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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Lutz, FL (US);
Zhizhong Liu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Mark W. Simon, Pascoag, RI (US);
Charles S. Golub, Westford, MA (US);
Heidi Sardinha, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Wayne Edward Garver, Hudson, OH (US);
Mark F. Colton, Rootstown, OH (US);
Robert L. Wells, Aiken, SC (US);
Gerald L. Stadt, St Petersburg, FL (US);
Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, MA (US);
William Risen, Venice, FL (US);
Nathan Klettlinger, Medina, OH (US);
Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Lutz, FL (US);
Zhizhong Liu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Mark W. Simon, Pascoag, RI (US);
Charles S. Golub, Westford, MA (US);
Heidi Sardinha, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Wayne Edward Garver, Hudson, OH (US);
Mark F. Colton, Rootstown, OH (US);
Robert L. Wells, Aiken, SC (US);
Gerald L. Stadt, St Petersburg, FL (US);
Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, MA (US);
William Risen, Venice, FL (US);
Nathan Klettlinger, Medina, OH (US);
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Aurora, OH (US);
Abstract
A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.