Making Vinyl Resin and Compound
Vinyl resin, also known as Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC, is an extremely versatile polymer manufactured from two chemical building blocks- chlorine, obtained from salt, and ethylene, derived from either natural gas or crude oil.
Vinyl resin is blended with various additives and colorants to make vinyl compound much in the same way sugar, eggs and yeast are added to flour to make bread.
Vinyl compounds are available in different forms ranging from pellets to powders to liquid plastisols.
Vinyl is used in nearly every industry and tens of thousands of applications including:
Appliances - Washer/Dryer Consoles, Ice-Maker Housings, Blender Lids
Building and Construction - Windows, Pipe Fittings, Fencing, Siding, Decking
Electrical and Electronics - Wall Boxes, Wiring Devices, Outdoor Enclosures
Healthcare - Medical Bags, Tubing, Device Housing
Industrial - Irrigation Fittings, Point-of-Purchase Displays, Furniture Trim
Packaging - Bottles, Film
Transportation - Automotive Aftermarket
Wire and Cable - Apparatus and Cord Sets, Building Wire, Power Wire, Telecom Wire
Why Use Vinyl to Manufacture Products?
- Vinyl is an extremely versatile polymer that can be formulated to be rigid or flexible; transparent or opaque; black, white, or wildly colorful
- Vinyl can produce useful articles via many thermoplastic processes: profile or sheet extrusion, calendaring, thermoforming, injection molding, blow molding, dip coating, and rotational molding
- Vinyl provides benefits to manufacturers
- Vinyl products benefit society everyday
- Over 70% of vinyl goes into long lasting building and construction applications such as pipe, siding, windows, flooring, fencing, wall coverings, and blinds
- Vinyl saves lives in demanding medical applications such as blood bags and tubing, catheters, oxygen masks and tubing because it is chemically resistant
- Vinyl protects people from fires in electrical applications such as electrical boxes and receptacles, appliance consoles, and electrical wiring insulation because it is flame resistant