Applications

TERRA offers a comprehensive range of silicone-based raw materials, processing aids and ready-to-use textile enhancers to impart specific features to the leathers in terms of optical quality and technical features such as greasiness and softness, bulkiness, scratch and tear resistance, and water repellency.

For electronic potting and encapsulation, TERRA offers a comprehensive range of processing aids, including silicone rubbers, high-temperature resistant silicone resins and silicone fluids, and silica powders. They allow reliable and cost-effective productions in accordance with the international regulations such as UL 94, IEC, ISO, ROHS and ANSI.

TERRA offers specific textile finishing agents based on the most innovative functional silicone fluids. They are ideal to improve both mechanical and optical qualities of polyester fiberfill and nonwoven textiles and yarns.

Will you make a silicone mold for chocolate or polyester sculpture? SILASTOSIL® M line room temperature curing silicone rubbers (RTV-2) are the best choices for silicone molding and mold making applications for reproduction at targeted qualities and costs.

For fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) applications and glass fiber surface modification TERRA offers a broad range of additives including coupling agents, crosslinkers and catalysts, and silicone resins and emulsions.

They are well suited for resin modification performed with unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy and phenolic resins.

Silicone emulsions are well suited for demolding in casting applcations. They allow the substrate to be released quickly and smoothly from the mold without any damage.

TERRA offers both water- and solvent-based silicone emulsions for demolding. They are highly effective, enable smooth-running molding processes, and help to obtain required surface qualities wtihout affecting the physical properties molded parts.

TERRA offers a specific range of silicone emulsions formulated for rubber extrusion. TERRASIL® RA line Release Agents help to provide targeted features on the extruded rubber parts in terms of appeal, surface quality and durability. In addition, they help to minimize costs.

For foam control TERRA offers a wide range of antifoams including silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone compounds and powders. They help prevent foam formation which occurs during manufacturing, or at the end use.

They provide effective foam control in the most challenging environments, help to enhance productivity, improve final product quality, minimize environmental impacts, and reduce costs.

For molding and die casting made with metals and non-ferrous metals, TERRA offers tailor-made solutions that provide smooth running processes and superior quality productions.

Release and mold release silicone emulsions, functional silicone resins and silicone fluids, and other processing aids guarantee high productivity, enhance the optical and physical qualities of the molded part, and optimize the cost of processing.

For Polyester fiber coating as well as for finishing applications for fiberfill and nonwoven textiles, TERRA offers value-adding, innovative and efficient solutions.

TERRASOFT® OPE line silicone emulsions are developed to provide desired surface properties as well as to improve mechanical strengths of the polyester fiberfill. In addition, they may impart specific features such as friction resistance, rebound resilience, high comb performance and water repellency.

For product manufacturing by polyurethane foam processing, TERRA offers specific processing aids for mold removal. Formulated as water- or solvent-based systems, TERRASIL® PRA line silicone emulsions assure perfect demolding quality, increase productivity by providing smooth-running processes, and help to optimize costs. In addition, they contribute to the Sustainability by minimizing envirenmantal impacts of the production processes.

For polyurethane resin casting as well as for molding and mold making applications for polyurethane TERRA offers specific solutions for mold making and mold removal. They guarantee to obtain the required surface qualities of the molded parts, help to increase productivity, and optimize costs.

For Polyester resin casting, as well as for molding and mold making applications for Polyester molding, TERRA offers specific processing aids. SILASTOSIL® M line RTV-2 silicone rubbers for molding and mold making, TERRASIL® PRA line silicone emulsions for mold removal, and other complementary processing aids help to obtain desired molding qualities at optimal costs.

For polyester gelcoat applications as well as for composite manufacturing made with unsaturated polyester resin and fiber-fiber reinforced plastic, TERRA offers specific processing aids. Nano particle size silica powders help to readily obtain desired surface qualities and mechanical strengths.

