When looking for the perfect material for electrical insulators, non-lube bearings, sockets, rotors, and many other industrious applications, you want something that’s durable yet flexible. Preferred materials should share properties from both polyimides and polyamides: high-strength, chemical resistance, and heat resistance. So which plastic is best for your needs? Chemically Torlon® plastic!
Chemically Torlon® plastic is in the family of polyamide-imide (PAI) developed by Amoco chemicals and produced by Polymer Corporation. Polyamide-imide materials exhibit high impact strength, good chemical resistance, superior electrical insulation, excellent radiation, and high-temperature resistance.
Torlon® is a high-performance amorphous (non-crystalline) engineering thermoplastic. Its polyamide-imide properties make it the highest performing melt processable plastic. It has superior resistance to elevated temperatures. It is capable of performing under severe stress conditions at continuous temperatures to 500°F (260°C).
It comes in three Torlon grades: electrical, bearing, and glass-reinforced. Machining Torlon plastic stock shapes results in greater compressive strength and higher impact resistance than most advanced engineering materials. Torlon machining is easy and efficient. We recommend a band-sawing method for cutting Torlon shapes. You can also turn, drill, thread, and mill this material and apply it for your business’s CNC needs.
Most impressively, Torlon® is a more economically sound investment over other materials, such as Vespel® and Mica-filled PTFE! So if your business needs the very best materials for CNC machining and general fabrication, trust in the durability and performance of chemically Torlon® plastic! You can easily request a quote for our custom Torlon plastic fabrication services today.
View the Torlon® Material Properties Chart
Torlon Material Highlights:
- Exceptional toughness
- Greater compressive strength
- Higher impact resistance
- Exceptional dimensional stability
- Superior resistance to high temperature
- Good chemical resistance
Torlon Plastic Applications:
- Electrical Insulators
- Terminal strips
- Non-lube bearings
- Seals
- Compressor parts
- Sockets
- Bearing cages
- Gears
- Valves
- Impellers
- Rotors
