Improved interior material.Thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. polyurethane (TPU TPU - Text Processing Utility ) is often used to cover the yarns that go into the fabrics that cover automotive seats. This is because TPU helps the fabric resist wear, tearing, and tear propagation. In addition to which, TPU doesn't contain plasticizers plasticizers mostly triaryl phosphates, such as tricresyl, triphenyl phosphates, which are poisonous. See also triorthocresyl phosphate. or halogens, which makes for a better interior environment. Bayer MaterialScience AG (in the U.S.: Pittsburgh, PA; www.bayermaterialscience.com) now offers something that will make interiors more appealing; light-fast grades of TPU. The two grades, Desmopan and Texin, are said to display no yellowing after long-term exposure to UV light. What's more, these transparent materials, based on aliphatic aliphatic /al·i·phat·ic/ (al?i-fat´ik) pertaining to any member of one of the two major groups of organic compounds, those with a straight or branched chain structure. al·i·phat·ic adj. isocyanates and polyesters, can be pigmented with any color. "In combination with fancy yarns," observes Jens Ufermann, TPU Business Unit segment head for Bayer, "this is set to open the door to completely new, appealing textile designs." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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