TERRA offers silicone based release agents for mold release in casting and injection molding made with plastics, rubbers and elastomers, and lowmelting non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, copper and zinc. They assure optimal results in terms of design flexibility, surface quality and mechanical property of the molded part, and productivity.

Specializing in raw materials used for silicone rubber compression molding, TERRA offers a comprehensive range which consists of HTV high-temperature-vulcanizing silicone rubber compounds (known also as HCR heat cure silicone rubbers), and additives and processing aids such as silicone pigment pastes, peroxides and platinum catalysts, silica powders, primers and bonding agents, and release and mould release agents.

Our innovative solutions help manufacturers achieve their goals in terms of productivity, optical quality and technical performances of the final product, and cost optimization.

Specialized in raw materials used for liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding, TERRA offers a broad range of raw materials and addtives, including high-purity, two-component platinum-cured liquid silicone rubbers (LSR), liquid silicone pigment pastes, primers and bonding agents, and other processing aids. They are ideal for producing technical parts, where strength, resistance and high quality are a must.

TERRA offers comprehensive solutions for injection molding applications realized with high consistency silicone rubbers (HCR). They support manufacturers to achieve their goals in terms of productivity, optical quality and technical performances of the final product, and cost optimization.

For silicone rubber extrusion, TERRA offers a comprehensive range, including high consistency and high temperature vulcanizing silicone rubbers (HCR, HTV), and also additives and processing aids such as colorants for silicone rubbers (pigment pastes), catalysts, primers and bonding agents, performance enhancing additives, silica powders, release and mould release agents, and many others.

We offer a special range of adhesives and primers for bonding silicone rubber parts to each other or to other substrates.

These silicone polymer-based adhesives, which are used during curing or for bonding the cured silicone material, provide strong and long-lasting adhesion on various substrates such as plastics and rubbers, composites, silicone rubber, glass, ceramic, metal, aluminum and wood.

For producing silicone printing pads, TERRA offers a specific range of processing aids, including liquid silicone rubbers (RTV-2), polydimethylsiloxane silicone fluids and other complementary additives such as liquid pigment pastes and silica powders.

TERRA is one of the leading solutions providers for silicone based textile softeners and antifoams used for fabric finishing. The comprehensive range consists of intregrated solutions which improve the functionalities, the finishing properties and the appearance of the textiles as desired. In addition, they have high cost-optimization potentials, help to reduce consumption of finishing agents and minimize the negative environmental effects of the finisghing processes, and thus contribute to the Sustainability.

Primarily for design or pattern printing applications, as well as to give the fabrics specific features such as non-slip, water impermeability, flame retardant and flame resistance, and for this purpose to make silicone printing applications on the fabrics,TERRA offers a special range of liquid silicone rubbers and complementary processing aids.

TERRACOAT® line Textile Coating Silicone Rubbers guarantee high quality printings in terms of both aesthetics and mechanical strengths. Being suitable for long-term contact with the skin and hygiene requirements, they can be used safely in all fields, from clothing and home textiles to electrical cables and fiberglass knitted fabrics.

TERRA offers silicone based raw materials for manufacturing printing materials such as printing ink, inkjet and toner, and also silicone emulsions for polish and release used for heat set web offset printing. They improve not only the printing quality, but also provide high productivity and cost-effectiveness considering the principles of Sustainability.

To provide water repellency and water proffing in constructions, TERRA offers silicone based specific solutions. Forming an effective and permanent barrier against wear caused by water, salt, chlorine and alkalis and the formation of efflorescence on the surface, they provide long-term protection against damages caused by moisture, water and freeze-thaw cycle conditions.

TERRA offers a special product range including silicone polymer and silicone rubber raw materials, additives and processing aids for producing insulating and conductive electrical and electronic parts.

TERRA' s innovative products that provide top quality and cost-effective productions in accordance with the requirements of IEC, ANSI, US EPA, UL 94 and ISO standards, enable to achieve readily the targeted performances in terms of insulation and conductivity.