Common uses: Structural applications, bearings, gears, screws, propellers, tool shafts, sliding parts and sheaves.
Benefits
Restrictions
Technical data
Benefits
The benefits of Ertalon LFX properties
High mechanical strength, stiffness, hardness, toughness, and damping ability.
Good fatigue resistance.
Good sliding and electrical insulating properties.
Excellent wear resistance.
Good resistance to high energy radiation (gamma- and X-rays).
Good machinability.
Restrictions
Limitations of Ertalon LFX plastic
All polyamides absorb or emit moisture (different for different types).
The moisture acts as a plasticizer and lowers the tensile strength, creep resistance, and rigidity while increasing the impact strength and component dimensions.
The electrical properties are strongly influenced by the moisture content.
The length extension varies with temperature and moisture content.
The polyamides are attacked by strong mineral acids and acetic acid; they are dissolved by phenols. Some types are attacked by formic acid.
The Ertalon LFX plastic internally lubricated cast nylon 6 is self-lubricating in the real meaning of the word. The plastic that is specially developed for unlubricated, highly loaded, and slow-moving parts applications, yields a considerable enlargement of the application opportunities compared to standard cast nylons. It offers a reduced coefficient of friction, considerably increasing the pressure-velocity capabilities and a vastly improved wear resistance.
