What is Teflon?

Teflon, also known under the names Hostaflon, PTFE or Algoflon, describes the material polytetrafluoroethylene. Colloquially, this plastic is often referred to by the trade name Teflon™ from the company DuPont. Teflon™ is a registered trademark. Teflon™ is a familiar term to many, in contrast to polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. PTFE itself is the name of the plastic and is the abbreviation for polytetrafluoroethylene. PTFE (Teflon) is composed of fluorine and carbon as a non-segmented, straight-structured, partly crystal-forming plastic. Fluorine and carbon are two chemical elements that together form the material PTFE, i.e. Teflon. Carbon is also colloquially called carbon. It is used both in nature and chemically. It is an odourless white solid. Fluorine, on the other hand, occurs only in the chemical field and is colourless.

In which areas is Teflon™ used?

• In industry, among others the food industry, pharmaceutical industry, chemical industry, automotive industry, semiconductor industry and packaging industry, here it is used among other things as lining for walls in chemical plant construction in the form of sheets.
• Technology, for example in the medical technology, electrical engineering sectors, among other things as insulating material
• Mechanical engineering
• The medical sector, here the PTFE is used for example as an implant.
• In the household, as a non-stick coating Teflon is found in pans and pots, so that the food does not stick to the pan or pot base during cooking.

What properties does Teflon™ have?

• Temperature resistance to cold and heat
• Robustness against light
• Fire resistance
• low friction
• excellent sliding properties
• low energy loss
• largely resistant to water absorption
• Resistant to solvents and other chemical substances

Teflon is unique and shines with its versatility, with which it can be used in the most diverse forms in the most varied areas. Polytetrafluoroethylene is also referred to as a high-performance plastic. It is very temperature-resistant and can therefore be used in the most diverse industries. PTFE can be used at the various temperature levels from -200 to +200 degrees. PTFE only reaches its melting range from a figure of +320 to +345, before it melts and has to be reshaped.

Teflon™ is also gladly used among other things as lining for walls in chemical plant construction. In the form of sheets, which you can obtain in the most diverse sizes and thicknesses from your contact partner ptfe24.de. PTFE is very resistant to solvents and other chemical substances.

ptfe24.de from Baden-Württemberg, more precisely from Heilbronn, has specialised its many years of skills in the manufacture and production of demanding technical elements, as well as in milled and turned parts made of PTFE and assemblies, that is from a group of individual substances. However, it is also responsible for the distribution of semi-finished products such as sheets, rods, hollow rods, i.e. tubes, and finished products.

We take our customers by the hand. We help you from the idea, through the implementation, right up to the complete production and completion of your product. We are your capable contact partner and advise you on material selection right through to quality assurance, thus we grant your products years of durability and resistance.

For this purpose we have a large building in which our machines and our own tools are used in toolmaking, as well as a large semi-finished product warehouse, so that if you are short of a particular product at short notice. We have it in stock and can deliver it to you quickly. We also have mobile welding systems as conveyor belts in all sizes and can thus install your missing product with another product on site.

ptfe24.de supplies numerous and different businesses from the printing, textile, food, packaging, luxury food industries as well as the plastics-processing industry.

The products of the company ptfe24.de are used in the most diverse areas and industries as a finished part, for example as rods. Or are further processed as rods, this varies from industry to industry. As it is needed, it is manufactured.