Shanghai Pepsen manufactures standard and custom extruded TPU T profiled squeegee as per customer requirements including drawings or samples. Hardness is usually 80A-85A, but can vary as well as color. 

What is extruded TPU T profiled squeegee?

TPU is abbreviation of thermoplastic PU, it is called so comparing to thermoset polyurethane. They have big difference in the view of inner structure and have their own advantages and disadvantages. TPU has better liner properties such as elongation at break and resilience, so they are widely used as transmission belt and long products. TPU exists in the form of granules, they can be melted, then be extruded or injection molded .T profiled squeegee is made by TPU extruder. They are widely used for rotary screen printing machines.

What are advantages of extruded TPU T profiled squeegee?

Super abrasion resistance.

Excellent resilience

Impact and shock absorption.

Oil and Solvent resistant

FDA accepted

Many tools in stock to avoid high tooling cost.

How did PEPSEN develop custom extruded TPU T profiled squeegee?

A tool is necessary for TPU extrusion. Once we design and build a tool, we need to start the TPU extruder and test the tool, usually the tool needs to be tested and revised for 2-3 times before we can get all dimensions within tolerance. Thus, tooling cost is only a small portion of sampling cost, the cost for 2-3 times tool testing is the main cost.

Before each extruding, there are fixed charges such as preheating cost, cost of raw material used to clean the extruder and raw material used to adjust tool. That is why TPU extruding is only cost effective for big volume products.