High-Performance Flexibility & Durability: GARAFLEX TPE Cable Compounds

Many modern industrial applications are pushing cables to their limits. From oil fields to wind turbines, cables face increasingly demanding environments that challenge the limitations of traditional materials. Temperature extremes, chemical exposure, constant flexing and harsh weather can quickly degrade conventional cable compounds, leading to costly failures and downtime.

Advanced thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compound technology — like GARAFLEX® TPE — can address these challenges. These compounds are engineered for applications where conventional materials lack the resilience required for exceptional flexibility, durability and reliable performance under extreme conditions.

TPE compounds that withstand tough applications like muddy oil fields

Strength for Tough Environments

GARAFLEX TPE compounds are formulated to withstand extreme temperature fluctuations, industrial fluids and constant flexing in moving systems like C-track assemblies, robotic equipment and industrial automation systems. For outdoor applications, they offer exceptional performance across extreme temperature ranges (-50° to 105°C), with outstanding weather, UV and ozone resistance. Specialized grades offer mud resistance for drilling applications and oil field environments.

Key technical advantages include:

●       Exceptional flame-retardant properties while maintaining high tensile strength, with UL 1581, UL 1685 and FT-4 compliant formulations available.

●       Limiting oxygen index (LOI) values up to 39%.

●       Excellent low temperature performance, with brittle points as low as -100°C.

●       Oil resistance, including grades with oil resistance I and II.

●       Heat deformation resistance and an ability to maintain properties under thermal stress.

In addition to these benefits, GARAFLEX TPE compounds offer thermoplastic advantages — like recyclability and the ability to displace thermoset materials. Manufacturers can process them using conventional PVC equipment, cost-effectively improving processing speeds compared to thermoset alternatives.

GARAFLEX Product Families

GARAFLEX compounds are ideal for a wide variety of applications, including industrial ethernet and robotics, wind turbines and energy storage, oil field drilling equipment, automotive and EV systems, stage lighting and audio cables, agricultural equipment and rapid deployable systems.

Here’s a quick rundown of the product families you can choose from:

GARAFLEX E Thermoplastic Vinyl Elastomer: Features excellent mechanical strength with high flame retardancy for applications requiring oil and UV resistance.

GARAFLEX V Thermoplastic Elastomer Vulcanizate: Has outstanding low-temperature performance and excellent mechanical properties for consistent performance across extreme temperatures.

GARAFLEX O Thermoplastic Elastomer Olefin: Offers superior electrical performance for applications requiring excellent insulation properties.

GARAFLEX G Styrenic-Based Elastomer: Features exceptional low-temperature flexibility with excellent mechanical strength for applications requiring constant flexing.

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