SkinTouch™ Applications
From Standalone Products to Advanced Overmolding Applications
SkinTouch™ can be used as a standalone injection-molded material or combined with rigid substrates to create soft-touch, multi-material products. Explore injection molded soft-touch products and soft-touch overmolding options.
Application Dependent • Subject to Material & Substrate Testing
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Standalone Molding
Velvet feel, zero oil bleed.
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Primer-Free PC / ABS Bond
Covalent adhesion >3.8 MPa.
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UV, Sweat & Dust Resistant
Clean surface for life.
HOW IT IS USED IN MANUFACTURING
How Can SkinTouch™ Be Used?
SkinTouch™ can support different product architectures depending on the application. Choose the manufacturing approach that fits your product.
SkinTouch™ Material
Choose the Manufacturing Approach
01 -- STANDALONE INJECTION MOLDING
SkinTouch™ as a Standalone Material
For products where SkinTouch™ can serve as the primary molded material.
SkinTouch™ can be injection molded into products that require a soft, skin-friendly surface combined with thermoplastic processing.
Beyond Listed Categories
Other Products
Have a soft-touch idea outside the categories above? We evaluate custom overmolding feasibility, material selection, and tooling from CAD to mass run.
- Custom geometry & DFM review
- NDA-protected engineering support
Response within 24 business hours
FEATURED STANDALONE APPLICATION
SkinTouch™ Watch Straps
A soft-touch injection-molded application where SkinTouch™ can be used as the primary material. Combines silky feel, sweat resistance and thermoplastic recyclability for wearable mass production.
- Standalone Injection Molding • No assembly bonding
- Clean surface • Low dust adhesion
- Custom colors • 40A-70A hardness range
02 -- OVERMOLDING / TWO-SHOT
SkinTouch™ for Overmolding
Combining Soft Touch with Rigid Components
Many products require both rigid structural components and soft-touch surfaces. SkinTouch™ can be evaluated for overmolding and two-shot applications where a soft material needs to be combined with a rigid substrate.
Rigid Substrate
PC / ABS / PA
Structure + Housing
SkinTouch™ Layer
Soft-Touch Surface
Comfort + Grip + Protection
Finished Product
Hard + Soft Structure
Rigid Housing + Soft Surface
When Soft and Hard Materials Need to Work Together
Traditional multi-material designs can face challenges related to adhesion, delamination, processing compatibility and part design. SkinTouch™ provides another material option for applications where soft and rigid materials need to work together.
Improved Material Integration
Evaluated for direct bonding to PC, ABS and PA substrates without primer in many cases.
Soft-Touch Surface
Silky, non-tacky grip layer for ergonomic and high-touch areas.
Design Flexibility
Thin-wall overmold, textured zones and two-color aesthetics in one cycle.
Multi-Material Construction
Rigid strength plus soft protection for durable consumer products.
Note: Bonding performance depends on substrate, grade, surface condition and processing parameters. Subject to Material & Substrate Testing.
Overmolding Applications
Hard component + SkinTouch™ soft-touch layer. Two-shot molding soft-touch products.
Other Hard + Soft Products: Custom multi-material applications evaluated per project.
Talk to an Engineer →Which Approach Fits Your Product?
Standalone Injection Molding
- • Products primarily made from SkinTouch™
- • Soft-touch components
- • Flexible products
- • Single-material designs
Overmolding / Two-Shot
- • Rigid + soft products
- • Ergonomic grips
- • Protective surfaces
- • Multi-material components
From Material to Finished Product
One material platform, different manufacturing methods, different products.
Watch Strap
METHOD: Standalone Injection Molding
SkinTouch™ = Primary Material
Phone Case
METHOD: Overmolding
SkinTouch™ = Soft-Touch Layer
AI Glasses Component
METHOD: Two-Shot / Insert
SkinTouch™ = Comfort Layer
Grip
METHOD: Overmolding
SkinTouch™ = Grip Surface
Wearable Component
METHOD: Standalone / Overmold
SkinTouch™ = Skin-Contact Part
Silicone-Coated Webbing
METHOD: Specialized Formulation
SkinTouch™ = Coating Material
SPECIALIZED APPLICATION
A Different Application: Silicone-Coated Webbing
Chenvix has also developed a specialized SkinTouch™ formulation for coated webbing applications. Soft grip, anti-slip and easy-clean performance for straps and webbing systems.
Have a Different Product in Mind?
The applications shown here are examples, not limitations. SkinTouch™ can be evaluated for new product concepts depending on the required properties, substrate, geometry and manufacturing process.
From Application Idea to Production
- 01 Product RequirementsFeel, hardness, use environment
- 02 Material / Grade SelectionGrade + substrate match
- 03 Prototype & ToolingDFM + T1 sampling
- 04 Molding & ValidationBonding + durability test
- 05 Mass ProductionStable scaling + QC
Have a Soft-Touch Application in Mind?
Tell us about your product, substrate, required surface feel and production requirements.
SkinTouch applications • soft touch material applications • overmolding material • two-shot molding soft-touch products