How do I know what type of plastic is used for a certain application?
Acetal
- Gears
- Cams
- Bushings
- Clips
- Lugs
- Door handles
- Housing
- Fuel-systems
- Steering columns
- Cranks
- Handles
Acrylic
- Aircraft
- Boats
- Mass Transit
- Architectural and protective glazing
- Internally illuminated outdoor signs
- Lighting Diffusers
- Product prototypes
- Demonstration models
- Point-of-purchase displays
ABS
- Housings of small appliances
- Communications equipment
- Business machines
- Automotive instrument panels
- Pipe and fittings
- Automobile grills, wheel covers and mirror housings
- Luggage shells
- Tote trays
- Large components for recreational vehicles
Nylon
- Business machines
- Appliances parts
- Industrial equipment parts
Cast Nylon
- Rollers
- Bushings
- Gears
- Sheaves
- Sprockets
- Wear pads
- Star wheels
Polycarbonate
- Skylights
- Outdoors signs
- Interior aircraft parts
- Safety face shields
- RV windshields
- Safety and vandal resistance windows
- Banks
- Trains
- Armored cars
PETG
- Graphic arts
- Blister packaging
- Architectural glazing
- Electronic component packaging
- Baking, candy and other food industries
PEEK
- Wire and cable coating
- Automotive engine parts
- Aerospace components
Low Density Polyethylene
- Packaging applications
- Industrial bags
- Shrink bundling
- Produce bags
- Blow molded bottles
- Large industrial containers
- Injection molded housewares
High Density Polyethylene
- Bottles and Jugs
- Tanks
- Trash containers
- Carts
- Pallets
- Drums
- Highway barriers
- Cutting boards
- Food containers
- Tote boxes
- Pipe
- Kick plates
- Buckets
UHMW polyethylene
- Conveyor wear strips
- Snowmobile track sprockets
- Guide rails
- Bearings
- Chute linings
- Components requiring abrasion resistance, impact resistance, or a low coefficient
Polypropylene
- Plating tanks
- Tanks
- Acid delivery piping systems
- Appliance pumps
- Water pumps
- Scrubbers
- Fume hoods
- Laboratory equipment
- Exhaust equipment
- Chemical processing equipment
- Packaging
- Machine cases
- Totes
- Bins
Polystyrene
- Appliances
- Toys
- Housewares
PTFE
- Liners
- Gaskets and spacers
- Valve components
- Tubing
- Seal
- Piston rings
- Bushings
- Bearings
- Slide bearings
- Wire and cable insulation
Flexible PVC
- Flexible tubing
- Food and beverage grade tubing
- Protective glove and clothing
- Strip doors
Rigid PVC
- Chemical processing
- Water and waste water treatment
- Irrigation pipe
- Corrosive fume handling (duct)
- Food contact applications
- Drain , waste, and vent
- Tanks and vessels
- Nuts, bolt, fasteners
- Pump and valve components
- Plumbing
Expanded PVC
- POP displays
- Trim board
- Sign blanks
- Case goods
CPVC
- Chemical processing
- Plating
- Condensate return lines
- Water and waste water treatment
- Corrosive fume handling
- Hot and cold water plumbing
- Tanks and vessels
- Pump and valve components
- Nuts, bolt, fasteners
- Corrosive fume handling (duct)
Article Title:
How do I know what type of plastic is used for a certain application?
Article Summary:
Common applications for the materials that we offer.
Article Date:
3/5/2008
Article ID:
811
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