Since its introduction in 1938, Nylon has become one of the world’s most widely recognized and utilized engineering-grade thermoplastics. Nylon’s unique combination of high strength, good toughness, outstanding chemical resistance, and excellent wear and abrasion resistance have made it the material of choice for product designs in a multitude of industries. When used to replace wear-grade metals like brass and bronze, no other material provides the combination of extended wear life, lightweight, and low fabricated part cost of Nylon. Gonow Plastics utilizes a nylon casting process to produce Nylon 6 stock shapes. This process allows nylon rods, plates, and tubular bars with very thick cross sections to be economically produced with uniform physical properties and minimal internal stress levels. Gonow Plastic’s cast Nylon 6 stock shapes are available in a wide range of grades including both lubricated, heat stabilized, and fiber-reinforced products.
Cast nylon polyamides, commonly called nylon type 6, or PA6 C are manufactured by Gonow in standard stock shapes and cast in the form of sheets, rods, and tubes. Cast nylon polyamides are highly molecular, highly crystalline polymers. Semi-finished nylon type 6 shapes are manufactured using a casting method, whereby the raw material caprolactam polymerizes by means of a controlled chemical reaction.
By using additives such as oil, solid lubricants, or thermal stabilizers, the typical characteristics of type 6 nylon can be selectively adjusted for certain applications, opening up a custom-tailored range of materials to cover a wide application spectrum. Cast Nylon demonstrates even higher crystallinity and better machinability than extruded nylon.
Cast nylon offers:
- 210˚F continuous use temperature
- Very low levels of internal stress
- High degree of crystallinity
- Excellent toughness
- Very good wear resistance
- Good abrasion resistance
- Good damping properties
- Easy processing
- Ability to be manufactured in wide ranging casting weights and dimensions
Gonow supplies cast Nylon shapes such as:
PA6 tubes
PA6 rods
PA6 sheet
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