Microspheres
Lightweight Fillers: Small Size, Big Impact
Dualite microspheres are industry leaders in lightweight material fillers. These highly customizable beads offer substantial weight reduction to a material, while preserving optimal characteristics of the mix. In many case, Dualite microspheres bring further benefits due to their quality insulation.
Expanded Microspheres
Density and size are modified to reduce weight, lower overhead, and enhance physical properties
Unexpanded Microspheres
Polymeric microspheres utilizing heat expansion for optimum functionality
Masterbatch
Compounded with a resin carrier resulting in a closed cell system for improved dispersion
Microspheres can be added to plastics, resins, adhesives, and composites
What are Microspheres?
Dualite microspheres are microscopic, ultra-lightweight fillers made from flexible polymer shells. Lighter than glass alternatives, polymeric microspheres can be added to plastics, resins, adhesives, and composites. Their inclusion produces a number of benefits depending on the application. This includes, reducing density, lowering material overhead, improving insulation, VOC reduction, and controllable material flow.
Microspheres come in two forms:
Lightweight Filler Breakthrough
Dualite Polymer Microspheres products offer unique solutions to meet the needs of numerous industries and a broad spectrum of end-use applications through a patented process that controls expansion and coating applications
Features and Benefits
Microsphere Cost Savings
Using Dualite® E & Dualite® U can result in significant cost savings for your formula. Because of its extremely low density, Dualite® E volumetrically replaces other more expensive raw materials. The volume replacement ability of Dualite® E means that you must understand the volume costs of your current product.
Dualite® provides cost savings by replacing expensive raw materials, but it can also help reduce shipping expenses and energy consumption. Calculate your values by multiplying lbs/gal by cost/lbs
Using Dualite® E & Dualite® U can result in a considerable weight reduction of your product. Because of its extremely low density, Dualite® volumetrically replaces other more dense raw materials.
Environmental Benefits
Reduced Weight
Use less materials (add 1-3% of Dualite can reduce total weight by 15-20%)
VOCs
Impedes solvent migration during the mixing and manufacturing process
Reduced Costs
Pound for pound, microspheres are far cheaper than the base material. In using microspheres to fill volume, you save on material overhead with no impact to formulation performance
Blowing Agents
For a safe workplace, replace chemical blowing agents with Dualite U
Improved Fuel Efficiency
By making sealants and coatings lighter, vehicle fuel efficiency increases
Sound Dampening
Helps reduce vibration/sound emissions for quieter cabin spaces
