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Plastic Design
Engineering thermoplastics can add value in a wide variety of applications, often replacing metal or other higher cost, higher weight materials. Some of the benefits provided by plastics:
- Reduce cost
- Lower weight
- Improve producibility
- Eliminate corrosion
- Insulate thermally and/or electrically
- Reduce noise
- Improve wear performance
Tri-Mack works with many different standard and custom compounds which can be tailored to meet the requirements of your application. Some of the more common fillers:
- Glass fibers – improved physical properties
- Carbon fibers – dimensional stability and thermal/electrical conductivity
- PTFE – enhanced wear resistance
- Graphite – enhanced wear resistance and dimensional stability
- Mica – reduced shrinkage
Tri-Mack provides its customers with full producibility and design support. These are simple design rules that can help to make your project a success:
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Consistent wall thickness
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Thick to thin
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No sharp corners
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No undercuts
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Use metal inserts
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Draft is required for molded parts
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Tolerance the part like plastic, not metal
Please contact us for additional information. You can rely on Tri-Mack's expertise to guide you from design to production.