"Stick Free" Bearing And Wear Pad Material

A new "stick-free" linear-bearing and wear-pad material has been developed by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products. Nylatron® 703 XL sheet offers an excellent combination of wear resistance, operating-noise reduction and elimination of paint wear on opposing wear surfaces. It also offers the strength and high limiting PV found in Quadrant's other premium nylon bearing and wear-pad matetrals, while adding the unique benefit of near zero slip.

The near zero stick-slip of Nylatron® 703 XL makes it an ideal material for applications where precise and efficient motion control is required. Such uses include bearing blocks, wear guides and linear bearings. For telescoping booms on materials-handling and construction equipment, bearing pads made of Nylatron® 703 XL allow very accurate and smooth control of linear-boom movement. Static and dynamic coefficients of friction, which are almost the same at virtually every point over the useful range of Nylatron® 703 XL, allow this unprecedented degree of control.

Another benefit of the near-zero stick-slip characteristic of Nylatron® 703 XL is the virtual elimination of noise associated with bearing and wear-pad chatter. Also, the new material can significantly reduce lubrication or even eliminate the need for a wear-pad lubrication system. Tests done at Quadrant's R&D center in Reading have shown that Nylatron® 703XL wears well against painted surfaces, without removing the paint systems used in today's industrial equipment.

For more information, contact Kress Schwartz, Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products, P.O. Box 14235, Reading, PA 19612, 800-366-0310, Fax: 800-366- 0301, E-mail: kress.schwartz@qpfas.com, Web: www. quadrantepp.com.