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Olefin polymers are most chemical resistant inert

material available in their commercial category for
industrial applications.
applications.

The last era dominated uses of olefin polymer in

commodity applications eliminating traditional metals
and non metals.
metals.

Among a few converters all over the world,

Entremonde has commercialized and patented TPO
coating on polypropylene fabric.
fabric.
The common usage of coated fabrics are Tarpaulins,
Vehicle covers , truck tarpaulins , Tents , Agriculture
coverings and fumigation sheets , Awnings , Canopies
etc

In all the types of coated fabrics, fabric component

impart desired mechanical property, i.e. Breaking
strength, tearing strength, bursting strength,
dimensional stability etc

The mechanical properties desired in coated fabrics are

decided by various properties of fabric used viz viz..
weight, type of yarn, structure whether monofilament,
multifilament , crystallinity, chemical and thermal
resistance etc.
etc.
The most common e.g. of coated fabric is the cotton
fabric coated with wax called as canvas

Most fabrics are coated with pvc and rubber where a

number of additives are used to prepare a suitable fluid
to coat on a fabric.

The categories of additives are ± fillers, pigments and

dyes, solvents, plasticizers and functional additives

The coatings impart or modify surface properties,

barrier and aesthetics of a coated fabric for the required
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moulding and for making plastic sheet but both are spun
into synthetic fibres on a large scale.
scale.

Polyolefin fibres are made by melt spinning.

spinning.

Because the fibres are difficult to dye,

dye, coloured
pigments are often added to the polymer stream before
extrusion

Recently a new family of catalysts to make

polypropylene has been developed called metallocene
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their derivatives fall under TPO

TPOs do not contain plasticizers. So, problem of

plasticizer loss associated with some plasticized
polymers is eliminated.

The TPO and PP are basically inert towards chemical

and microorganism attack.

The finished products have good resistance towards

oxygen and ozone and are flexible at very low
temperature i.e. -60ºC
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odourlesss and do not give out
toxic gases on burning.

The product are lighter than PU or PVC or

rubber coated fabrics since polyolefin are lower
in density than PU, PVC or rubbers formulations

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out of MS to PVC coated fabric.

 The biogas is a combination of hydrocarbon fuel gases

with some amount of by-
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and nitrogen.

 The waste mass and fermented slurry also contain

dissolved gases and microorganism
microorganism,, which are corrosive
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out MS and replaced with PVC coated polyester
fabric

 The cover made out of PVC coated fabric also

experienced short lifetime due to plasticizer migration
and poor chemical and microorganism resistance.

 PVC coated fabric based products face problem of

constant repairs and replacement in a duration of 3
years maximum.
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to the overall economics of running the generators.

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monofilament PP yarn provides extra strength and
thus the bags can be handled using cranes
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 Thermoplastic olefins (TPO) are new generation

compounds, which find increasing application in
automotive interiors.

 TPO¶s are materials of future and are finding their

place due to their outstanding properties properties
over the existing materials.

 At present, PVC is dominantly used in many of the

auto interior applications for door panels, roofing
upholstery etc
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markets, there are strong environmental
objections to use PVC because of lead and cadmium
containing additives.
 lack of recyclability , Besides this, PVC coated fabric
suffers from migration properties of the plasticizers
leading to fogging and poor ageing problems.
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