Study of mechanical behavior of a sebs blend for injection molding

Abstract

This study focuses on a blend from the provider¿s SEBS extreme hardness (50% Shore-A 5 and 50% Shore-A 90) in order to analyze the miscibility of mixed materials from the storage of 2 references only. It has been used the thermoplastic elastomer Megol TA¿ SEBS, whose characteristics make it special due to the wide range of hardness and transparency. First step is injection of the extreme hardness virgin materials from the provider and the blend in a relation 50%-50% Next step is mechanical characterization of the blend, analyzing hardness, elongation at break and tensile strength. Finally, results are compared with original values of the materials incorporated.