Nylatron® GS Polyamide PA66, is a Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS₂) filled nylon that offers outstanding strength and rigidity, and a lower coefficient of linear thermal expansion than other nylon products. Due to these characteristics, Nylatron® GS PA66 components maintain their fits and clearances, and also have a reduced likelihood to seize as bearings. For these reasons, this grade is often used in bushings, bearings, roller wheels, pulleys, sheaves, wear pads, valve seats, and seals throughout the construction and heavy equipment industries.

Nylatron® 66 SA AE PA66 unmodified nylon shapes are characterized by their superior combination of strength and toughness. Compared to other unmodified nylon grades, Nylatron® 66 SA AE PA66 components possess superior mechanical strength, stiffness , and wear resistance. Due to these properties and its FDA 21 CFR § 177.1500 compliance, Nylatron® 66 SA PA66 AE is often specified for screw machined electrical insulators, bushings, bearings, gears, roller wheels, star wheels, and seals, especially in aerospace applications.

Compared with virgin PA 66, this 30% glass fiber-reinforced and heat-stabilized nylon grade offers increased strength, stiffness, creep resistance, and dimensional stability. The material exhibits good mechanical damping abilities and sliding performance, while also retaining excellent wear resistance at higher maximum service temperatures. Additionally, this reinforced PA66 is electrically insulative, resistant to high-energy radiation, and easy to machine.

Nylatron® MC 901 PA6 shapes are ideal for a variety of bearing and structural applications. Distinguishable by its blue color, this grade is characterized by outstanding mechanical strength, rigidity, hardness, and toughness. The material also exhibits great sliding properties, excellent electrical insulation properties, and outstanding wear resistance. Due to these characteristics and properties, Nylatron® MC 901 PA6 is often favored as a solution for gear wheels, racks, pinions and custom parts.

This nylon 66 material offers a higher mechanical strength, stiffness, heat and wear resistance than its nylon 6 counterpart. It also has a better creep resistance but its impact strength and mechanical damping ability are reduced. Well suited for machining on automatic lathes. Please note that Nylatron® 101 / Ertalon 66 SA natural rods over dia. 150 mm are made from a modified polyamide 66 resin.

Nylatron® FST PA66 nylon shapes are fire, smoke, and toxicity retardant, which enables them to withstand extreme temperatures up to 347° F / 175° C. In addition to these characteristics, Nylatron® FST PA66 is also JAR / FAR 25.853 compliant. As the first engineering plastic to achieve this standard, this polyimide grade was developed specifically for use in aircraft interior environments. Additionally, the material is often favored as a replacement for metal parts applications such as brackets, seal bushings, slide rails, and duct seals.

Nylatron® MC 901 Heat Stabilized (HS) Polyamide PA6 shapes offer long-term thermal stability up to 260° F / 126° C, and are ideal for a variety of bearing and structural applications such as wheels, gears, and custom parts. Distinguishable by its blue color, this grade is characterized by its outstanding mechanical strength, rigidity, hardness, and toughness, great sliding properties, superior resistance to high-energy radiation, excellent electrical insulation properties, and outstanding wear resistance capabilities. Due to these characteristics and properties, Nylatron® MC 901 HS PA6 is often favored as a solution for conveyor wear components, bushings, sheaves, wear pads, and valve seats and seals.

Nylatron® LIG Polyamide PA6 is a self-lubricating, oil filled nylon that is an ideal solution for industrial applications in the conveying and processing industries. This grade in particular exhibits higher toughness and limiting pressure velocity when compared to unfilled grades, and also offers a low coefficient of friction for a wide range of applications including bushings, bearings, roller wheels, and valve seats and seals. It increases the load bearing performance of the material when compared to unfilled nylons and reduces the coefficient of friction.

This unique, ultra-high performance bearing grade PA6 offers even better wear resistance than Nylatron® NSM, exhibiting superior load bearing capabilities and a near zero level of stick-slip. By eliminating stick-slip, Nylatron® 703 XL PA6 offers an extraordinary amount of control for high-precision applications where smooth and steady motion is critical. For this reason, Nylatron® 703 XL PA6 is often favored as a solution for wear pads, conveyor components, corner tracks, and pneumatic control surfaces throughout the construction and heavy equipment markets.

