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POLYACETAL [POM]

ERTACETAL®

Main characteristics

• High mechanical strength, stiffness and hardness
• Excellent resilience
• Good creep resistance
• High impact strength, even at low temperatures
• Very good dimensional stability (low water absorption)
• Good sliding properties and wear resistance
• Excellent machinability
• Good electrical insulating and dielectric properties
• Physiologically inert (suitable for food contact)
• Not self-extinguishing

Photo: Scraper blades machined from ERTACETAL C

Applications

ERTACETAL is very well suited for machining on automatic lathes and is particularly recommended for mechanical precision parts.

ERTACETAL C natural (white) / black [POM-C]

This is the Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products' virgin copolymer acetal grade. The acetal copolymer is more resistant against hydrolysis, strong alkalis and thermal-oxidative degradation than the acetal homopolymer.

Delivery Programme: rod 3 - 320 mm, plate 0.5 - 120 mm, tube 20 - 350 mm

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ERTACETAL H natural (white) / black [POM-H]

ERTACETAL H has higher mechanical strength, stiffness, hardness and creep resistance as well as a lower thermal expansion rate and often it also presents a better wear resistance than the acetal copolymer grade.

Delivery Programme: rod 5 - 200 mm, plate 8 - 50 mm

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ERTACETAL H-TF (deep brown) [POM-H + PTFE]

ERTACETAL H-TF is a DELRIN® AF Blend, a combination of TEFLON® fibres evenly dispersed in a DELRIN acetal resin. Much of the strength that is inherent in ERTACETAL H is retained. Some properties change due to the addition of TEFLON fibre which is softer, less stiff and slipperier than virgin acetal resin. Compared with ERTACETAL C and H, this material offers superior sliding properties. Bearings made of ERTACETAL H-TF show low friction, long wear and are essentially free of stick-slip behaviour.

Delivery Programme: rod 10 - 100 mm, plate 12 - 50 mm

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Ertacetal is a registered trademarks of Quadrant AG