Polyoxymethylene (POM)
Product Features
Advantages
● High mechanical strength and rigidity;
● Highest fatigue strength;
● Good environmental resistance and resistance to organic solvents;
● Strong resistance to repeated impacts;
● Wide temperature range (-40℃~120℃);
● Good electrical properties;
● Good resilience;
● Self-lubricating, good wear resistance;
● Excellent size stability.
Disadvantages
Corrosive to strong acids, poor weather resistance, poor adhesion, thermal decomposition and softening temperature are close, low oxygen index.
Product Applications
◆ Widely used in the manufacture of various sliding and rotating mechanical parts, making various gears, levers, pulleys, sprockets, especially suitable for making bearings, hot water valves, precision metering valves, conveyor chain rings and rollers, flow meters, internal and external handles of automobiles, crank mechanisms for windows, oil pump bearing seats and impeller gas switch valves, electronic switch parts, fasteners, terminal mirror covers, electric fan parts, heating plates, instrument knobs; bearings for audio and video tapes; various pipelines and agricultural irrigation systems as well as valves, nozzles, faucets, and bath tub parts; switch panels, buttons, audio and video tape spools; temperature control timers; power tools, garden maintenance tool parts; also can be used as parts for surfboards, sailboats, and various sleds, miniature gears for watches, frame accessories for sports equipment, and various buckles, fasteners, lighters, zippers, and hooks for backpacks; cardiac pacemakers in medical devices; artificial heart valves, vertebrae, prosthetics, etc.
◆ Used in chemical synthesis in the chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, and in the synthesis using anhydrous formaldehyde as a raw material.
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