Nylatron® MC 907 / Ertalon® 6PLA Food Grade PA6 unmodified shapes offer one of the highest strength and hardness of all nylon 6 grades, and also exhibit great creep and wear resistance, heat aging properties, and machinability capabilities. The grade is FDA 21 CFR § 177.1500 and EU 10/2011 food contact compliant as well. Components can be found throughout the food processing and packaging industry as gears, rollers, wheel, bearings, and conveyor wear parts.

Ertalon® 6 XAU+ PA6 is a heat-stabilized cast nylon grade with a very dense and highly crystalline structure. Compared to conventional extruded or cast nylons, Ertalon® 6 XAU+ PA6 offers superior heat aging performance in air, which allows this material to perform at higher continuous service temperatures. Due to these characteristics, Ertalon® 6 XAU+ PA components are often recommended for bearings and other mechanical parts that are subject to wear, and that are operating for long periods of time at temperatures over 60° C / 140° F.

Nylatron® GS PA66 AE, is a Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) filled nylon that offers outstanding strength and rigidity, as well as a lower coefficient of linear thermal expansion compared to other nylon products. Even with prolonged exposures to high temperature, Nylatron® GS PA66 AE components maintain their fits and clearances, and also have a reduced likelihood to seize as bearings. For these reasons, this grade can be found as bushings, bearings, roller wheels, pulleys, sheaves, wear pads, valve seats, and seals throughout the aerospace industry, as well as in construction and heavy equipment.

Nylatron® NSM PA6 is a solid lubricant-filled, proprietary cast nylon formulation that exhibits superior self-lubricating properties, outstanding friction behavior, maximum wear resistance, and excellent dynamic load-bearing capacities that are up to five times higher than conventional cast nylon grades. As the most wear-resistant thermoplastic available, Nylatron® NSM PA6 components excel in higher velocity, unlubricated moving parts requiring larger geometries. With its exceptional wear resistance and a service life up to 10 times longer than standard nylons, the material is a favored solution for bearings, gears, wear pads, pulleys, sheaves, bushings, valve seats, and seals.

Ertalon® 6 SA Polyamide PA6 FG (Food Grade) exhibits a powerful combination of mechanical strength, stiffness, and toughness, as well as mechanical damping properties and resistance to creep and wear. Beyond its mechanical performance, this food grade nylon possesses excellent electrical insulating properties and outstanding chemical resistance. Due to these properties, and this grade’s FDA (21 CFR § 177.1500) and EU 10/2011 food compliancy, Ertalon® 6SA FG is often specified for screw machined electrical insulators, bushings, bearings, gears, roller wheels, star wheels, and seals

Nylatron® / Ertalon® LFX Polyamide PA6 internally lubricated shapes were specifically formulated for applications involving unlubricated, highly loaded, and slowly moving parts. This grade in particular displays high mechanical strength, stiffness, hardness, and toughness, great sliding properties, high mechanical damping capabilities, and exceptional electrical insulating properties.

Nylatron® 4.6 PA46 / Ertalon® 4.6 PA46 shapes are characterized by their superior heat aging resistance, and ability to retain their outstanding stiffness and creep resistance over a wide range of temperatures. Due to these unique capabilities, Nylatron® 4.6 PA46 / Ertalon® 4.6 PA46 components excel in extreme environments where PA6, PA66, POM, and PET materials typically fall short. Additional application examples include bushings, bearings, gears, pulleys, sheaves, wear pads, valve seats, seals, and conveyor wear components.

Nylatron® WP Polyamide PA6 self-lubricated shapes outperform competing nylon products in wear resistance and load bearing capabilities, and also provide users with an economical solution across a wide range of applications and industries. Developed specifically for wear pad applications, Nylatron® WP PA6 components exhibit excellent wear properties and a high limiting PV, while also offering weight and noise reduction, corrosion resistance, and easy machining. An additional key benefit of this grade in particular is its ability to extend part life and reduce maintenance and associated downtime and costs.

Nylatron® 101 Polyamide PA66 FG / Ertalon® 66 SA Polyamide PA66 FG are unmodified, food grade shapes characterized by their superior combination of strength and toughness. Compared to other unmodified nylons, components from this grade possess superior mechanical strength, stiffness, and wear resistance, as well as one of the highest melting points of all PA66 materials. Due to these properties, and this grade’s FDA (21 CFR § 177.1500) and EU 10/2011 food compliancy, this PA66 material is often specified for screw machined electrical insulators, bushings, bearings, gears, roller wheels, star wheels, and seals.

