ENGAGE Polyolefin Elastomers

Atheletic Shoes

The advantages of ENGAGE™ Polyolefin Elastomers are hot off the press, literally – if you are talking about crosslinked injection molding (SL-IM) presses.

Crosslinked molded foams – especially emerging XL-IM technology – shows huge benefits with ENGAGE elastomers compared with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers. Formulations based on ENGAGE elastomers can provide numerous processing improvements with no known drawbacks today compared with EVA, including:

  • Lighter foams at equivalent hardness
  • Excellent low temperature flexibility
  • Enhanced resiliency
  • Lower shrinkage
  • Improved abrasion resistance
  • Enhanced filler capacity which can accepts higher levels of regrind
  • Very good quality foam

Plus, ENGAGE elastomers exhibit one-third to one-tenth the shrinkage of conventional EVA midsoles. So, midsoles made from ENGAGE polymers will help fit the upper and outsole even after the primer and adhesive drying oven.

ENGAGE elastomers can also be used alone in a variety of other footwear applications, or to modify other materials for impact resistance or improved low-temperature performance. They can be found in high-performance athletic shoes, comfortable slippers, sock liners and industrial boot components. And their processability adds to their value in many applications.

We encourage you to explore the possibilities if you have needs within a footwear application.

The information and links in this chart will help guide you to specific detailed product information.

Product Density
(g/cm³)
(ASTM D792) 		Melt Mass Flow Rate
(g/10 min)
(ASTM D1238)
ENGAGE 8003 (42KB PDF) 0.885 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8100 (42KB PDF) 0.870 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8107 (42KB PDF) 0.870 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8150 (42KB PDF) 0.868 0.50 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8157 (42KB PDF) 0.868 0.50 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8180 (42KB PDF) 0.863 0.50 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8200 (42KB PDF) 0.870 5.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8440 (41KB PDF) 0.897 1.6 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8450 (42KB PDF) 0.902 3.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8452 (42KB PDF) 0.875 3.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8480 (42KB PDF) 0.902 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8540 (42KB PDF) 0.908 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENGAGE 8842 (42KB PDF) 0.857 1.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENR 7086.01 (42KB PDF) 0.901 0.50 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENR 7256.00 (46KB PDF) 0.885 2.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENR 7380.00 (42KB PDF) 0.870 0.50 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENR 7447 (41KB PDF) 0.865 5.0 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)
ENR 7467.01 (41KB PDF) 0.862 1.2 (190ºC/ 2.16 kg)


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