Mats

Application

Alveolit and Alveolen are ideally suitable for use as:

• camping mats
• trekking mats
• gymnastic mats
• fitness mats
• therapy mats
• protection mats
• military mats

where comfort and light weight are required.

Alveolit and Alveolen are light weight, resilient, soft elastic, crosslinked closed cell polyolefin (PE) foams.

Through a great variety of types, colours and grades (densities) it is possible to meet individual requirements for specific applications.

Alveolit and Alveolen are available in roll form with two process skins covering a thickness range from 0.4 - 12 mm and a density range from 25 - 250 kg/m³.

crosslinked PE foam

• skin friendly
• non colour staining
• inert/does not decay or rot
• great variety of colours
• long life
• easy and clean to work with
• wide range of colours
• extensive design possibilities
• erhanced UV-stability
• good chemical resistance against petrol/oil/hydrolysis/perspiration

low density

• light weight

soft/elastic

• comfortable and soft

closed cell

• acts as barrier against humidity
• negligible water absorption
• easy to clean/wash
• fast drying

free of CFC’s plasticizers of heavy metal compounds

• environmentally friendly
• skin friendly
• clean incineration, disposal

Extensive styling and design is possible by easy, fast and flexible fabrication of Alveolit and Alveolen. Besides skiving, die cutting, embossing, bonding, heat welding, lamination to textiles/non wovens/films it is possible to form the foam by means of pressforming. By heating the pre-cut laminate the foam will soften and can be easily formed to the desired shape by pressmoulding the part between two moulds. After cooling, die cutting of the moulded complex is carried out.
For further information please refer to ’Sekisui Alveo foam fabrication’ documentation.

The following foam types are suitable for mats:

• Alveolit: TA, TE in 25 - 33 kg/m3 density
• Alveolen: NA, NE, NEE in 28 - 50 kg/m3 density, NES, NSR II

Typical range of thickness: 5 - 8 mm. According to the desired comfort and performance Alveolit and Alveolen are available with different properties (qualitative comparison within a single density class):

*The higher the number of crosses, the lower the compression set and the higher the overall rating.