Nylatron® GSM Blue Polyamide PA6 is a Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) and oil filled nylon that is characterized by its superior frictional characteristics, low coefficient of friction, greater limiting PV, and low “k” factor. Due to these characteristics, this grade excels in high pressure environments and at low speeds, making it ideal for slide pads, thrust washers, and trunnion bearings. Nylatron® GSM Blue PA6 components also excel as bearing and wear parts in a wide range of automated equipment applications. It is dark blue in color.

Nylatron® SA Flame Retardant (FR) Polyamide PA66 shapes were developed to fulfill the requirements of the plastic flammability test, which determines the tendency of the material to either extinguish or spread the flame once the it has been ignited. This test procedure is described in UL94, and this particular Nylatron® grade fulfills the V-0 criteria from a thickness of 1 mm, while also meeting the requirements of EN 45545-2 regulation- a standard specific to railway applications. For these reasons, Nylatron® SA FR PA66 components are often favored solutions for applications within the transportation and railway markets such as, cable holders, clamps, and channels, and connections / sockets.

Ertalon® 6 SA PA6 exhibits a great combination of mechanical strength, stiffness, toughness, mechanical damping properties, as well as creep and wear resistance. In addition to these characteristics, this particular grade possesses excellent electrical insulating properties and outstanding chemical resistance capabilities. For these reasons, Ertalon® 6 SA PA6 is often referred to as a “general purpose” grade for mechanical construction and maintenance applications.

Nylatron® SLG Polyamide PA6 oil-filled shapes were specifically developed for non-lubricated, highly loaded, and slowly moving parts in industrial environments. For applications that require a low coefficient of friction and sliding properties, high mechanical strength and rigidity, and outstanding wear resistance, Nylatron® SLG PA6 components are an ideal solution. Furthermore, when compared to conventional cast nylon grades, Nylatron® SLG PA6 offers lower maintenance costs and a longer service life.

Nylatron® 105 PA66 Black exhibits an ideal balance of strength, toughness, and wear resistance. This versatile, high-performance nylon material offers broad size and shape availability and is commonly used for general purpose bearing and wear components.

Nylatron® GSM Polyamide PA6 shapes contain finely divided particles of Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS₂) to enhance their load bearing capabilities while maintaining the impact resistance inherent to cast nylon products. This grade in particular possesses an ideal combination of strength and toughness, while also exhibiting excellent mechanical and electrical properties. This powerful combination of characteristics makes Nylatron® GSM PA6 an ideal material for use in gears, bearings, sprockets, and sheaves throughout the construction and heavy equipment markets.

This unmodified cast nylon 6 grade exhibits characteristics which come very close to those of Ertalon 66 SA. It combines high mechanical strength, stiffness, and hardness with good resistance to creep, wear, fatigue, and heat aging properties. Additionally, this material also displays good sliding properties and machinability, as well as electrical insulation and resistance to gamma and x-ray radiation.

Nylatron® SLG-FDA Polyamide PA6 oil-filled shapes were specifically developed for non-lubricated, highly loaded, and slowly moving parts in industrial environments. For applications that require a low coefficient of friction and sliding properties, high mechanical strength and rigidity, and outstanding wear resistance, Nylatron® SLG-FDA PA6 components are an ideal solution. Furthermore, when compared to conventional cast nylon grades, Nylatron® SLG-FDAPA6 offers lower maintenance costs and a longer service life.

Nylatrack® PA6 is a heavy-duty track plate material designed to reduce the weight and noise of tracked vehicles such as subsea trenchers (ROVs), excavators, bulldozers, and crawlers. Track plates (also known as track shoes or track pads) made from Nylatrack® weigh up to 80% less than comparable steel plates, leading to a significant reduction in ground pressure and soil compression all while maintaining excellent traction. The nylon 6 material exhibits great resistance to wear, corrosion, and adhesion, making for a long service life with low cleaning effort. In addition to low rates of deformation under load, the flexible material exhibits unique bending behavior that helps to absorb vibrations from the equipment and muffle the noise of the undercarriage. 

Nylatrack® plasticized nylon track plates find successful application on a wide range of on-land and subsea tracked vehicles. More than 25 standard track plate designs are available, with the additional option of customer-specified designs.