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Maintenance free, dry, dust deflecting High temperature resistant Wear protection for metal running faces and rails with minimized friction loss and impressive increased life time of application Highly efficient, reduction of noise and environmental impact Main application Cranes Conveyor systems Guiding rollers Pressure rollers at rotary kilns Dryers Mills Rope drives Chain drives Locomotive wheels Carousel shelf systems

In industrial parts cleaning, wet media are used in 70 to 90 % of all cleaning processes. Wet media include aqueous solutions – similar to detergents we use to wash our dishes or laundry – as well as nonaqueous solvents. For each cleaning task, project engineers must choose the best wet medium, taking into account ecological and economic considerations. Workpieces and parts are produced in finetuned production processes that often require the use of special consumables and process chemicals. Parts are generally made from specific materials, and their contamination after machining is determined by the processes they have undergone. When assessing the environmental impact of cleaning media, one sometimes comes to surprising conclusions. First of all, the energy input and use of resources must be assessed.

What is Dryflex Green? Dryflex Green is a family of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds containing raw materials from renewable resources such as plant and vegetable crops. So far we have developed several series with amounts of renewable content to over 70% (ASTM D 6866) with hardnesses from 50 to 80 Shore A. Why use biobased? Plastics are predominantly a by-product of oil, a diminishing resource. We are therefore seeing increasing demands to look at how we can work with biobased, renewable materials and bring new opportunities for sustainability. Utilising raw materials that are derived from renewable vegetable crops, that are responsibly grown, can contribute to an improved LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), which measures the environmental impact of all stages a product’s life from cradle to grave. Crops for industrial use can be grown in poor soil which is unsuited to food crops, avoiding food crop displacement and improving biodiversity. The planting of these crops can also hel