TIVAR ® is the brand name of Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products for its extensive range of virgin, partially reprocessed, colored or modified Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene stock shapes, manufactured by compression moulding or extrusion.
Product Overview
Very good wear and abrasion resistance High impact strength, even at low temperatures (particularly PE-UHMW) Excellent chemical resistance Low coefficient of friction Excellent release properties Very low water absorption Moderate mechanical strength, stiffness and creep resistance Very good electrical insulating and dielectric properties (except static dissipative grades) Excellent machinability Physiologically inert (several grades are suitable for food contact) Good resistance to high energy radiation (gamma- and X-rays) Not self-extinguishing
Acetron®, Cestidur®, Ertalon®, Ertacetal®, Duratron®, Ertalyte®, Fluorosint®, Nylatron®, Ketron®, Polypenco®, Techtron®, and Semitron® are registered trade marks of Quadrant AG. Cestilene, Cestlite, Cestitech and Cesticolor®, are Trade Names of Quadrant AG. Symalit® is a registered trade mark of Symalit AG. Tivar ®, Ceram P®, Quicksilver® is a registered trademark of Poly Hi Solidur Inc. Dryslide is a Trade Names of Poly Hi Solidur Inc. Absylux®, Clariflex™, Dielux®, HTP800®, Lennite® Pomalux®, Propylux®, Tempalux®, Thermalux®, Westlake®, Zelux® are a Registered Trademarks of Westlake Plastics Co. Norylux™ is a Trademark of Westlake Plastics Co. Ardel®, & Radel® R, are registered trademarks of Amoco Performance Products, Inc. Kynar® is a Registered Trademark of Elf Atochem North America, Inc. Ultem®, is a registered trademarks of General Electric Co. USA. Halar® is a Registered Trademark of Ausimont USA, Inc. TPX® is a Registered Trademark of Mitsui Plastics Inc. Stanyl ® is a Registered Trademark of DSM. Victrex ® & PEEK™ are Registered Trademarks of Victrex plc. Ardel ®, Radel ® and Torlon ® , are registered trademarks of Solvay Advanced Polymers. Tufnol® is a registered trademark of Tufnol Limited. Tufset, Bear, Carp, Crow, Lynx, Vole and Whale are Trade Name of Tufnol Limited Delrin®, Teflon®, Tefzel®, Vespel® & Kapton® are registered trademarks of DuPont. Turcite® is a registered trademark of Busak+Shamban, Inc. Rulon® and Meldin® are registered trademarks of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. EmiClare™ is a Trade Name of Optical Filters Ltd UK. Corzan is a trademark of Noveon Inc. Eslon is a trademark of SEKISUI Chemical GmbH Makrolon® and Vivak® are Registered Trademarks of Bayer AG All Pictures used Courtesy of Quadrant EPP.
