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PPG AGILON® Performance Silica Products

PPG AGILON® performance silica products are more than traditional reinforcing fillers. By precipitating silica and silane together and delivering them as a single, finished compounding solution, PPG has created a breakthrough technology that uniquely combines product and process, enabling industrial rubber and tire makers to enhance rubber performance, simplify their manufacturing processes and promote a healthier environment.

Tire Applications

Agilon performance silica products facilitate increased silica-loading in tread- and non-tread compounds, offering tire makers the freedom and flexibility they need to redefine the boundaries of the industry’s “magic triangle” by:

  • Reducing rolling resistance to make vehicles more fuel efficient
  • Improving traction and handling in wet, snowy or icy conditions
  • Extending tread life so that tires last longer

Industrial Rubber Applications

Agilon performance silica products also can be used by industrial rubber manufacturers to formulate compounds with better heat build-up resistance, improved tensile strength, higher hot rebound, lower compression set and other performance characteristics.

Environmental and Processing Advantages

By utilizing Agilon performance silica in their manufacturing processes, industrial rubber and tire manufacturers also can reduce process complexity and capital investment and, at the same time, address environmental concerns by:

  • Utilizing older mixing technologies to process silica compounds
  • Reducing the number of mixing passes, thereby increasing silica mixing throughput
  • Reducing energy consumption
  • Virtually eliminating mix-related VOC emissions
  • Eliminating porosity-related extrusion inefficiencies
  • Mixing at high temperatures without increasing viscosity or causing premature vulcanization
  • Mixing at lower temperatures to avoid natural rubber degradation
  • Enhancing the effectiveness of silane coupling in natural rubber applications

For more information about Agilon performance silica products, or to find the right formulation for your application, please review the chart below:
 

Product Physical Form SDS Literature Recommended End Use
Agilon 400 Granule or powder SDS Technical Data Sheet
Agilon Performance Silica for Tire Overview
Agilon Performance Silica for Industrial Rubber Overview
- Reinforcing fillers for EPDM Overview
- Industrial Rubber Application Overview
- Tech Service Bulletin: Agilon/Carbon Black Cross Reference
Tire
Industrial Rubber
Agilon 454 Granule or powder SDS Agilon Performance Silica for Tire Overview
- Agilon 454 Performance Silica for Truck Tires Overview
- Agilon 454 Performance Silica for Industrial Rubber Overview
- Industrial Rubber Application Overview
Tech Service Bulletin: Agilon/Carbon Black Cross Reference
Tire
Industrial Rubber
Agilon 458 Granule or powder SDS Agilon Performance Silica for Tire Overview
- Industrial Rubber Application Overview
Tech Service Bulletin: Agilon/Carbon Black Cross Reference
Tire
Industrial Rubber
 

Agilon is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.