Nylon & Acetal Shapes

High Tensile Strength, Creep & Fatigue Resistance

Ensinger’s Delrin   stock shapes are manufactured from DuPont Delrin resin. They possess high tensile strength, creep and fatigue resistance, and excellent toughness. Engineers consistently specify DuPont Delrin stock shapes made by Ensinger because of their increased physical properties, which can be as much as 20% higher than other acetals. Ensinger uses a proprietary extrusion process that produces shapes with lower stress and better dimensional stability that leads to consistent and reliable mechanical parts. Delrin stock shapes exhibit low moisture adsorption and are chemically resistant to hydrocarbons, solvents, and neutral chemicals.

While these properties are impressive, it is the material’s significantly better fatigue endurance that makes Ensinger Delrin much more ideal for most industrial applications than its acetal copolymer counterparts. It is a popular choice for manufactured plastic gears. As automotive engineers look to reduce weight, improve energy efficiency and fuel economy, as well as lower noise output, Delrin has become increasingly popular. Its higher strength characteristics and better fatigue endurance make it an excellent choice to replace metal gears while maintaining or improving long term performance. Other popular applications include auto safety system components; conveyor parts, such as bushings and bearing housings; fasteners and clips; fuel system components; and home appliance parts.

For more information, contact Bruce Dickinson, Ensinger, 365 Meadowlands Blvd., Washington, PA 15301, 800-243-3221/856-227-0500, Fax: 724-746-9209, E-mail: sales@ensinger-ind.com, Web: www.ensingerplastics.com.

Self-Lubricating Cast Nylon

Are your customers still using metal bearings and rollers in their facilities or equipment? Now is the time to switch to nonmetallic bearings made from cast nylon, even in the most arduous conditions.

Nylatech Cast Nylon is optimal for bearings because it provides longer wear life with little or no lubrication required - it’s self-lubricating. Its exceptional resistance to wear and abrasion means it's replaced less frequently and it requires less maintenance. With cast nylon’s high impact strength, cast nylon parts will withstand heavy loads bearing down on them - lasting 25x longer than phosphor bronze.

If your customers application is in an environment with exposure to chemicals or extreme weather, cast nylon bearings and rollers will perform better because they are corrosion and chemical resistant as well. If you are planning to convert metal bearings and rollers to cast nylon, Nylatech can help you select the appropriate grade of material for your application.

Nylatech are specialists in manufacturing cast nylon 6 and 6/12 as rod, sheet and tubular bar as well as finished or semi-finished custom cast components. Available in a variety of grades including Nylatech& reg; Oil, PVM, SL and Nythane™, these materials offer a range of properties from self-lubricating with a low coefficient of friction to increased impact resistance.

In addition to their extensive nylon products, Nylatech, Inc. also manufactures premium acetal rod and sheet (copolymer).

For more information, contact Calvin Petersen, Nylatech, Inc., P.O. Box 455, Everson, WA 98247, 800-506-9566/360-966-2838, Fax: 360-966-2838, E-mail: info@nylatech.com, Web: www.nylatech.com.

FDA Blue Sheet & Rod

Backed by a global network, Rochling Industrial North America is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality semi-finished thermoplastics, engineering products and composites. Featuring what they believe to be the most comprehensive product line in North America, Röchling is committed to developing efficient, innovative and sustainable solutions.

Recently Röchling added to its already extensive offering of FDA Blue products. Blue is often the preferred color for applications in the food processing industry, as potential contaminant pieces are more easily identified by visual detection than traditionally white and natural-colored materials. Sustarin   C (acetal copolymer) FDA Blue is now available from stock, 4′ x 10′ sheets from 1/2”-2″ thick, with additional thicknesses available; rods are stocked in diameters from 1″-5″, with additional diameters available. Röchling’s trusted UHMW material, Polystone  M, is also now available in blue, with sheets stocked in thicknesses from 1/4” -2″.

With locations in North Carolina, California and Ontario, Canada, Röchling conveniently ships from both coasts and Canada. They work to maintain a large inventory selection and in-stock items are typically shipped same or next day. With dedication to excellence, reliability, and pioneering, Röchling serves customers and the North American plastics industry with continued competence and quality.

For more information, contact Alison Damery, Röchling Industrial North America, 903 Gastonia Technology Pkwy., Dallas, NC 28034, 704-922-7814, Fax: 704-922-7651, E-mail: info@roechling-plastics.us, Web: www.roechling.com.

Nylon Profiles

Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc. (PET), extrudes custom and stock nylon shapes, in FDA, heat-stabilized and MDS filled grades of Nylon 6 and Nylon 12. Semi-rigid or flexible grades are available for most custom shapes. Profiles can be made in natural, standard or custom colors as required. Petro also offers custom cut to length capabilities.

MDS modified Nyla-Glide GR profiles are best suited to protect conveyor rails, beds and products from sliding surface friction. They are also excellent as striker plates and liners, these profiles require no lubrication to lessen friction.

PET can also custom extrude profiles based on customer drawings.

For more information, contact Mike Patterson, Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., 205B Hal lock Ave., Middlesex, NJ 08846, 800-229-3338/ 908-789- 3338, Fax: 908-789-0434, E-mail: sales@ petroextrusions.com, Web: www.petroextrusions.com.

Colored Acetal Sheet

Ensinger Penn Fibre Inc. manufactures Delrin& reg; colored sheets from homopolymer acetal using DuPont Delrin   150 Resin. It is a crystalline plastic which offers an excellent balance of properties to bridge the gap between metals and plastics. It possesses high tensile and flexural properties, along with creep resistance and toughness, while exhibiting low moisture absorption, and fatigue endurance.

Applications for colored Delrin sheet include: color coded parts including washers and shapes, various industrial and commercial panels, color coded shims (indicating thickness), doctor blades for rotogravure printing, containment blades for printing, point of purchase displays, stiffeners for arts & crafts and musical instruments (pics, guitar frets, bridge).

Delrin 2' X 4' stocked sheets are available .031", .062" and .125" thick in red, blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, fluorescent pink, fluorescent green, natural and black.

Custom size sheets, coils, strips, punched & CNC parts are available upon request.

For more information, contact Mark Kreisher, Ensinger Penn Fibre Inc., 221 S. Church Street, P.O. Box 160, Greenwood, DE 19950, 800-662-7366, Fax: 215-702-9552, E-mail: pennfibre-bensalem@ensinger-ind.com, Web: www.pennfibre.com.

Tubular Bars

Plastifab Industries offers one of the widest ranges of extruded extra large tubular bars in standard materials such as HDPE, polypropylene, LDPE, PPS, nylon, acetal and Delrin& reg; AF. Current size offerings range from a combinations of 22” outside diameter to 1.75” inside diameter.

Combining longer length availability than other traditional engineering thermoplastics processes, these tubular bars reduce machining costs and provide greater flexibility in many applications.

For more information, contact Andrea Herrmann, Plastifab Industries, 7777 Transcanadienne, Saint Laur ent, Quebec, H4S 1L3, Canada, 800-361-4774/514-325- 9840, Fax: 514-325-5222, E-mail: sales@plastifab.ca, Web: www.plastifab.ca.