Fusing-station roller

A fusing-station roller for use in a fusing station of an electrostatographic machine, said fusing-station roller elastically deformable, said fusing-station roller comprising:

• a core member, said core member rigid and having a cylindrical outer surface;
• a resilient layer, said resilient layer formed on said core member;
• wherein said resilient layer is a fluoropolymer material, said fluoropolymer material made from an uncured formulation by a curing;
• wherein said uncured formulation includes a fluoro-thermoplastic polymer, said fluoro-thermoplastic polymer comprising a copolymer, said copolymer made of monomers of vinylidene fluoride (CH2CF2), hexafluoropropylene (CF2CF(CF3)), and tetrafluoroethylene (CF2CF2), said copolymer having a composition of:
• —(CH2CF2)x—, —(CF2CF(CF3))y—, and —(CF2CF2)z—,
• wherein,
• x is from 1 to 50 mole percent,
• y is from 9 to 59 mole percent,
• z is from 40 to 90 mole percent,
• x+y+z equals 100 mole percent;
• wherein said uncured formulation includes microsphere particles, said microsphere particles having flexible walls;
• wherein said microsphere particles have a predetermined weight percentage in said uncured formulation;
• and
• wherein in addition to said microsphere particles, said uncured formulation includes solid filler particles.