DUPONT BRANDS
Best known for its use in ballistic and stab-resistant body armor, Kevlar® brand aramid fiber is credited with helping to save thousands of lives. Lightweight and extraordinarily strong, it’s used to make a variety of clothing, accessories, and equipment safer, more cut resistant and durable.
DuPont™ Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomer products thrive in harsh environments, performing in turbocharger hoses, oil cooler hoses, seals and gaskets. Vamac® elastomers can be fashioned into cured compounds with superb low-temperature resistance, high-temperature durability, and resistance to auto fluids, such as transmission fluid and engine oils.
The DuPont™ Vespel® parts and shapes product lineup delivers high performance in fluid- and motion-control applications requiring resistance to high temperatures and aggressive chemicals, low wear, reduced friction and weight reduction.
For over fifty years, DuPont™ Viton® fluoroelastomer has delivered a combination of high-temperature performance and exceptional chemical resistance. Its dynamic characteristics give critical seals and parts exceptional performance and longer life in aggressive environments.
Zytel® nylon resin is the most versatile of plastics - easy to process, easy to modify, and environmentally responsible in production and in reuse. It's tough, light and surprisingly resilient in hot, chemically aggressive and humid environments. DuPont™ Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamide bridges the performance gap between conventional engineering resins and high-end specialty polymers.