Product Spotlight: Redco Tuffkast
Nylon applications are very common and alongside UHMW-PE, cast nylon is probably the most well-known industrial plastic. The issue is with nylon, as most plastics, is that it’s ideal in some applications but performs poorly in others. No plastic is a complete...
Budgetary Expectations And Lifecycle Cost
One of the most important topics that comes up in a plastic application are issues of cost, budget, and expectations. Most commonly the request we get is to provide a better better performing plastic at less cost. In the vast majority of situations, frankly, this is...
3 Critical Issues You Need To Know About These Popular Plastics
Many industrial plastics can “overlap” in applications where sometimes the optimal choice is only marginally better than several others. Many plastics may work in an application, such as nylon and acetal for sheaves, but certain issues in the operational...
Product Spotlight: Bushings and Bearings
Bushings and bearings – most industries need them and in many applications plastic is superior to materials such as bronze or babbit. If you’re interest in how a switch to plastic bearings could help you, please contact us, but there are a few plastics...