Citation
Bean, J. (2002), "Teflon fluoropolymer resins", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 31 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2002.12931eaa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Teflon fluoropolymer resins
Teflon fluoropolymer resins
A new resin development from DuPont is the introduction of the first commercial Teflon fluoropolymer resins. They are made using proprietary and fundamentally new manufacturing technology that replaces traditional water-based polymerization with a process based on supercritical carbon dioxide.
DuPont states that the technology produces Teflon with enhanced performance and processing capabilities, at the same time generating less waste. It was developed jointly by DuPont and scientists at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.
The process is first being used to make selective melt-processible products for applications such as wire and cable insulation and jackets, flexible tubing and industrial films. It can also be used to manufacture other melt-processible fluoropolymers for applications such as high-purity fluid handling systems. The new Teflon products will be targeted at the data communications, semiconductor, automotive and other industrial markets.
The products are being manufactured at the DuPont Fluoroproducts plant at Fayetteville in North Carolina in a new $40 m facility.