Wax migration study in Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) belts

EHC加拿大公司位于安大略省，是全球最大的自动扶梯扶手供应商。最近，EHC与一家国际领先的电梯生产商达成了一项协议，提供价值5000万美元的低成本热塑性聚氨酯(TPU)涂层钢带(CSB)产品。协议中的关键产品之一是含有TPU涂层的蜡钢带。然而，为了拥有坚固耐用的产品，EHC需要更好地从机理上了解蜡组分如何影响最终CSB产品的重要牵引和磨损性能。因此，通过这个Engage项目，EHC Canada和多伦多大学严教授的团队将结成新的合作伙伴关系，共同探索可以测量最终产品中的蜡含量的方法，并更好地了解蜡的迁移机制。基于这个Engage项目的发现，两个团队计划扩大合作伙伴关系，以进一步开展

EHC Canada located in Ontario is the world largest escalator handrail supplier. Recently, EHC has entered an agreement with a leading international elevator producer to supply low cost thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) coated steel belt (CSB) products valued at $50 million. One of the key products in the agreement is the wax containing TPU coated steel belts. However, to have the robust and durable products, EHC needs to have a better mechanistic understanding of how wax components impact the important traction and wear properties of final CSB products. Therefore, through this engage project, EHC Canada and Professor Yan's team at the University of Toronto will form a new partnership to collaboratively explore methodologies that can measure the wax content in the end products and to obtain a better understanding of wax migration mechanisms. Based on the findings from this engage project, the two teams plan to expand the partnership to conduct further