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Top 5 Engineering Plastics Compared

The document compares five types of engineering plastics: POM, PET, PBT, PA, and ABS, highlighting their key properties and applications. POM is noted for its versatility and wear resistance, PET for its dimensional accuracy and chemical resistance, PBT for its impact strength and suitability for food applications, PA (nylon) for its wear resistance and oil resistance, and ABS for its toughness and cost-effectiveness. Each plastic is suited for specific industrial applications based on its unique characteristics.

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Top 5 Engineering Plastics Compared

The document compares five types of engineering plastics: POM, PET, PBT, PA, and ABS, highlighting their key properties and applications. POM is noted for its versatility and wear resistance, PET for its dimensional accuracy and chemical resistance, PBT for its impact strength and suitability for food applications, PA (nylon) for its wear resistance and oil resistance, and ABS for its toughness and cost-effectiveness. Each plastic is suited for specific industrial applications based on its unique characteristics.

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Engineering Plastics Comparison: Top 5 Engineering Plastics

1. POM – Commonly referred to as Acetal, POM features high mechanical strength and
rigidity, low moisture absorption, good sliding characteristics and excellent wear
resistance. POM has good creep resistance and good impact strength, even at low
temperatures, and excellent resilience/recovery elasticity. With good dimensional stability
and fatigue strength, as well as excellent machining ability, POM is a highly versatile
engineering plastic that is good for complex components.

2. PET – Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) offers high strength, rigidity and hardness, good
creep resistance, and hydrolysis resistance up to +70°C. PET has very low moisture
absorption, outstanding sliding behavior and low wear (especially compared to POM in
both damp and dry environments), and has good chemical resistance against acids. Its
thermal properties support both a good temperature stability and dimensional stability.
PET is perfect for applications that require complex parts, dimensional accuracy and
surface quality.

3. PBT – Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) is characterized by high strength, rigidity,


dimensional stability, and thermal deformation resistance. It has a low tendency to creep
and has very good friction and wear properties. PBT has better impact strength than PET,
especially at low temperatures, which makes it easier to modify with fibers. PBT has
excellent resistance to chlorine and caustic cleaning solutions, making it the perfect choice
for food industry applications. It also offers very good electrical characteristics, very low
moisture absorption, and has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion.

4. PA – Polyamide (PA) plastic is more commonly referred to as nylon. PA plastics are


among the most important and useful plastics thanks to their outstanding wear resistance,
very good temperature and impact properties, and good coefficient of friction. They also
have low density, high thermal stability, and very good chemical resistance. Nylon is an
especially oil resistance plastic, making it the ideal material to replace metal in automotive
parts, industrial valves, and other industrial applications that require high strength,
toughness and weight reduction. Nylon does have a propensity to absorb moisture, giving
it a poorer dimensional stability than other engineering plastics.

5. ABS – Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic is a bridge between general


industrial plastics and engineering plastics. It is characterized by excellent toughness and
impact strength even at low temperatures, high tensile strength and stiffness, and good
machinability. It is inexpensive and has good chemical resistance along with gamma and
x-ray resistance.

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