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    Issues with EPDM spinning

    Thank you for your reply. For spinning, we use EPDM in its as-sold form, meaning as a TPE (not cured or crosslinked). We mix it with the polyolefin polymer, then melt and blend the two polymers, and finally extrude and spin the resulting compound. Indeed, we operate at very high temperatures...
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    Issues with EPDM spinning

    Hello Everyone. We are polyolefin fiber spinners, and I am currently working on a project using a formulation based on a polyolefin polymer + 20 wt.% EPDM (specifically, Dow's NORDEL IP 4725P). The formulation is perfectly spinnable, but we are experiencing random breaks. Namely, the process...

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