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Nylon Food Grade Changes
Is Nylon Rod and Sheet Food Grade This question was very easy to answer, up until now. First: what is Zytel 42? It is a Natural Nylon 6/6 extrusion grade plastic resin. An extremely popular and heavily used material for machinable and durable plastic parts. For as far...
Is Lexan® the same as Bayer Makrolon® or Tuffak® Polycarbonate
Is Lexan® the same as Makrolon® or Tuffak® Polycarbonate? The short answer is no, are they very similar, yes. The reason is that both Lexan® and Makrolon® are brand names, along with Hyzod®, Cyrolon®, Zelux®, Paltuf®, Tuffak®, Ensicar®, Unicar®, Texin®, Apex® and many...
What is Oilon PV80
What is Oilon PV80 We have recently received a question from a client on an old product called Oilon PV80. This was one of the first attempts to make a plastic ‘slicker’, and they achieved this by adding an oil agent to Acetal resin. The Oilon PV 80 material failed...
Plastic Mentor – Blogging for iplasticsupply.com
Plastic Mentor - The Blog This is the blogging platform for the website: www.iplasticsupply.com - Industrial Plastic Supply in Anaheim, CA. Industrial Plastic Supply has been serving the mechanical, industrial, medical, food processing and many other industries since...