Engineering Plastic
Engineering plastics are a group of plastic materials that exhibit superior mechanical and thermal properties in a wide range of conditions over and above more commonly used commodity plastics. The term usually refers to thermoplastic materials rather than thermosetting ones. Engineering plastics are used for parts rather than containers and packaging.
Examples of engineering plastics include:
- Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)
- Nylon 6
- Nylon 6-6
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE / Teflon)
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
- Polycarbonates (PC)
- Polyamides (PA)
- Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polyphenylene oxide (PPO)
- Polysulphone (PSU)
- Polyetherketone (PEK)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyimides
- Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
- Polyoxymethylene plastic (POM / Acetal)
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