--- title: Plastic Engineering Blog | Intech Power-Core | Self-lubricating description: Self-lubricating | Intech Thermoplastics Design and Engineering Blog outlines Plastic gear and Plastic roller design and applications for engineers looking to replace metal or improve plastic components --- 250 Herbert Avenue Closter, New Jersey 07624 U.S.A. 1-877-218-2650 [![intech.power.logo.Power of knowledge.](https://www.intechpower.com/hs-fs/hubfs/intech.power.logo.Power%20of%20knowledge..jpg?length=300&name=intech.power.logo.Power%20of%20knowledge..jpg "intech.power.logo.Power of knowledge.") ](https://www.intechpower.com/) [![Browse Our Products](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/62516/08b25f71-daf5-4226-916d-2693bd171a1d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/62516/08b25f71-daf5-4226-916d-2693bd171a1d) [![Browse Our Products](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/62516/08b25f71-daf5-4226-916d-2693bd171a1d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/62516/08b25f71-daf5-4226-916d-2693bd171a1d) # Self-lubricating [Belvac 595](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/belvac-595) ** 3 minute read | February 25, 2013 ## [Actuator Redesign For High-Speed Belvac 795 Can Making Machine](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/113583/Actuator-Redesign-For-High-Speed-Belvac-795-Can-Making-Machine) Though the necker on a can making line performs a very specialized task, the mechanical subsystems found on this machine... [Power-Core](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/power-core) ** 4 minute read | January 7, 2013 ## [Powercore Offers Unique Balance Of Properties](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/111680/Powercore-Offers-Unique-Balance-Of-Properties) From cheap plastics to the world’s most expensive composites, many types of polymers have been machined, molded or cast into... [cam followers](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/cam-followers) ** 5 minute read | September 10, 2012 ## [How to avoid design compromises when the equipment function calls for cam followers](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/109144/How-to-avoid-design-compromises-when-the-equipment-function-calls-for-cam-followers) How to avoid design compromises when the equipment function calls for cam followers Engineering design is an art of... [cam follower](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/cam-follower) | February 2, 2012 ## [Introducing Intech Non-lubricated Linear Slides](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/101768/Introducing-Intech-Non-lubricated-Linear-Slides) Below is the first look at our newest product: A non-lubricated linear Slide. [cam follower](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/cam-follower) | August 27, 2010 ## [Cam Followers for RT Light Testers in Can Making Production Line](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/29114/Cam-Followers-for-RT-Light-Testers-in-Can-Making-Production-Line) In a high speed can making production line, light inspection is required to find pin holes and split flanges after the... [maintenance](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/maintenance) | August 10, 2010 ## [Drive sprocket for Escalator handrail extends maintenance intervals](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/47787/Drive-sprocket-for-Escalator-handrail-extends-maintenance-intervals) “Shut down for maintenance, use the stairs please.” We have grown accustomed to signs like these in public places like... [Power-Core](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/topic/power-core) ** 2 minute read | February 2, 2010 ## [High speed rotating face cams machined from Power-Core™ outlast steel](https://www.intechpower.com/blog-old/bid/48142/High-speed-rotating-face-cams-machined-from-Power-Core-outlast-steel) Exact steerage requires dimensionally stable cam tracks with narrow tolerances. Our cams are precision machined from solid... 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