Nucrel® Acid Copolymer Resin
DuPont™ Nucrel® ethylene acrylic acid and methacrylic acid copolymer resins bond to metal, making them an excellent foil adhesive and heat sealant used in packaging structures and other applications involving aluminum adhesion.
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Nucrel® 3990
Nucrel® 3990 is a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid. It is available for use in conventional extrusion coating, coextrusion coating and extrusion laminating equipment.
Nucrel® 30707
Nucrel® 30707 is a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid, made with nominally 7.0 wt% acrylic acid. The resin is available for use in blown/cast film and extrusion coating operations. It can be used on both extrusion and coextrusion equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
Nucrel® AE
Nucrel® AE is a terpolymer of ethylene, methacrylic acid, and acrylate. It is
available for use in conventional extrusion coating, coextrusion coating and
extrusion laminating equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
It can be used as a modifier for PE in blends of approximately 20 to 40% Nucrel®
AE with 80 to 60% LDPE for enhancement of foil adhesion properties. The level of
adhesion improvement depends on processing conditions..
Bynel® Series (Coextrudable adhesive resins)
Versatile Adhesive Resin Joins Dissimilar Materials
Join the “unjoinable” to optimize structural integrity and avoid delamination in films, bottles, tubes, and other applications.
DuPont™ Bynel® coextrudable adhesive resin gives manufacturers and converters powerful solutions for multi-layer adhesion needs. It is used as a tie layer, creating a strong bond between dissimilar materials in bottles, tubes, thermoformable sheets, films, and non-packaging uses such as piping and building panels.
Bynel® adhesive resin can be a cost- and process-efficient choice, available pre-compounded in a range of grades. It can help optimize barrier, heat-seal and other functionalities in coextruded blown & cast film, extrusion coating/lamination, cast sheet, coex tubing, and blow molding.
Strong, flexible, interlayer adhesion supports replacing heavy glass or metal containers with lightweight, multi-layer barrier packaging, which can help reduce fossil fuel use (and costs) in distribution.
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Bynel® 4109
BYNEL® Series 4100 series resins are anhydride-modified, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins. All BYNEL Series 4100 series resins are available in pellet form for use in conventional extrusion and coextrusion equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
Bynel® 41E710
Bynel 41E710 is a grade with a higher level of anhydride modification, and is
mainly intended for use as a component in a blend with other polyolefin resins. It is
not intended for extrusion in its pure form in typical extrusions or coextrusions.
Bynel® 41E556
BYNEL® Series 4100 series resins are anhydride-modified, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins. All BYNEL Series 4100 series resins are available in pellet form for use in conventional extrusion and coextrusion equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
Bynel® 22E757
BYNEL® Series 2200 resins are modified ethylene acrylate resins. They contain a
temperature stable ester which makes them functional in high temperature
coextrusions. They are available in pellet form for use in conventional extrusion and
coextrusion equipment designed to process polyethylene (PE) resins.
Surlyn® (High performance sealant and molding resin)
An Ionomer Resin Providing Clarity, Toughness, and Versatility
DuPont™ Surlyn® is a leading choice for food, cosmetic, medical device, and skin and stretch packaging.
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Surlyn® for Injection Molding
DuPont™ Surlyn® PC injection molding resin and unique Surlyn® 3D overmolding technology offer glass-like clarity and unparalleled design freedom for rigid cosmetic jars and perfume bottles
Surlyn® PC-2000
Surlyn® PC-2000 is available for use in injection molding equipment designed to
process polyethylene and ethylene copolymer type resins.
Surlyn® Sealants
DuPont™ Surlyn® sealant resin provides excellent clarity, hot tack, heat seal, and toughness for packaging a variety of foods, as well as pharmaceuticals, household cleaners, and personal care products.
Surlyn® 1652
Surlyn® 1652 is available for use in conventional blown, cast film, sheet extrusion
and coextrusion equipment. It is also used in extrusion coating and coextrusion
coating equipment designed to process polyethylene and ethylene copolymer type resins.
resins.
DuPont™ Appeel® (Peelable sealants)
Clean-Peeling, Solvent-Free Peelable Sealant Resins
DuPont™ Appeel® helps make packages easy to open, while protecting contents against spoilage, leakage, contamination, and tampering.
DuPont™ Appeel® peelable sealant resins offer predictable and repeatable heat-seal strengths for easy-open, clean-peeling, flexible lidding on rigid containers for yogurt, snacks, dry cereals, and more.
Because Appeel® can seal to and peel from itself, it can also be used as a sealant in flexible structures, including bag-in-box and pouch, extending the convenience of easy peel to more packaging types.
