Ahmet Ö.
Corporate
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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has introduced a new range of low-carbon footprint EPDM rubber products that significantly reduce their environmental impact. These new products reduce the product carbon footprint by up to 55% compared to traditional EPDM rubbers, without compromising performance.
### Features of the New EPDM Rubbers
### Application Areas
These EPDM varieties are suitable for the production of O-rings, gaskets, and custom engineered products. They can be used in automotive, processing, manufacturing, automation, energy, agriculture, construction, and mining equipment. They provide sealing in engines, doors, pumps, valves, line connection gaskets, home appliances, air cylinders, solar panels, marine hatches, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, freezing, and refrigeration systems.
### Sustainability and Production
Trelleborg developed these new materials in collaboration with sustainability leader and raw material supplier Arlanxeo. Arlanxeo's bio-circular EPDM polymers are derived from used cooking oil, straw, forest residues, and tall oil. The products are ISCC PLUS certified, and the "mass balance approach" ensures the traceability of bio-based raw materials. Trelleborg combines these EPDMs with recycled carbon black to create the compounds.
### Carbon Footprint Calculations
The methodology, developed in collaboration with Sphera Solutions, aims to verify product carbon footprint calculations and is in the process of being approved by the international certification body DEKRA. This allows customers to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of their products.
Trelleborg's new EPDM rubbers enable the use of sustainable materials without compromising performance, thereby reducing the environmental impact of industrial products.
### Features of the New EPDM Rubbers
- Two hardness options: 70 Shore A and 80 Shore A
- Performance equivalent to traditional EPDMs
- Polymers derived from non-fossil-based, renewable sources (cooking oil, straw, forest residues, tall oil) as raw materials
- Product carbon footprint reduced by up to 61% in compound form
- Carbon footprint in OEM products can be reduced by 33% (70 Shore A) and 55% (80 Shore A)
### Application Areas
These EPDM varieties are suitable for the production of O-rings, gaskets, and custom engineered products. They can be used in automotive, processing, manufacturing, automation, energy, agriculture, construction, and mining equipment. They provide sealing in engines, doors, pumps, valves, line connection gaskets, home appliances, air cylinders, solar panels, marine hatches, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, freezing, and refrigeration systems.
### Sustainability and Production
Trelleborg developed these new materials in collaboration with sustainability leader and raw material supplier Arlanxeo. Arlanxeo's bio-circular EPDM polymers are derived from used cooking oil, straw, forest residues, and tall oil. The products are ISCC PLUS certified, and the "mass balance approach" ensures the traceability of bio-based raw materials. Trelleborg combines these EPDMs with recycled carbon black to create the compounds.
### Carbon Footprint Calculations
The methodology, developed in collaboration with Sphera Solutions, aims to verify product carbon footprint calculations and is in the process of being approved by the international certification body DEKRA. This allows customers to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of their products.
Trelleborg's new EPDM rubbers enable the use of sustainable materials without compromising performance, thereby reducing the environmental impact of industrial products.
