Material Information
Power-Core Thermoplastic - The Top Performer in Polyamides
Is dependable performance of critical parts a problem?
Is early wear of important parts raising your maintenance and operating cost?
Enter Power-Core's Domain and leave your wear costs behind.
Power-Core Standsout within the family polyamides (nylons) due to its unique, tension-free, homogeneously crystalline structure, achieved through a unique casting process. This structure allows for Powercore to be among one of only a handful of polyamides that does not absorb moisture even when submerged.
INTECH Power-Core™ (PA12GC) shapes are made from laurinlactam resin and are available in a wide variety of sizes of rods, tubes, rods with cast-in metal cores, and plates. Machined into parts, Power-Core delivers high performance which provides a unique combination of the physical properties of plastics, metal and ceramics, securing Power-Core's Domain among polyamides.
Gear machining cost can be cut significantly with prefabricated, gravity cast, custom shapes.
Rods with cast-in metal cores, are especially preferred in maintenance. Gears machined from this stock can transmit torque previously achieved only with metal gears. The knurled shape of the metal core guarantees a molecular and mechanical bond between metal and PA12GC, allowing the transmission of the full torque found on the keyway, machined into the metal core.
INTECH Power-Core™ non-metallic gears and rollers offer several advantages over metal and other plastic components:
Delrin (POM) - Acetal
- higher torque transmission
- longer life due to lower wear
- Chemical Resistant
- Better material stability (lower inner polymer tension) allows for more precise machining.
- Lower creep
Nylon (PA 6 - PA 6,6 - PA 12 extruded - PA 6,12)
- higher torque transmission
- longer life due to low water absorption
Metal
- weight reduction
- noise reduction
- self-lubricating
- shock absorbent
- non-corrosive
- no need for hardening or grinding
- replaces bronze in worm gear applications
