From saw tables and chipper spouts to conveyor flights and pulp bale press slides, performance plastics outperform metal across every stage of lumber and paper processing — self-lubricating, shock-absorbing, corrosion-resistant, and dramatically lighter than steel.
Applications
- Lumber industry — saw tables, liners, hose wrap/saddles, bushing, bearings, rollers, sprockets, chain guides, safety windows, flange caps, wear rails, saw guides
- Saw mills and planer mills — tipple gates, chain channel inserts, wear plates/strips, bearings/blocks, sound dampeners, chipper spouts, drop grate arms, conveyor flights, hooks, slider blocks, diverter arms, chain caps, chip screens
- Pulp and paper industry — bearings, bushings, conveyor parts, sprockets, liners, seals and rings, deflector blades, forming boards, pulp bale press slides and protectors, paper wedges
- Protects hoses, wires and cables from rubbing, crushing and kinking
Advantages May Include
- Cost efficient
- UV and weather resistant
- Reduced noise and vibration
- Self-lubricating
- Wide temperature resistant range
- Easy to install and replace
- Faster flow over screens
- Fewer hang-ups
- Lightweight
- Low coefficient of friction
- Lighter than steel; outlasts rubber
- Requires less power to operate
- Handles pressure and friction well
- Impact and abrasion resistant
- Minimizes product damage
- Shock absorbing
- Extends equipment life
- Corrosion resistance to corrosion, rotting, rusting
Materials
- Acetal (POM)
- Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
- Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
- High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
- Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
- Nylon/Cast Nylon (PA)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyurethane (PU/PUR)
- Polyethyleneterpthalate (PET)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Thermoset Polyesters and Phenolics
- Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE)
Sustainability Advantages of Performance Plastics
Cast nylon requires approximately 75% less lubrication and has a longer chain life than other materials when used in chain beds and liners in sawmills — cutting maintenance time, costs and lubricant waste.
Plastics outwear materials such as bronze and Babbitt by 2–4x in applications such as wear guides, bushings, sprockets and more — improving productivity and reducing costly downtime across sawmill operations.
Sprockets made from performance plastics are up to 50% lighter and significantly quieter than comparable steel sprockets — reducing machine noise levels and energy consumption in sawmill environments.
Structural plastic lumber has diverted an enormous volume of plastic from landfills and oceans through railway infrastructure alone.
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