Utilizing lightweight, castable polyurethane rollers, wheels, bumpers and other custom urethane parts for material handling systems does not just guarantee lower tooling costs it also provides excellent wear resulting in reduced downtime for repairs and reduced maintenance costs. With lightweight,
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Elevator Industry cast urethane components   Product engineers in the elevator industry prefer the use of urethane for the production of elevator and escalator wheel, tires and treads. Over the years, urethane has exhibited excellent load-bearing and shock-absorbing qualities which
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The wheels of a Skateboard are usually made up of solid cast urethane with very high density that allows for exceptional resistance to wear, chemicals and abrasion, etc. The wheels can come in a variety of hardness depending on your
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Urethane molded parts made for the power tool industry such as saw blade clamps and jackhammer handle grips are the absolute best tool for tough applications. Urethane provides your power tool with the extra grip and excellent vibration dampening qualities;
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Utilizing urethane parts for industrial cleaning equipment has proven to help reduce the frequency and duration of cleaning steps and ultimately improve the quality of finished products.   Custom-molded urethane wheels are preferred over the plastic ones on a popular
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Industrial grade urethane pipe rollers can withstand abrasive and corrosive slurries in suction. Our premium polyurethane formulations are highly resilient, have a nonsparking surface, exhibit excellent chemical resistance and offer good weatherability qualities, which are all important features required in
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Urethane Wheels vs Rubber Wheels is one interesting topic that has generated debate over the years. While it is true that they can both be used for a variety applications both in indoor and outdoor environments, urethane wheels do hold
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The Polyurethane castors and the Rubber castors are commonly used in the material handling industry and are often found in about 80% of all industrial applications.     Both types of cast wheels are used interchangeably; however, there are differences
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Plan Tech's engineers have experience developing creative and innovative solutions for the Bowling industry. Over the years these skilled technicians have implemented many successful applications with all types of bowling machinery urethane parts used in pin-setting and ball return equipment.
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To meet the demands and challenges needed to increase productivity and service life of the corrugated box industries machinery polyurethane is utilized. Since urethane has a high sustainable lifespan and is resistant to impact, abrasion, corrosion and tearing, this will help
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Urethane offers excellent wear characteristics as well as resistance to chemicals, abrasion, and corrosion which has rendered it an asset to the robotics manufacturing industry. The robotics industry utilizing urethane parts take advantage of its extreme vibration dampening ability, it's
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- A - Abraded: Worn away by friction. Abrasion: Wear due to friction. Abrasion Test: Determination of the rate of wearing away by friction. Abrasion Tester: A machine for determining relative abrasion resistance. Accelerated Aging: Intensive exposure to operating conditions to
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Over the years urethane has evolved into various forms and industries, it has become a major part of our everyday life. From airplane wings to resins, foams and even paints, it has found its way into numerous fields and applications.
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Polyurethane is so important that it has constituted a significant part of our day to day life. Look around, and you will notice that “they” are applied in so many ways in almost all the available industries or fields from
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Benefits of Urethane Gaskets vs Rubber   Does your company utilize gaskets in your manufacturing process? Would you like to take the quality of your gaskets to a whole new performance level?     Well, you can find the solution
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First off, what are robot wheels? These are wheels built in customized designs by robotics engineers. These wheels are made to function at a high-level performance. So extreme weather conditions do not deter their functionality. Applying Urethane materials in the manufacture
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Urethane Advantages vs Silicone - Nylon and UHMW Gone are the days when cost was the only factor taken into consideration in industrial applications, the latest trend is that - companies are extra cautious to ensure they are not spending
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When was the urethane wheel invented?   The urethane wheel was first invented in the 1970s through the innovativeness of Frank Nasworthy. Urethane wheels which have turned into an internationally recognized product today were the result of an idea that
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The Process of Designing Cast Urethane Parts   No doubt cast urethane parts are of high-performance quality, but just how are these designed?   What is applicable in the designing process of cast urethane parts that make them so unique?
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Molded polyurethane parts are designed by our engineers from our in-house machine shop from an AutoCAD. We apply different molding design operations utilizing compression molding and rotational force for the manufacture of our molded polyurethane parts. Opencast molds are the most common
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