AGRICULTURE
Do you want longer-lasting parts on your machinery that require less horsepower to run and are so quiet
they don’t bother the animals? Look no further than performance plastics for your agricultural needs.
ADVANTAGES MAY INCLUDE
• Lightweight (easier to handle, store and less expensive
to ship)
APPLICATIONS
• Tanks (water, chemical, fuel)
• Kickplates (interior horse trailer walls, ladder
bases)
• Easier to machine and install
• Corrosion resistant (eliminates rust and special
corrosion coatings)
• Chutes (linings, troughs, pivots)
• Panels (shields, shrouds, side panels, roof
components)
• Pipe (slurry material distribution, watering
systems)
• Feeders (livestock and poultry feed bins,
drinking systems)
• Irrigation (pipe, valves, nozzles, bearings)
• Planting/harvesting (seed boxes, bearings/
bushings, slide pads)
• Covers (cultivator shanks, tanks, hoppers,
storage bins, skid plates)
• Augers (flight facings, linings, drag plates)
• Seals (bucket elevators, bearings, spray
systems, oil/fuel systems)
• Excellent insulating properties
• Excellent strength-to-weight ratios
• Outstanding toughness and impact resistant
• Reduction/elimination of external lubrication possible
• Many materials are recyclable
• Excellent cost-performance ratio
• Improves product flow, less sticking and “carry-back,”
less product damage
• Excellent light transmission
• Various tints available
• Shatter resistant
• Reduced coefficient of friction (especially self-
lubricating grades)
• Reduced or eliminated “stick-slip”
• Reduced wear on mating parts
• Longer wear life
• Fire and UL listed grades available
• UV inhibited grades (reduces premature disposal of
parts)
• Bushings, bearings, cams, gears, tensioners
• Skid plates, plowshares, feeder tubes, wear
strips
• Partitions/skylights (barns, greenhouses,
poultry, bins, dairy farms, sheds, kennels,
workshops, roofing systems)
• Antistatic grades (prevent fires and explosions due to
static discharge)
• Sound-deadening properties reduce need for ear
protection
MATERIALS
• Acetal (POM)
• High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Nylon (PA)
• Polycarbonate (PC)
• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Polyvinylidene Fluoride (CPVC)
• Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
• Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW)
DID YOU KNOW?
Agricultural products are being recycled into
“plastic wood” and numerous other secondary
?
products, keeping those materials out of landfills,
creating demand for recycling plants and making
farms more sustainable.
AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGES OF
PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
Greenhouses
made with
performance
palstics increase
yields by
and extend the growing season,
so farmers can produce more food
on less land.
2x
(source: https://ocj.com/2020/11/agricultural-plastic-in-the-u-s-and-china-a-blessing-or-a-curse/)
Corrugated polycarbonate sheet used in skylight, sidelight and roofing applications (for
example, in greenhouses and barns) can:
allow up to
be less than
the weight
of glass
90%
50%
light transmission
BLOCK
99.9%
of harmful UV radiation
Using this sheet to daylight barns means that there
isn’t a need to provide electricity, reducing the farmers’
carbon footprint.
(source: www.palram.com/us/product/sunsky-polycarbonate-corrugated-sheets/)
Using plastic mulch can increase
yield and water use efficiency by
and allow for farming in areas that would otherwise be too dry
or cold to grow food.
25%
(source: https://ocj.com/2020/11/agricultural-plastic-in-the-u-s-and-china-a-blessing-or-a-curse/)