Acetal & Delrin Sheet & Rod Plastics

Acetal Characteristics:

• High mechanical strength
• Excellent resilience
• Good creep resilience
• High impact strength, even at low temperatures
• Very good dimensional stability
• Good sliding properties and wear resistance
• Excellent machinability
• Physiologically inert (most grades are suitable for food contact)

Acetal & Delrin Sheet & Rod Applications

Gear wheels with small modulus, cams, heavily loaded bearings and rollers, bearing and gears with small clearances, valve seats, snap fit assemblies, dimensionally stable precision parts, electrically insulating components.

Bearings

Acetal bearings offers excellent stability and good wear resistance in a variety of moist environments.

Electrical Components

Porosity-free Acetron® GP acetal is intricately fabricated into this electrical test part with dozens of tight tolerance machined holes required at its centerline. (Prior material: Standard Acetal)

Structural Keels

Delrin acetal delivers outstanding fatigue and impact resistance in this continuously loaded structural keel for a prosthetic device. (Prior materials: Nylon, Elastomer)

Gears

Acetron® GP maintains tight tolerances despite environmental and clean in place chemical exposure on dairy equipment. (Prior materials: Bronze, Stainless Steel)

Rollers

Guide rollers machined from Acetron® GP rod operate smoothly and reliably in lift gate systems used to load cargo onto truck beds. (Prior materials: Cast Iron, Cast Aluminium)

Technical Engineering Notes

In general, acetal's do not perform as well in abrasive wear applications as nylons. Compensation for moisture related growth generally allows Nylatron® nylons to be used for wet, abrasive applications. If your application requires dimensional consistency in an abrasive, high humidity or submerged environment, Ertalyte® PET-P will often offer improved performance. When it comes to outdoor applications, Ertacetal is not recommended because of its poor UV-resistance.

ABS Sheet Availability

Ertacetal C (POM-C) natural (white) / black

Acetal copolymer, Ertacetal C (POM-C) is more resistant against hydrolysis, strong alkalis and thermal-oxidative degradation than the acetal homopolymer Ertacetal H (POM-H).

Ertacetal H (POM-H) natural (white) / black

Acetal homopolymer, Ertacetal H (POM-H) has higher mechanical strength, stiffness, hardness and creep resistance as well as a lower thermal expansion rate when compared to Ertacetal C (POM-C) and often it also presents a better wear resistance.

Ertacetal H-TF (POM-H + PTFE) (deep brown)

Delrin AF Blend (Ertacetal H-TF) is a combination of Teflon fibres evenly dispersed in a Delrin acetal resin. Much of the strength that is inherent in Ertacetal H is retained. Some properties change due to the addition of Teflon fibre which is softer, less stiff and slipperier than virgin acetal resin.

Compared with Ertacetal C and H, this material offers superior sliding properties. Bearings made of Ertacetal H-TF show low friction, long wear and are essentially free of stick-slip behaviour.

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