Optovaya firma OOO "Energopromteh" (Dnipro, Ukraine) sells kaprolon (polyamide), white and black (graphite-filled), sheet and rod. Sheet thickness 6.0-40.0 mm, size 1000x1000 and 1000x2000 mm. The diameter of the rods is 20-250 mm, the length is 1000 mm. Producers - Germany and Poland.
The minimum sales volume is 10-15 kg.
Kaprolon (polyamide-6 block, PA 6 block) is a structural polymer that has good antifriction properties and is a dielectric. Wear-resistant, works well in friction pairs. It has high fatigue resistance. Kaprolon is widely used in mechanical engineering and shipbuilding as bearings, gears, bushings, shafts, and rollers.
Kaprolon is more than 6 times lighter than steel, so its use significantly facilitates construction. Products made of kaprolon replace bronze, brass, babbit.
Kaprolon successfully combines high mechanical strength with elasticity in a wide temperature range. Products from kaprolon are erosion-resistant; they work perfectly in combustible and lubricating liquids, in sea water, in organic solvents, in alcohols, alkalis and diluted acids.
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Kaprolon parts are durable and perfectly absorb shock loads, which is why they are used for the manufacture of carts, bodies of various mechanisms, gear drives, conveyors, hubs, gears, sprockets and many other units in which there are shock loads on the body of the product or elements. Polyamide rods and sheets are resistant to impact: 150
• спирта;
• alkalis;
•
oils;
• ether;
• weak acid.
Parts made of this material are used in friction joints even without lubrication.