Anti-Hydrolysis

About this property

Hydrolysis is understood as the breaking of the structure by reacting with water, steam, or humidity. Among the different thermoplastics, PVC is relatively more resistant to water and performs well in applications that come into contact with it.

Although polyurethane is an excellent product for applications involving animal fats and vegetable oils, abrasion, and high temperatures (up to 90ºC), it tends to degrade irreversibly when exposed to very humid and hot environments, and mold may even form on its surface. It also reacts negatively to washing, especially with hot water and steam.

The chemical structure of our Clina-P and Novak-P series Premium TPU belts, as well as our PU Washflow mesh belts, makes them much more resistant to hydrolytic degradation compared to standard polyurethane belts, preventing loss of adhesion and loss of performance of the degrading polyurethane.