MOULDING FOAM
MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY MOULDING FOAMS
Endurathane Medium to High Density Moulding Foams include Endurathane 100-60, Endurathane 245-60 & Enduraythane 500-60 and they are all water blown moulding foams designed to react with Endurathane Part A isocyanate to make a rigid polyurethane foam with good moulding characteristics. Endurathane moulding foams are suitable for handpour or machine application.
Frequently referred to as structural polyurethane foam, the prime characteristic is a sandwich structure consisting of a microscopic cellular core and discreet non-cellular surface layers.
The core and surface layers consist of one and the same material and are formed in a single operation (ie not laminates). The properties of these foams can be tailored readily to a wide variety of end-uses by variation of the chemistry of the components or of the processing conditions. This is achieved far more easily than is possible for comparable systems such as thermoplastics.
The combination of smooth, hard skins and good mechanical properties at low gross weights coupled with good processing characteristics and wide design freedom, makes Endurathane moulding foams ideal for applications such as decorative and ornamental mouldings, furniture, wall-panelling (wood grain reproduction) panel doors, ornamental legs, decorative drawer fronts and cupboard doors, and many other conventionally wooden products.
Foaming pressures are very low and moulds are lighter and less expensive than those used for thermoplastic injection moulding.
