PA6 sheets

The PA material (polyamide, commonly known as nylon) is produced by manufacturers in standard semi-finished products for further processing in the form of sheets, rods, films and hollow rods. Nylon plastics are often combined with numbers, including 6, 66, 12 and 46. These numbers refer to the molecular structure of the nylon polymer. Each structure type also offers different properties. The most commonly used polyamide (PA) plastics are PA 6 (extrusion), PA 6 cast and PA 66 (nylon 66).

PA nylon is generally a semi-crystalline thermoplastic with a low density and high thermal stability. Because of their outstanding wear resistance, good coefficient of friction and very good temperature resistance and impact strength, polyamides are among the most important and most useful engineering thermoplastics. Nylon polyamide is also characterised by very good chemical resistance and is a particularly oil-resistant plastic. Thanks to this excellent combination of properties, the PA polymer is ideal as a metal replacement, including for automotive parts, industrial valves, insulators for railway sleepers and other technical applications that require high strength, toughness and low weight. Nylon tends to absorb water and therefore offers poorer dimensional stability than other engineering plastics. The properties of polyamides vary from hard and tough PA 6.6 through PA type 6 to soft and flexible PA 12. Depending on the type, PA plastics absorb different amounts of moisture.

This in turn influences the properties of the nylon as well as the dimensional stability of the finished machined parts.

As already described, a distinction is made between nylon semi-finished products that are produced by extrusion and by casting. Extrusion is generally suitable for smaller parts with high production volumes, whereas the casting process is more suitable for large parts with fewer internal stresses and low unit volumes. Extruded and cast polyamides can be modified with fillers to improve specific properties. In addition to PA natural and PA black, BW Kunststoffe e.K. offers various polyamide colours and modifications.

• high wear resistance

• high thermal stability

• very good strength and hardness

• high mechanical damping properties

• good sliding properties

• good chemical resistance

• (Polyamide 6 – PA 6)

• (Polyamide 66 – PA 66)

• (Polyamide 12 – PA 12)

• (Polyamide 63 – PA 63)

• (Cast Nylon 6 – PA 6 C)

• Polyamide modifications

• Heavy-duty engineering: cushion pads, damping sheets, dozer cushions, rollers and rolls

• Mechanical engineering: sliding elements, spindle nuts and chain conveyor

• Winter engineering: chain holders, wheel guides

Automotive engineering: support pads, headlight components, liquid containers, fuel lines Heavy-duty engineering: support bodies, chain guides Electrical engineering: bobbins, housing plugs, covers Mechanical engineering: gears, sliding plates

• PA6 sheets
• PA6 rods
• PA6 tubes
• PA6 hollow rods
• PA6 films
• PA cut to size and turned-milled parts to drawing.