SUSTAMID® Nylon Type 66 is made from a highly viscous polymer that offers outstanding strength and tenacious properties over a wider temperature range and is also resistant to most chemicals and corrosive media.

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SUSTAMID® Nylon Type 66 is preferred for automatic lathe and repetition work.

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Proven Industry Performer

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Mechanical Engineering, Offshore, Electrical, Electronics, Vehicle Construction / Automotive Industries: Cars, Trucks, Forklifts, Conveying, Heavy Crane Industry, Repetition Machining, Heavy Haulage, Dairy Industry, Meat Works, Food Processing, Bottling

 

Applications

• Friction Bearings, Gears

• Slider Plates

• High-Pressure Guide Rails

• Wheels

• Rollers

• Electrical Insulators

• Pump Bearings

    

Properties

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• Highest stiffness and hardness within the non-reinforced polyamides group

• Highest creep resistance within the non-reinforced polyamides group

• Low impact strength and mechanical damping

• Excellent service temperature range of -30°C to 95°C with short-term peak excursions to 170°C

• Good long term behaviour to heat ageing

• High resistance to oils, greases, aliphatic / aromatic and most halogenated hydrocarbons

• Not resistant to strong acids

• Excellent dimensional stability

• Less impact resistance than type 6

• Excellent sliding properties

• Low deformation under load and compression

• High wear resistance

• Good bearing properties

• Excellent electrical insulating properties

• EC & FDA approved for food applications