POLIDAN® TUX 100 is a silane crosslinkable HDPE compound with outstanding mechanical properties besides a good extrudibility in any condition and pipe dimension.  Solvay Padanaplast and BP Solvay PE have developed a specially designed crosslinkable PEX-b compound, POLIDAN® TUX100, which allows pipe and fittings produced thereof to meet safely stringent requirements for industrial applications like district heating and chemical products conveying. 

Alongside, the outstanding mechanical properties of POLIDAN®TUX100 open the door to new remarkably easy installation procedures for the whole piping system.

These include laying and welding operations prior to the curing stage, and smartly take advantage of the available hot water flowing through the system as to cure it in-situ during first stage of service life, even at normal operation conditions of high temperatures and pressures.

Crosslinked PE   pipes manufactured from POLIDAN® TUX100 show outstanding properties :

-excellent temperature resistance

-very high environmental stress crack (ESCR) and notch resistance 

-very good chemical resistance 

-very high resistance towards rapid crack propagation (RCP) 

-excellent long term strength

The MRS classification of the ELTEX®TUX100 compound has been calculated by BODYCOTE Polymer according to ISO TR 9080.

It largely exceeds the specifications of the MRS10 class.

Usage:

The pregrafted-based POLIDAN® TUX 100 must be added to a type of Solvay Padanaplast catalyst masterbatch in the ratio 95:5 by weight. Mixing must be done just before extrusion or possibly during the extrusion with automatic feeders.

POLIDAN® TUX 100can be processed with modern PE single screw extruders having a proper thermoregulation and a good mixing screw.