Cast Nylon
is an extremely versatile thermoplastic resin. It can contribute significantly to weight and noise reduction, lubrication savings, and gear life extension and as an engineering material, cast nylon is highly resistant to impact, wear, and vibration. Its physical properties and price point make it a superior choice over metal and rubber in many mechanical applications.
Cast nylon has almost limitless production possibilities. It is easy to machine and fabricates since part size and thickness are almost unlimited without degradation of the material. Additives such as glass, oil, or Kevlar® fiber can be mixed in during processing to strengthen the final product. Cast nylon is available in a wide variety of colors, including black, blue, dark gray, green, and natural. To facilitate branding efforts, many companies prefer a custom cast nylon color. Cast nylon also meets FDA standards.
Everyday Application Use
- Boom Trucks and Outrigger Pads
- Bearings and Bushings
- Seals and Gaskets
- Star Wheels
- Thrust Washers
- Valve Seats
Applications
| Industry | Applications |
|---|---|
| Engineering | Gears, cams, sprockets, bushes, bearings, gaskets, pulleys, liners. |
| Textile | Loom pivot bearings, gears for loom and knitting machines, shuttles, rollers, cams and cam followers. |
| Metal | Bearings, bearings cages, slipper pads, gears, bushes, wear strips, rollers, eccentric rollers, wobble box inserts. |
| Material Handing Equipment’s
a) Cranes / Fork lifts / Conveyors |
Crane sheaves, bearing pads, bushes, rollers, thrust washers, slides, guides, idle and drive sprockets, gears, wear strips and plates.
Wheel liners (tyres), wheels, bushes. |
| Automobile | Wear rings, pads, swivel bushes, throttle linkages, bushes, shackle pin bushes. |
| Marine | Bushes, gears, rings, trunnion bearings, rollers and roller bearings, stern tubes. |
| Paper /Sugar Mill | Gears, bushes, pulleys, rollers, bearings. |
| Bottling and Food Processing | Starwheels, scrolls, guides, cams, cam followers, rollers, timing screws. |
| Railways | Bushes, wear plates. |
| Chemical | Balls, gaskets, liners, nuts & bolts. |