Supercritical foam materials have excellent performance and broad future application prospects

Supercritical foaming material is a microporous foaming material with controllable cell size and density generated by supercritical foaming process. There are various supercritical foam materials, including supercritical foamed POE, supercritical foamed PP, supercritical foamed EVA, supercritical foamed TPU, supercritical foamed TPE, etc. According to different raw material forms, supercritical foaming materials can be divided into bead foaming materials and plate foaming materials. Among them, bead foaming materials have a higher utilization rate.

Supercritical foam materials have the characteristics of light weight, low thermal conductivity, noise reduction and cushioning, environmental protection, high specific strength, and good thermal stability. They are widely used in transportation, automobiles, household accessories, shoe materials, wind power, and 5G communications. , toys, ships, sports equipment, aerospace, protective equipment, new energy batteries, packaging and other fields. Supercritical foaming materials are in line with the concept of lightweight and low-carbon development. Under the background of carbon neutrality and peak carbon proportion, supercritical foaming materials have broad application space.

According to the “2022-2027 China Supercritical Foaming Materials Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that supercritical foaming materials have excellent performance and a wide range of applications. The market has attracted many companies, including ZTF from the UK, BASF from Germany, Guosheng New Materials, Guangdong Guoli Technology, Suzhou Shensai New Materials, Ningbo Zhiwei New Materials, Qingdao Han Yi Chemical, Jinjiang Guosheng Shoe Materials, etc.

The market for supercritical foam materials is booming, and related companies are favored by capital. In 2022, Chinese companies including Jiangsu Damoniu New Materials, Ningbo Zhiwei New Materials, Suzhou Shensai New Materials, etc. have completed different rounds of Financing. The supercritical foaming process is a physical molding technology. Compared with the traditional chemical foaming process, the supercritical foaming process has higher requirements in terms of technology, formula, equipment, foaming solvent, etc. Due to technical limitations, high-end supercritical foaming process There are few foam material suppliers.

In terms of application, supercritical foaming materials are currently mainly used in shoe materials, packaging and other fields. In the field of shoe materials, supercritical foaming materials have been used in brands such as Skechers, Jordan, Li Ning, Puma, and Nike. In contrast, supercritical foam materials are rarely used in high value-added scenarios such as new energy vehicles, 5G communications, and wind power. In the future, with the improvement of the performance of my country’s wind turbines and the lightweight development of new energy vehicles, the application of supercritical foam materials Demand will be further released, and the industry development prospects are good.

Industry analysts said that supercritical foam materials have excellent comprehensive properties and are widely used in shoe materials, packaging, transportation, sporting goods and other fields. Wide range of applications. Supercritical foam materials are in line with the concepts of lightweight and low-carbon development and have a high market sentiment. In the future, driven by factors such as capital assistance, technological empowerment, and demand upgrades, the development speed of the supercritical foam materials industry will accelerate.