Complete the following form to download your document.
VORASURF™ Silicone Surfactants
From footwear to mattresses, automotive interiors to rigid foam insulation used in refrigerators and construction, these essential additives allow you to optimize your system, solve problems and develop innovative products for your customers.
About
Dow VORASURF™ polyurethane additives help meet a variety of needs across a wide range of applications.
From footwear to mattresses, automotive interiors to rigid foam insulation used in refrigerators and construction, these essential additives allow you to optimize your system, solve problems and develop innovative products for your customers.
Silicone surfactants perform critical aspects of the foaming process including:
- Improving emulsification and nucleation
- Preventing coalescence
- Stabilizing cell membranes
- Increasing ingredient compatibility and decreasing surface tension
Dow continues to be a market leader in reliability, experience, innovation and sustainability.
- Reliability: Dow is the only player in the industry to be back-integrated in both silicone and polyether manufacturing. They also have a long history of quality, operational reliability, and supply chain experience
- Polyurethane experience: With 60 years of experience in manufacturing silicone surfactants their unique testing capabilities and long global experience in polyurethane chemistry, makes them an industry leader.
- Innovation: Dow is committed to expanding their polyurethane offering in the surfactant space, and continue to launch new products to meet the market needs. In 2019, Dow introduced more than 15 new silicone surfactant solutions for polyurethane foam applications.
- Sustainability: They bring technologies to the market, which enable our customers to meet their sustainability goals, from meeting stringent regulations on emissions of volatile compounds, to the transition to alternative blowing agents with low global warming and ozone depleting potentials.
Applications
These polyurethane additives serve to enhance performance through a versatile product portfolio.
VORASURF™ SELECTOR:
| Application | Direct Application | Benefits |
| Flexible molded foams |
|
|
| Rigid foams |
|
|
| Microcellular foam |
|
|
| Flexible slabstock foam |
|
|
Resources
Contact us
We’re here to provide you with more information or help answer any questions you might have. Send us a note and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
