Products for Faucet Cartridges

Specialty Polymers for Faucet Cartridges

Syensqo's portfolio of high-performing materials for faucet cartridges delivers essential properties to maintain strength, resistance, and reliability in plumbing and sanitary systems. With a wide variety of brands and grades to choose from, manufacturers can select the polymer with the optimal combination of performance benefits for safe and durable faucet cartridges.

• Radel® PPSU - This specialty sulfone polymer leads the competition in terms of creep rupture resistance and maintains dimensional stability even after continued exposure to high pressures and temperatures. Radel® PPSU also exhibits impressive impact strength when faced with mechanical stress and delivers extremely high fatigue resistance for superior reliability. Additionally, Radel® PPSU is well-suited for metal replacement due to its exceptional corrosion resistance. 
• Udel® PSU - Udel® PSU is a cost-competitive solution that combines excellent dimensional stability, impressive toughness and low creep for sanitary applications exposed to hot water and steam. This reliable polymer's low water uptake, high strength and heat resistance contribute to oxidative aging resistance for faucet cartridges with enhanced usage over time.    
• Veradel® PESU - This amorphous thermoplastic offers excellent toughness, strength and hydrolytic stability for prolonged exposure to water in faucet cartridges. Veradel® PESU combines low creep, good resistance to oxidative aging and impressive chemical resistance for use in challenging conditions. Additionally, reinforced grades of Veradel® PESU are designed for the production of high-performing cartridges and faucets.  
• Ryton® PPS - Ideal for use in faucet cartridges, Ryton® PPS is a unique solution with superior dimensional stability and low water absorption in submerged sanitary components. Additionally, this polyphenylene sulfide features excellent chemical stability and thermal resistance in a wide range of temperatures. With diverse molding capabilities for extremely tight tolerances, Ryton® PPS also enables design freedom for faucet cartridge manufacturers. 
• Amodel® PPA - This aromatic polyamide leads its competitors in dimensional stability due to its low water absorption, even in humid and high-temperature environments. Amodel® PPA delivers long-term durability with its exceptional strength and creep resistance. This advanced polymer is ideal for faucet cartridge components and can contribute to reliable sanitary systems with intermittent exposure to hot chlorinated water. 
• Ixef® PARA - Ixef® PARA is our leading material for aesthetic applications in plumbing and sanitary systems. It combines an excellent surface finish with essential mechanical properties like strength, stiffness and dimensional stability. This polyarylamide features tensile and flexural strength equivalent to traditional cast metals and alloys, and offers a surface finish that is ideal for painting or metallization.