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CAPA for spearhead performance
Footwear
Shoe Counters and Toe Puffs

CAPA®  thermoplastics combine a unique blend of performance characteristics which make them the materials of choice for the production of heat activated shoe counters and toe puffs.

The benefits provided by CAPA® thermoplastics are: 

  • Excellent adhesion to leather and in particular waxy leather.
  • Low temperature activation.
  • High crystallinity.
  • Consistent open time.
  • A wide range of melt viscosities available.

  • Low Tg (-60°C) provides excellent low temperature flex properties.



Application datasheets

Properties & Processing of CAPA Thermoplastics (46 KB) Download
The CAPA 6000 Series (27 KB) Download



Typical products

  CAPA 6500 ~50000MWt Caprolactone homopolymer with a MFI of 7 (2.16Kg @ 160C)
  CAPA 6506 ~50000MWt Caprolactone homopolymer powder with a particle size of <600 microns
  CAPA 6800 ~80000MWt Caprolactone homopolymer with a MFI of 3 (2.16Kg @ 160C)
  CAPA 6806 ~80000MWt Caprolactone homopolymer powder with a particle size of <600 microns

 
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