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OP-TEK® Flex Family
Advantages of OP-TEK® Flex Comfort

 OP-TEK® Flexible EVA Sheet for O&P is Widely Used For:

  • Soft inner liners for rigid socket frames
  • Inner boots for pediatric AFOs
  • Orthotics for hand and wrist

Performance Characteristics:

  • Excellent moldability
  • Lightweight
  • Maintains consistent walls when formed

Common Brands:

  • OP-TEK® Flex

 OP-TEK® Flex Comfort is Widely Used For:

  • Flexible liners
  • Alternative to LDPE for inner boots

Performance Characteristics:

  • Enhanced surface provides superior comfort
  • Reduces friction
  • Excellent seaming characteristics

 OP-TEK® Flex BiLam is Widely Used For:

  • Flexible inner liners for rigid socket frames
  • Upper and lower extremity prostheses

Performance Characteristics:

  • Excellent formability
  • Decreases friction and hides trim lines
  • Cold flow (creep) resistant

OP-TEK® Flex Family

Flexible EVA sheet for inner liners in rigid socket frames

OP-TEK® Flex materials are soft, flexible EVA copolymers that provide outstanding patient comfort when used as an inner liner for rigid socket frames.

OP-TEK® Flex is specially formulated to maintain more consistent walls during forming compared with many other flexible plastics.

OP-TEK® Flex Comfort exhibits excellent seaming characteristics during drape forming and more consistent walls during blister/bubble forming compared with many other EVA copolymer materials.

OP-TEK® Flex BiLam provides added comfort and improves aesthetics for patients wearing carbon socket frames. The inner layer contains a hypoallergenic, FDA compliant additive that reduces friction, and the outer layer helps hide trim lines and window cut-outs of carbon socket frames.

 

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Typical Properties of EVA Copolymer Sheet
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNITS ASTM TEST EVA SHEET
Density g/cm3 D1505 0.952
Tensile strength @ yield psi D638 3580
Elongation @ break % D638 770
Flexural modulus psi D790 2470
Impact brittleness temp °F D746 <-121
DTUL A Scale D648 79A
Vicat softening point °F D1525 111

Values may vary according to brand name. Please ask your Curbell Plastics representative for more specific information about an individual brand. 

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