Lumber
Lumber and paper processing operations that use plastics instead of metal parts have longer
wearing, less noisy, more reliable equipment that performs better. Clearly, plastics are a cut
above the rest!
Environmental and Safety
Considering the total carbon footprint, including costs of raw materials, manufacture, transport,
fabricate, install, maintain, plastics compare favorably with more traditional materials. Also, plastics
are safer to handle and install. When you consider that most plastics are readily recyclable, they can
become the most environmentally responsible and safest choice for many demanding lumber
applications.
Applications
- Lumber industry — saw tables, liners,
hose wrap/saddles, bushing, bearings,
rollers, sprockets, chain guides, safety
windows, flange caps, wear rails, saw
guides
- Saw mills and planer mills — tipple
gates, chain channel inserts, wear
plates/strips, bearings/blocks, sound
dampeners, chipper spouts, drop grate
arms, conveyor flights, hooks, slider
blocks, diverter arms, chain caps, chip
screens,
- Pulp and paper industry — bearings,
bushings, conveyor parts, sprockets,
liners, seals and rings, deflector blades,
forming boards, pulp bale press slides
and protectors, paper wedges
Advantages May Include
- Cost efficient
- Lightweight
- Low coefficient of friction
- Lighter than steel; outlasts rubber
- Requires less power to operate
- Handles pressure and friction well
- Impact and abrasion resistant
- Minimizes product damage
- Shock absorbing
- Extends equipment life
- Corrosion resistance to corrosion,
- rotting, rusting
- Protects hoses, wires and cables from
- rubbing, crushing and kinking
- UV and weather resistant
- Reduced noise and vibration
- Self-lubricating
- Wide temperature resistant range
- Easy to install and replace
- Faster flow over screens
- Fewer hang ups
Materials
- Acetal (POM)
- Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
- Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
- High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
- Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
- Nylon/Cast Nylon (PA)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyurethane (PU/PUR)
- Polyethyleneterpthalate (PET)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Thermoset Polyesters and Phenolics
- Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
- (UHMW-PE)