Material Handling
Moving materials from one place to another seems like it should be simple, but to do it quickly
and cost-effectively requires specialty equipment which uses a wide array of plastics to meet
ever-increasing performance and safety requirements.
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 material handling
applications.
Applications
- Bearings, bushings, bearing cages
- Wear pads
- Rollers
- Sheaves/pulleys
- Guides
- Cams/cam followers
- Edge guards/profiles
- Auger edge strips
- Chute liners
- Windows
- Light shields
- Safety sight guards
- Sight glasses (flow control)
- Feed/timing screws
- Starwheels
- Venturi throat liners
- Temperature resistance (hot or cold)
Advantages May Include
- Low coefficient of friction
- Noise and vibration attenuation
- High flexibility for ease of installation
- Abrasion resistant
- Static dissipative and conductive grades
- Corrosion resistant
- Lightweight
- Impact resistant
- Light transmission/clarity
Materials
- Acrylic (PMMA)
- Nylon (PA)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Polyethyleneterephthalate (PET)
- Polyurethane (PU/PUR)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Polyamide-imide (PAI)
- Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
- (UHMW-PE)
