Do You Know What Materials Disposable Vapes Are Made Of?

Do you know what materials disposable vapes are made of? Since disposable e-cigarettes became popular last year, more and more e-cigarette manufacturers have started to produce disposable e-cigarettes. Do you know what materials these disposable e-cigarettes are made of? Let's learn about it together with the e-cigarette editor.

PCTG is a non-crystalline copolyester with good toughness and impact strength, excellent low-temperature toughness, high tear resistance, and good processing performance, as well as excellent chemical resistance, transparency, and no bisphenol A.
2. Advantages of using PCTG

PCTG is completely odorless, transparent, and free of bisphenol A;

It has good processing performance, using injection molding to produce multiple parts at once, greatly improving production efficiency; it is resistant to acid and oil corrosion, and components in contact with e-liquid or chemical oils will not undergo significant changes in properties or functionality, preserving the pure flavor of the e-liquid; it will not cause plastic components to crack or leak.

In addition to the above advantages, attention should be paid to avoiding issues like shock marks during PCTG processing, requiring the selection of low-speed stable injection molding machines and specific requirements for screw selection. Moreover, PCTG needs to be dried using a dehumidifying dryer before processing to ensure product performance during manufacturing.
3. PCTG Application Cases

Zuoer Yue

Zuoer Yue launched the PENGUIN e-cigarette in 2017, with the oil tank made of PETG material, using a one-time molding compression process, which is high-temperature resistant, corrosion-resistant, and safe to use with a higher aesthetic appeal.

EVOVE E-cigarette

The shell of the EVOVE e-cigarette pod is made from food-grade and pharmaceutical-grade resins and PCTG materials. EVOVE is the first e-cigarette brand of SALT LABS, founded by Samuel Liu and Hitesh Dubey.

Yistar

Yistar's breakthrough use of cop oil core separation technology separates e-liquid and air, significantly reducing the problem of leakage. The oil core separation design effectively prevents e-liquid from contacting the heating wire, avoiding chemical reactions, and the oil tank is made of PCTG material. Yistar recently announced the completion of a million-dollar angel round financing, with investments from well-known domestic angel investment institutions and the world tobacco tycoon’s exclusive factory.

Super Sensation Q01

The atomizer of the Super Sensation Q01 is made of PCTG material, reportedly supplied by Eastman and manufactured by McWale.

RELX

The RELX e-cigarette brand from Shenzhen Wuxin Technology has become a leader in the e-cigarette industry. The mainstream manufacturing material for RELX's flat e-cigarette shell is: aluminum alloy body + plastic pod, as the pods are disposable, the plastic material is used extensively, and the flat pod shell is made of PCTG material.

DAMOSY

The small e-cigarette DAMOSY uses imported PCTG material from Eastman, which can withstand high temperatures and is corrosion-resistant, with an internal capacity of 2ml.

In addition to the atomizer section, some products also use PCTG material in the mouthpiece and shell; 07 Mountain Laan is a brand founded by a former WeChat industrial designer. The Mountain e-cigarette features a minimalist integrated design, using a ceramic atomization core, an aluminum alloy metal frame + sandblasted anodizing process + food-grade PCTG material shell.

Boulder 3 E-cigarette

In addition to most e-cigarette atomizers using PCTG material, the mouthpiece of the well-known e-cigarette brand Boulder 3 also uses food-grade PCTG organic material certified by the FDA, featuring high strength and toughness, with an integrated design and no coating for added safety.

YOOZ

YOOZ, founded by former Tongdao Dashi founder Cai Yuedong and several executives from Uber, Procter & Gamble, NVIDIA, and Dell, uses magnetic suction to install the pods, with a dual anti-leak structure design for the pods, and the mouthpiece is made of PCT-G material meeting European and American pharmaceutical standards.

Related manufacturers of PCTG include Eastman, SK, etc. According to incomplete statistics, Aibang has compiled a list of domestic agents for engineering plastics based on disposable e-cigarette wholesale manufacturers for reference.