Polyurethane Centralizers
Oil and gas development is booming in North America. This has caused an increased demand for premium parts using engineering plastics with one such application being urethane centralizers. These centralizers play a key role in the oil and gas extraction by keeping...
Polyether vs. Polyester
Polyurethane is a versatile material available from eraser soft to bowling ball hard and suits a variety of applications from dipper door blocks to deadplate to lubricated bearings. Critical to the properties of the urethane is whether it is polyether or polyester...
Urethane or UHMW Liners?
Sometimes clients are surprised when they request UHMW lining for a solution (such as a hopper liner) and, after questioning the application, we suggest for them to select urethane instead. This sometimes comes as a shock and we are forced to explain ourselves. In...
Urethane 101
At times in the plastic industry it seems like certain engineering plastics such as UHMW-PE and PTFE get all the attention as far as properties and applications. While those polymers certainly are worthy of attention, other plastics have outstanding characteristics,...
Urethane Solves Coal Plant Frustrations
A coal plant in British Columbia had a big problem. The plant used cyclone intake tubes made of either steel or polyethylene for the coal to traverse, but the properties of those two materials were causing maintenance headaches. The steel pipes were corroding and...