TPE material is a kind of environmental protection material based on SEBS. Because of its comfortable softness, environmental protection and safety performance, such as skin-like touch, TPE material is widely used in simulated skin and human body simulation products. Many manufacturers even use TPE material 1:1 to make human body. Of course, the cost is very high. Because TPE material is a new material, it is indeed more expensive than PVC in price. A few TPE materials are under the price of PVC.
Characteristics of TPE soft glue in medical textbooks:
1. It can be processed by general thermoplastic forming machine without special processing equipment. Production efficiency has been greatly improved. It can be vulcanized by rubber injection moulding machine directly. It has high production efficiency, easy recycling and low cost. The used TPE products can be recycled after simple recycling, reducing environmental pollution and expanding the source of renewable resources. 2. Most thermoplastic elastomers do not need vulcanization or curing time is very short. They can save energy effectively and have a wider application field. They can be used for plastics strengthening and toughening modification. They have large self-reinforcing ability, simplified formulation, less restriction of the influence of the formulation on the polymer, and easier to master the quality performance.

Compared with the traditional soft rubber PVC, TPE material has the advantages of no phenyl plasticizer, no PAHs, no nonylphenol NP, non-toxic and odorless. The hardness and physical properties of TPE material can be adjusted flexibly according to the requirements of customers. In recent years, TPE material has been very popular in the overseas adult products market. Traditional human body simulation also uses silica gel as material. Silica gel as material, hand feel and all aspects are superior, but the cost of human body simulation with silica gel material is too high, the cost of a silicone doll will be 1-2W yuan.

TPE material is a kind of thermoplastic elastomer with skin-like feel. It has the injection function of plastics and the unique performance of rubber. It is the combination of the two. So it has more feel than PVC. TPE is not only a simulation of human dolls, but also a lot of toy dolls, software toys and imitations. Real animal toys, animation toys, eraser toys and so on, most of their materials use this environmentally friendly non-toxic TPE material!

What's the difference between the two materials? What's the difference when making skin simulation? First of all, we start with silica gel. Silica gel is the most common material for human body simulation. Silica gel not only has excellent hand feel, but also has obvious heat-resistant effect. However, the cost of silica gel material is relatively expensive because of its complex processing technology. What about TPE material? TPE material is a synthetic material between rubber and plastics. It has various characteristics of rubber and processing properties of plastics. So TPE material is a relatively good choice if it is used to make simulated skin.