Patent Issued on Heat Shrinkable UHMW Polymers

Fluoron, Inc. has discovered that they could make ultrahigh melt viscosity polymers such as ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the homopolymer Teflon® PTFE heat shrinkable at temperatures as low as 225ºF. Teflon® has outstanding anti-stick properties and the lowest coefficient of friction of all materials, while UHMW-PE has the best wear resistance of all plastics and the addition of the right form of carbon makes them static-dissipative.

With a large inventory of static dissipative 1/16” thick sheet of UHMW-PE and Teflon® PTFE, Fluoron can readily custom manufacture tubing up to 10’ in diameter and 36’ in length from their sheet stock utilizing their butt weld seaming technology. Their efforts were rewarded when the U.S. Patent Office issued patent # 6,471,627.

For more information, contact Michael Geary, Fluoron, Inc., 505 Blue Ball Road, Building #120, Elkton, MD 21921, 800-785-4491/410-392-0220, Fax: 410-392-4357, E-mail: sales@fluoron.com, Web: www.fluoron.com.