Polyurethane for demanding applications

Durable, custom-made polyurethane products – from initial idea and material selection to finished component.

Polyurethane is a versatile and highly durable material that can be tailored to meet a wide range of technical requirements and applications.

By adjusting its material properties, polyurethane can be customised to provide the right combination of hardness, elasticity, wear resistance and durability, making it particularly well suited for demanding industrial applications

Polyurethane material properties

Polyurethane is a highly versatile material that can be tailored to suit a wide range of applications and technical requirements. By adjusting the material formulation, properties such as hardness, elasticity, wear resistance and chemical resistance can be adapted to the environment in which the product will be used.

This makes polyurethane particularly suitable for industrial components exposed to wear, impact, vibration, moisture or chemicals. Depending on the application and required performance, the material can be formulated to be soft and flexible or hard and dimensionally stable.

A material with many possibilities

One of the key advantages of polyurethane is its ability to combine several important properties in a single material. Polyurethane can, for example, provide high wear resistance while maintaining flexibility and effective impact absorption.

This is why polyurethane is often used in applications where traditional materials such as rubber, plastic or metal do not provide the optimal combination of performance, service life and cost efficiency.

Common properties of polyurethane include:

high wear and abrasion resistance
good elasticity and flexibility
effective impact and vibration damping
high tear strength
resistance to moisture and many chemicals
adjustable hardness and other material properties
good adhesion to materials such as metal
long service life in demanding industrial environments

Polyurethane tailored to the application

Polyurethane is not a single material with fixed properties. By using different formulations and material compositions, its characteristics can be tailored to suit the function of the product and the environment in which it will be used.

This allows us to consider factors such as load, wear, temperature, chemical exposure, hardness and damping requirements already during the product development process.

As a result, the polyurethane material can be optimised for the specific application, rather than requiring the customer to adapt the design to a standard material.

Custom moulded polyurethane for industry

At IPUR, we specialise in custom moulded polyurethane for industrial components. The casting process offers a high degree of freedom in terms of geometry, material properties and production volume.

This makes polyurethane casting well suited for everything from one-off custom parts and prototypes to small batches and recurring production runs.

Polyurethane can also be moulded together with other materials, such as metal, making it possible to create complete components that combine several functions in a single product.

When is polyurethane the right choice?

Polyurethane is an excellent material choice when a component needs to withstand heavy wear, absorb vibration or impact, retain flexibility or perform reliably in demanding industrial environments.

Do you have an existing part that wears out too quickly, a design that needs improvement or a completely new product idea? IPUR supports you with material selection, product design, prototyping, tooling and production – from the first idea to a finished polyurethane product.

Polyurethane vs. Rubber

Abrasion resistance
Lower molding costs
Can be pigmented with various colors

Polyurethane vs. Metal

Weighs less
Minimizes noise levels
Resistant to corrosion

Polyurethane vs. Other Plastics

Elastomeric properties
Elastomeric memory

Shore values and scales

The hardness of our polyurethane materials is measured using the Shore hardness scale, which indicates how soft or hard a material is. The higher the Shore value, the harder the material.

The most commonly used scales are Shore A for softer and more elastic materials and Shore D for harder materials. At IPUR, we manufacture polyurethane across a wide hardness range, from 10 Shore A to 75 Shore D.

Click the button below to see examples of materials with different hardness levels and where they are positioned on the Shore scale. This makes it easier to understand which polyurethane hardness may be suitable for your specific application.

See the Shore-scale

Below is a selection of our products and the variety of our manufacturing.