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Industrial uses: Cookware and bakeware products, rubber and plastic moulding and forming tools, heat sealing of plastic based packaging materials, food processing and packaging materials, photocopier fusing rollers. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: Sliding and rotating/turning mechanisms, bearing surfaces, solenoids and pistons, valves, screws and fasteners. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: Chemical processing and measurements, plating/processing tanks and related tooling, fasteners and thermowells. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: Process machinery for cooking, baking and moulding of food products. Welding and sealing bars and wires for packaging machinery. Equipment used to form, pot and mould plastics and elastomers. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: For benefits mostly requiring non-stick lubricant and non-wetting, a thin deposit is usually adequate. For benefits requiring chemical protection, electrical insulation and other polishing or grinding requirements, thicker films are essential. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: Fuel and water separation, fabrics, composite cooking and moulding processes. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Industrial uses: Wire and coil winding, stators, ceramic insulators and the encapsulation of metallic substrates. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... Roll over an icon for information on PTFE coating applications. CLICK ICON FOR MORE... |
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PTFE when applied as a thin,
dry surface coating, can achieve very low coefficients
of friction. Typical values are 0.08 – 0.2 static
and 0.04 – 0.18 dynamic. This is particularly useful
at elevated temperatures when wet oils and greases evaporate
or attract contamination debris. The thin surface layer
can usually be added to existing designs without the need
to the change basic engineering tolerances. The coating
prevents slip-stick conditions in slow moving mechanisms.
It can also smooth out torque values leading to a higher
degree of accuracy. It has the ability to overcome “frozen” conditions
usually associated with valves. For heavy duty loads, additional
lubricating solids such as MoS2 and graphite are needed.
For particularly severe abrasive conditions, performance
can be enhanced by the addition of fillers to the formulation
or the modification of the surface by the application of
metal spraying.
