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Chemical-Resistant Slippery Sheets and Bars Made from Teflon® PTFE
Made with Teflon® PTFE resins, these sheets and bars surpass most plastics when it comes to chemical resistance and performance in extreme temperatures. In addition to resisting most solvents, they are excellent electrical insulators. They're easy to machine and have a naturally slippery surface that makes them a good choice for bearings, gears, and parts that slide and roll.
- Color: White or Black
- Temperature Range: -350° to 500° F
- Tensile Strength: 2,170-2,800 psi (Poor)
- Impact Strength: 3.5 ft.-lbs./in. (Good)
- Hardness: Durometer 52D-55D (Medium Soft)
- For Use Outdoors: Yes
- Specifications Met:
White Molded: ASTM D3294; FDA Compliant 21 CFR 177.1550; UL 94 V-0
Black Molded: FDA Compliant 21 CFR 177.1550; UL 94 V-0
Skived: ASTM D3308, FDA Compliant 21 CFR 177.1550, UL 94 V-0
White | Black | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thick. | Thick. Tolerance | Fabrication | Each | Each | ||
6" × 6" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 0000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
12" × 12" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 |
12" × 24" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 |
12" × 36" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
12" × 48" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
24" × 24" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
24" × 48" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
36" × 36" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
48" × 48" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
48" × 96" | ||||||
| 0.039" | -0.004" to 0.004" | Skived | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
Chemical-Resistant Slippery PTFE Sheets
The naturally slippery surface makes these sheets a good choice for bearings, gears, and parts that slide and roll. PTFE surpasses most plastic when it comes to chemical resistance and performance in extreme temperatures. It is easy to machine and is an excellent electrical insulator.
Skived sheets are more likely to curl than molded sheets.
- Color: White
- Temperature Range: -350° to 500° F
- Tensile Strength: 2,000-3,480 psi (Poor)
- Impact Strength: 3.5 ft.-lbs./in. (Good)
- Hardness: Durometer 50D-65D (Medium Soft)
- For Use Outdoors: Yes
- Specifications Met:
1/8" Thick. and smaller: ASTM D3308, FDA Compliant 21 CFR 177.1550, UL 94 V-0
3/16" Thick. and larger: ASTM D3294, FDA Compliant 21 CFR 177.1550, UL 94 V-0
Ultra-Strength Lightweight Carbon Fiber Sheets and Bars
- Color: Black
- Temperature Range: See table
- Tensile Strength: 120,000-175,000 psi (Excellent)
- Fiber Tensile Stiffness: Standard (33-36 msi)
- Impact Strength: Not Rated
- Hardness: Not Rated
- For Use Outdoors: No
Known for its use in the aerospace industry, where a balance of weight and strength is critical, carbon fiber is now often machined into panels for structural framing, machinery components, and robotics. Use it in place of aluminum to reduce your application's weight without sacrificing much rigidity. Because these sheets and bars are lightweight, they reduce wear and stress on motorized parts, increasing the life of machinery.
Plain bars have fibers that are aligned in a single direction, making them strong in the direction of the fibers. They hold up to bending across the fibers but will splinter and separate like string cheese when bent along the length of the fiber.
| Thick. | Thick. Tolerance | Wd. | Lg. | Temperature Range, ° F | Each | |
| 0.039" | -0.005" to 0.005" | 0.118" | 39" | -100° to 180° | 00000000 | 000000 |
