Checkerspot, Inc. products

The potential for new materials and products is vastly underserved across most of our industrial applications. Only 14 fatty acids are used as material building blocks across the majority of industries; however, hundreds of fatty acids exist in nature. The diverse physical and functional properties of millions of products are enabled by these differing building blocks.

Closed cell structure foam; Utilizes water as a blowing agent; 41.58% biobased content by ASTM D6866; No added mercury, tin, MOCA, or TDI; High density foam.

Hardness, flexural strength and impact resistance can be tuned to meet needs of the end-use application; Can be pigmented in an array of colors; Up to 67.89% biobased content by ASTM D6866; No added mercury, tin, MOCA, or TDI.

AlgalCast sidewall has 15% greater tensile strength than traditional petroleum-based ABS sidewalls at room temperature, and 60% greater tensile strength at low temperatures; Manufacturing AlgalCast reduces plastic waste compared to use of extruded plastic sidewalls; Sidewall cast, unlike extruded plastic, forms an intimate bond to wood core eliminating the need for glue/resin; Utilizing the cast urethane can reduce raw material input because AlgalCast can be dispensed to desired thickness and depth depending on end-use application.

Unique; Oxidatively stable oil; Highly enriched for triolene: designed to be homogenous and pure.