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Nylon Cast & Extruded Polyamide Plastic Product Family

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About Nylon Polyamide

Nylon is one of the most widely used plastics in the world, especially as a bearing and wear material. Nylons are frequently used as replacements for bronze, brass, aluminum, steel and other metals, as well as other plastics, wood, and rubber. The most common types include Type 6/6 extruded and Type 6 cast, which are available in sheet, rod, tube, film, custom profile and parts depending on the grade. Many formulations are available with different additives to enhance wear properties, stiffness, lower friction and improve other properties.

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Nylon Polyamide Key Properties

Nylons offer extremely good wear resistance, coupled with high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity. They also have high impact resistance, a high heat distortion temperature, and resist wear, abrasion, and vibration. In addition, nylons can withstand sustained contact with a wide variety of chemicals, alkalies, dilute acids or oxidizing agents.

Another important factor, both economically and mechanically, is the relative light weight of nylon -- approximately 1/8 the weight of bronze, 1/7 the weight of cast iron, and 1/2 the weight of aluminum -- which reduces both the inertial and static loads and eases the handling of large components during maintenance or replacement procedures.

Common Nylon Polyamide Applications

Bushings & Bearings	Conveyor Wear Components	Gears
Metal Replacement Applications	Pulleys	Roller Wheels
Sheaves	Wear Pads	Valve Seats & Seals

Boedeker Plastics, Inc. & Nylon Polyamide

We stock all commercially available grades of Extruded & Cast Nylon sheet, rod and tube and offer cut to size, same day shipping on all inventoried Extruded & Cast Nylon materials. Our entire inventory of Extruded & Cast Nylon is coded for full traceability, we offer manufacturer certs. and C of C’s upon request at the time of order for all orders.

We specialize in plastics-only machining and produce CNC machined Extruded & Cast Nylon parts for prototype to production quantities. We offer technical support with Extruded & Cast Nylon materials & parts regarding material selection by application, part design assistance & machining support.