Food-Safe Plastic Bushings

by Redwood Plastics | Apr 27, 2016 | food and beverage, h78, prismagrate, ramp

Bushings are used in all types of manufacturing industries and food processing is no exception. Metal bearings such as roller bearings and bronze bearings are widely used but, as in other industries, plastic bushings tend to perform significantly better than metal,...

Redco Kiln Wheel Bushings

by Redwood Plastics | Nov 4, 2015 | application

Redco™ Kiln Wheel bushings are an essential component to sawmills that have large dry kilns. These plastic bushings enable the carts to run freely through the mills and we supply the bushings in three grades: Redco™ Blue kiln wheel bushings: Standard Redco™ blue nylon...

Plastic Bushing Solutions

by Redwood Plastics | Jun 11, 2015 | prismagrate

Industrial plastics serve as an excellent bushing/bearing material in everything from needle bearings to large marine bushing applications. Since many industrial plastics are suitable for different bushing applications its best to know the advantages, and potential...

When To Choose Tuffkast

by Redwood Plastics | Jun 2, 2015 | lathe

Redco Tuffkast has been designed for use in “extreme” applications. But what exactly does this mean? In order to answer that question you need to first consider the properties of regular nylon 6. Nylon 6 can take a lot of load (4,000PSI in operation) and...

Tuffkast vs. Nylon

by Redwood Plastics | Nov 6, 2014 | lathe, Tuff-tube

Redco™ Tuffkast and Nylon have similar applications in the world of plastics such as bushings, bearings, sheaves, pulleys and even outrigger pads. Some customers get confused between the differences in the material and still others are wary of Tuffkast because, as a...