CARPENTER announces acquisition of
Recticel Engineered Foams Division
(formerly FoamPartner)
Car Seats & Climate-controlled Seats
Broad assortment of PUR foams for padding car seats & climate-controlled seats – for automotive suppliers (Tier 1, Tier 2) & OEMs
Benefit from our broad assortment of PUR foams for car seat padding. Major automotive suppliers and OEMs worldwide choose our solutions when they need simple and efficient finishing as well as optimal seating comfort, good thermoforming properties, low fogging values and long-lasting quality.
Our specialized reticulated foams are suitable for climate-controlled seats, offering an open cell structure that ensures optimal air exchange – and an equally long service life.
Our products fulfill the high quality requirements of the automotive industry, and are available with flame retardant protection upon request.
Vehicle Components: Car Seats & Climate-controlled Seats
Advantages & Customer Benefits
High elasticity, thermoformability and good recovery properties at critical radii.
Low VOC and low fogging properties, making them especially low-odor and low-emission.
Available worldwide as a roll good in Europe, Asia and the USA.
Properties – Seat Padding Foams
PUR Polyester
- especially easy to work with
- very well suited for flame bonding and adhesive lamination
- high elasticity
- homogeneous cell structure for homogeneous surfaces
- good thermoformability
PUR Polyether
- low VOC (low percentage of volatile organic compounds)
- low fogging values
- extremely low-emission
- low-odor
- hydrolysis stable and long-lasting
Technical Data
| Product | Product group | *Density net [kg/m3] DIN EN ISO 845 |
*Compression load [kPa] DIN EN ISO 3386-1 |
Tensile strength [kPa] DIN EN ISO 1798 |
Elongation at break [%] DIN EN ISO 1798 |
Compression set [%] DIN ISO 1856 (50 %, 70°C, 22 h) |
Fogging gravimetric [mg] DIN 75201 - B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OBoSeat Basic 29 | Polyester PUR foam | 29 | 4,0 | >150 | >250 | <20 | <1 |
| OBoSeat Basic 35 | Polyester PUR foam | 35 | 4,5 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| OBoSeat Basic 42 | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 4,5 | >150 | >220 | <10 | <1 |
| OBoSeat Basic 50 | Polyester PUR foam | 50 | 5,5 | >150 | >200 | <5 | <1 |
| OBoSeat 42 FLE | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 5,0 | >150 | >220 | <10 | <1 |
| OBoSeat 46 FLE | Polyester PUR foam | 46 | 6,0 | >120 | >160 | <10 | <1 |
| OBoSeat Nature 3540 T | Prepolymer polyether PUR foam |
35 | 4,0 | >90 | >150 | <7 | <1 |
| B 25 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 25 | 4,5 | >150 | >170 | <10 | <1 |
| B 25 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 25 | 4,0 | >140 | >180 | <15 | <1 |
| B 27 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 27 | 4,5 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 27 HSR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 27 | 4,0 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 29 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 29 | 4,5 | >150 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 29 ASR | Polyester PUR foam | 29 | 4,0 | >170 | >190 | <10 | n/a |
| B 29 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 29 | 4,0 | >170 | >190 | <10 | <1 |
| B 29 HSR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 29 | 4,0 | >140 | >150 | <10 | <1 |
| B 32 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 32 | 4,0 | >160 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 32 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 32 | 4,5 | >160 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 35 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 35 | 5,0 | >150 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 35 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 35 | 5,0 | >160 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 35 HSR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 35 | 4,5 | >150 | >160 | <10 | <1 |
| B 38 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 38 | 5,0 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 38 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 38 | 5,0 | >160 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 38 HSR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 38 | 5,0 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 42 AS-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 5,5 | >150 | >180 | <10 | <1 |
| B 42 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 5,0 | >180 | >250 | <10 | <1 |
| B 42 FGR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 5,5 | >170 | >220 | <10 | <1 |
| B 42 HSR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 42 | 5,0 | >150 | >200 | <10 | <1 |
| B 45 ASR-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 45 | 5,0 | >160 | >220 | <10 | <1 |
| B 45 N-LF | Polyester PUR foam | 45 | 4,5 | >160 | >250 | <10 | <1 |
| B 2745 FK-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 27 | 4,5 | >100 | >170 | <10 | <1 |
| B 2840 FR-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 28 | 4,0 | >80 | >140 | <10 | <1 |
| B 2932 FR-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 29 | 3,2 | >90 | >130 | <7 | <1 |
| B 2945 PFK-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 29 | 4,0 | >90 | >130 | <7 | <1 |
| B 3540 PFK-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 35 | 4,0 | >90 | >150 | <6 | <1 |
| B 3540 PFK-LF-I | Polyether PUR foam | 35 | 4,0 | >100 | >160 | <5 | <1 |
| B 3560 GL-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 35 | 5,5 | >90 | >150 | <6 | <1 |
| B 4048 PFK-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 40 | 4,5 | >100 | <160 | <6 | <1 |
| B 4060 FK-LF-I | Polyether PUR foam | 40 | 5,0 | >90 | >150 | <5 | <1 |
| B 4248 PFK-LF | Polyether PUR foam | 42 | 4,5 | >90 | >150 | <5 | <1 |
* The indicated data refer to typical values and slight variations are in general within the specification.
Please consult your local sales representative at FoamPartner to obtain the actual product data sheet with the latest technical product details.
