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Compounds, chemicals and bonding

Drawing on the vast wealth of experience from Larry Alley we can now provide the following additionally enhanced services of a polymer chemist:

• Best practices for bonding, to include: in-factory audits of shoe production machinery and processes, trouble-shooting all areas that may cause bonding problems
• Chemical processing of compression and injection outsoles, injection polymer plates, polyurethane midsoles, compression and injection EVA and other components that could cause bonding and manufacturing issues
• Best practices for rubber, polyurethane and EVA
• Hydrolysis prevention of polyurethane foams, polyurethane-coated synthetics and polyurethane-based adhesive systems
• EU and US chemical compliance for banned chemicals
• Finished product compliance
• Chemicals with ODP (ozone depletion potential)
• VOC (volatile organic compounds) reduction through implementation of waterbase cements, primers, cleaners and extraction systems
• Chemical safety and environmental audits
• C-grade and B-grade analysis
• Bond failure analysis
• Teaching polyurethane and bonding best practices
• Chemical basics for developers and what they need to remember when developing shoe products
• Teaching of efficient production methods
• Best practices for painted components
• Best practices for polyurethane-coated synthetics
• Best practices for injection plastics