What is Turcite material?
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What is Turcite material?
Turcite® is an internally lubricated, acetal-based material (with properties similar to those of Delrin AF) designed for applications with demanding wear and friction requirements. Turcite® creates little friction, is heat and chemical resistant, and exhibits excellent wear characteristics.
What is Turcite plastic?
Turcite® is a quality, self-lubricating thermoplastic material (with properties resembling Delrin AF) which is ideal for applications with demanding wear and friction requirements. Turcite® is heat and chemical resistant and has excellent wear characteristics.
What is Turcite used for?
Most commonly, Turcite® (Lubring) has been used in the machine tool industry where it serves to either replace or reinforce standard phosphor-bronze LM guideways. The material was earlier used primarily to recondition old machines in which the guideways had worn out.
Who manufactures Turcite?
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Machine Tool Specialty Components Group supplies the original Turcite® manufactured by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. For over 30 years Busak Shamban (now known as Trelleborg Sealing Solutions) has manufactured high quality thermoplastic bearings and friction-reducing materials that are specified by OEMs world-wide.
What is Delrin AF?
DELRIN ® AF (PTFE-filled) is manufactured from Delrin ® homopolymer resin which has been uniformly filled with a dispersion of 20% PTFE fibers. Delrin ® AF is a unique thermoplastic material for use in moving parts in which low friction and long wear life are important. Delrin ® AF is BROWN in color.
Is PTFE a Turcite?
Turcite® is PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) resins with added fillers such as bronze, that are extruded into solid billets as opposed to compression molding. Billets are then skived to a nominal thickness in 24″ wide rolls, with lengths varying depending on thickness.
What plastic is similar to Delrin?
Here’s the main takeaway: While Delrin does have some distinguishing properties, acetal plastics share enough in common that they are often interchangeable based on budget and other project-specific characteristics.
What is equivalent to Delrin?
In most applications, Delrin® and acetal copolymer can be interchanged because many material properties are within approximately 10% of each other.
