Nylon

Nylon is used in a wide range of parts and components including:

• Consumer products – footwear, clothing, toothbrush bristles, pantyhose, windbreakers, windpants, hair combs
• Recreation - musical instrument strings, tennis racket strings, climbing rope, climbing slings, fishing line, basketball netting, rope
• Industrial – bearings, gears, flexible tubing, bushings, pulley components, washers
• Medical – sutures
• Automotive – gas tanks, intake manifolds, seat belts, tire cords, fuel system parts
• Military applications – parachutes
• Electronics – electrical insulators, electronic components
• Nylon thermoplastic products have many advantages:

 

• Excellent machining characteristics
• Resistant to abrasion
• High impact resistance
• Tough material
• Extremely low coefficient of friction
• Good ultraviolet (UV) resistance
• Highly resistant to chemicals, mildew, molds, fungi, insects
• Very durable
• Melts instead of burns