Soft & Safe TPE Materials for Pet Products
Anyone who has owned a dog or cat knows that having a quality toy is important for the safety of their companion. Chew toys especially need to handle constant gnawing and destruction attempts. That’s why we’ve designed soft and rubbery Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) that are also durable and strong.
Keeping Pets (and their owners) happy
Designed for Pet Safety
The TPEs are free of latex, phthalates, and BPA. The raw materials we use are selected for FDA compliance.
We have rated our TPEs based on a Star Biteability Index. For extra small to small breed animals that are casual to aggressive chewers, we suggest a material rated 1 to 3 stars. For medium to larger breed animals, we recommend a more durable material rated 3 to 5 stars.
Materials are available with a wide range of strength, flexibility, and flow properties, allowing you to create a product that is safe, durable, non-toxic, easily processed, and well-suited to your pet product design.
Key Advantages
- Strong yet flexible
- Free of PVC, latex and phthalates
- Designed for FDA compliance
- Hardness from 15 to 70 Shore A
- Weather resistance
- Customised range of strength, flexibility and flow properties
- Can be injection moulded into both thick and thin wall parts that will hold up against the bite of pets
- Adhesion grades for two-shot moulded parts with varying hardness
- Excellent colourability
- Clear and translucent options
Representative TPE Materials for Pet Products
GRADE | BITEABILITY INDEX | HARDNESS SHORE A | SPECIFIC GRAVITY g/cc | TENSILE STRENGTH psi | 300% MODULUS psi | ELONGATION @ BREAK % | TEAR STRENGTH pli |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
StarPet 8015-0000 | * | 15 A | 0.89 | 754 | 108 | 996 | 124 |
StarPet 8025-0000 | *** | 26 A | 0.90 | 823 | 197 | 553 | 154 |
StarPet 8030-0000 | ** | 29 A | 0.90 | 1,100 | 149 | 675 | 235 |
StarPet 8035-0000 | *** | 37 A | 0.89 | 599 | 345 | 535 | 242 |
StarPet 8040-0000 | *** | 40 A | 0.89 | 693 | 235 | 620 | 78 |
StarPet 8060-1007 | ***** | 61 A | 0.89 | 869 | 592 | 584 | 567 |
StarPet 8070-1007 | **** | 71 A | 0.89 | 1,753 | 663 | 577 | 484 |
Talk to our TPE Specialist
Leslie Sonne
Senior Business Development Manager, Star Thermoplastics
