出版物: 2020 年 11 月 16 日最近更新時間: 2025 年 3 月 7 日阅读时间: 4 min

TPE 开启治愈的创造性艺术

凯柏胶宝®推出用于艺术和手工艺制作领域的热塑宝 K 系列

新冠肺炎疫情影响了全世界人民的生活方式，“居家”也在这新常态中应运而生。由于各国采取的禁闭措施，人们大部分的活动（包括工作和娱乐活动）都只能在室内进行。

在与孩子和家人共度居家时光的过程中，享受并激励他们探索艺术和手工艺领域是一个非常有益的方式，可以帮助孩子和成年人发挥创造力，磨炼思维能力，同时实现愉快互动。

对于认知能力下降的老年人而言，艺术和手工艺活动也有助于改善其认知健康和运动机能。

TPE 材料具有人体工程学和功能方面的特殊性能，是制作艺术品和手工艺品组件的理想材料，特别是需要密封和柔软触感的表面和手柄。

TPE 具有耐用性和舒适手感

凯柏胶宝®热塑性弹性体常用于硬软组合，能够设计出手感柔软的作品或功能组件，用于艺术和手工艺制作工具及配件中，可以有效抵御冲击力，起到缓冲作用。

热塑宝 K TPE 系列硬度范围广：从低于 10 邵氏硬度 A 的超软质地，到最高 60 的邵氏硬度 D。可以采用多组分注塑成型，所用材料种类繁多，如 PP、ABS、PC、PC/ABS、PCT、PETG、ASA、SAN、PMMA、PA6/6.6/12、POM、PS、HIPS 等。

该系列的 TPE 化合物还具有其他重要特性，包括热稳定性、耐磨性和耐刮擦等。

因此，热塑宝 K 系列材料非常适合制作立式画板的旋钮、裁纸刀的手柄、冲压杆的手柄、画笔和转笔刀表面和调色板等。其他应用还包括制陶轮陶瓷机的桨叶、环刀、手柄钩、钩针柄、纱线针和其他物品。

拓宽用途

凯柏胶宝®提供的所有材料（包括热塑宝 K 系列）全部可回收，不含乳胶、PVC、邻苯二甲酸盐或重金属。该系列的 TPE 材料可注塑成型或挤出成型。

除了公司提供的颜色选择外，凯柏胶宝®的专家还可以为客户提供全球统一的颜色选择，激发用户在设计应用中发挥创造力。

The therapeutic art of creativity with TPEs

KRAIBURG TPE offers the THERMOLAST® K series for applications in the art and craft sector.

Ahead of the “new normal”, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Stay-at-Home economy is starting to unfold. This has seen lifestyles changing dramatically in compliance to national lockdowns, thus resulting in major activities, including work and recreation, being held indoors. One way of spending quality time with children and also family members is to enjoy and inspire them to delve into the art and craft sector, which can help develop their creative and thinking skills, while improving interactive relations.

For the elderly, who are prone to cognitive decline, art and craft activities are believed to be able to improve cognitive health and motor functions. Owing to its ergonomic and functional characteristics, TPE is a recommended material application for designing art and craft accessories, specifically for applications that require sealing, soft-touch surfaces and grips.

TPEs for durability and comfortable handling

KRAIBURG TPE’s thermoplastic elastomers are frequently used as hard-soft combinations, for soft-touch design, or functional elements as well as impact resistance modifiers in art and craft tools and accessories. The THERMOLAST® K TPE series has a wide range of hardness from supersoft <10 Shore A up to 60 Shore D. It can be processed by multi-component injection molding, with a wide range of materials such as PP, ABS, PC, PC/ABS, PCT, PETG, ASA, SAN, PMMA, PA6/6.6/12, POM, PS, HIPS, etc. The selected TPE compound range features materials that can come with properties such as thermal stability, abrasion resistance, or scratch resistance.

Thus, the THERMOLAST® K materials are ideal for use in producing knobs of stand drawing boards, handles of paper cutters, grips of stamping sticks, drawing pens and pencil sharpener surfaces and color pallets. Other applications are paddles of the pottery wheel ceramic machine, ring cutters, handle hooks, crochet needle handles, yarn needles, and many other items.

Adding variety to applications

KRAIBURG TPE materials, including the THERMOLAST® K materials are recyclable and free from latex, PVC, phthalates, or heavy metals. The TPE can be processed through both injection molding and extrusion. Aside from the various color options available in-house, KRAIBURG TPE also ensures worldwide consistent color quality from experts, to inspire creativity in designing applications.