A cost-effective, high-quality solution for converters, Appeel® peelable sealant resins are available in a pre-compounded, one-bag solution that easily runs in a variety of conversion processes and seals to multiple substrates. This helps reduce the number of raw material SKUs kept in stock. And Appeel® peelable sealant resins eliminate the need to blend sealant materials onsite, saving production time.
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Appeel® 20D751
DuPont™ Appeel® 20D751 is a modified ethylene acrylate resin designed to
function as a sealing layer for lidding applications. It is most often suggested to
provide peelable seals over a broad temperature range to a number of container
materials including PET, PVC, PS and PP. Appeel® 20D751 is available in pellet
form for use in conventional extrusion and coextrusion equipment designed to
process polyethylene resins.
Appeel® 20D752
DuPont™ Appeel 20D752 is a modified ethylene acrylate copolymer designed to
function as a sealing layer for lidding applications. It is most often suggested to
provide peelable seals over a broad temperature range to a number of container
materials including PS and PP.
Appeel 20D752 offers good peelability to PE, and also can be used to seal to itself
resulting in a cohesive peel system.
Appeel 20D752 is available in pellet form for use in conventional extrusion and
coextrusion equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
Appeel® 20D828
Appeel® 20D828 is a modified ethylene acrylate resin designed to function as a
sealing layer for lidding applications. It is most often suggested to provide strong
peelable seals over a broad temperature range to a number of container materials
including PP, PS, PP, PVC, Aclar®, Barex®, and certain epoxy coatings. Appeel®
20D828 is available in pellet form for use in conventional extrusion and coextrusion
equipment designed to process polyethylene resins.
Appeel® 72D811
DuPont™ Appeel® 72D811 resin is designed to be a sealing layer to film or sheet
lidding applications. It provides a peelable seal to a number of materials including
HDPE, LLDPE, LDPE, EVA, and Ionomer.
Appeel® 72D811 is a modified ethylene acrylate polymer available in pellet form for
use in conventional extrusion and coextrusion equipment designed to process
polyethylene resins.
ELVAX ® (EVA Resin)
Elvax® is a co-polymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate. The two key parameters that determine their properties are weight percent vinyl acetate in the co-polymer and melt
index (MI). Elvax® is available in different grades, in combination with varied VA content and MFI.Found applications in Adhesive, Sealants, Wax blends and Foot wear compounds.
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Elvax® 460
DuPont™ Elvax® 460 is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin for use in
industrial applications.
Applications
Elvax® resins can be used in a variety of applications involving molding,
compounding, extrusion, adhesives, sealants, and wax blends. For additional
information and properties associated with specific applications, please refer to the
Grade Selector Guides found on the Elvax® website for industrial applications.
Himilan® (Resin to assist in purging and cleaning extruders )
DuPont™ Himilan® SP1500 is a purge compound resin for extrusion coating designed to use after processing of Ionomer and /or acid copolymer in conventional extrusion and co-extrusion coating equipment.
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Himilan® SP1500
DuPont™ Himilan® SP1500 is a purge compound resin for extrusion coating
Selar®(Barrier resins)
Barrier Resins to Keep Food Fresh
DuPont™ Selar® PA amorphous nylon barrier resins provide unique oxygen barrier properties when wet or chilled, making the resins a perfect choice for flavor-sensitive refrigerated foods and beverages.
In bottles, jars and other rigid structures, Selar® PA barrier resins offer the crystal clarity of glass, but with lower weight and better impact resistance. Selar® PA can be blended with other barrier reins like nylon 6 and EVOH to provide certain property and processing advantages.
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Selar® PA 3426
Selar® PA 3426 is an amorphous nylon (polyamide) resin which exhibits superior
transparency, good barrier properties to gases, water, solvents and essential oils
and high temperature structural properties which make it suitable for consideration
in a number of applications.
It is available in the form of small, free flowing pellets in 25 kg (55 lb.) foil-lined bags
or 750 kg. (1653 lb.) foil lined boxes.
DuPont™ PE Series LDPE 1541
DuPont LDPE 1541 is a low density polyethylene resin for extrusion coating applications.
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DuPont ™ LDPE 1541
DuPont LDPE 1541 is a low density polyethylene resin for extrusion coating
applications. Its benefits include high extrusion speeds and low heat sealing
temperatures. The resin is particularly suited for intermediate and light weight
coatings applied at speeds in the range of 300-1000 fpm.
Typical Characteristics
Features
LDPE1541 contains approximately 50 ppm BHT antioxidant additive.
Applications
Materials coated with LDPE1541 are used for packaging meats, cheeses, fruit juices,
powdered products, chemicals and a variety of other products.
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