughput (e.g. tubing or corrugated pipes); gears, pulleys, bushings, bearings, and seals; "No Silicone Permitted" applications; and existing PTFE applications where price or plateout are concerns.

For more information, contact RTP Company at 507-454-6900 or 800-433-4787, or e-mail rtp@rtpcompany.com.

About RTP Company
RTP Company, headquartered in Winona, Minn., is a global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics. The company has 11 manufacturing plants on three continents, plus sales representatives throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. RTP Company's engineers develop customized thermoplastic compounds in over 60 different engineering resin systems for applications requiring color, conductive, elastomeric, flame retardant, high temperature, structural, and wear resistant properties.