Nylon - 6.0 - Poliamida 6

Chemical Designation: Polyamide 6

DIN Abbreviation: PA 6

Colour, Filler: opaque

Stock Availability: Standard length 3 metres, also cut to size

Rod 4 - 300 mm dia

Plate 1 - 100 mm thick

Tube 20 - 300 mm OD

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Finished parts, machined or injection moulded

  Nylon 6.0 is a semicrystalline engineering thermoplastic with high toughness for varied applications.

Main characteristics: very tough rigid

good sliding properties electrically insulating

very abrasion resistant easily machined

resistant to many oils, greases, easily welded and bonded

diesels, petrol, cleaning agents,...

  • Preferred Fields: Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, transport and conveyor technology, textile, packaging and paper processing machinery, printing and drinks dispensing machinery, household articles, electrical engineering, building machinery, agricultural machinery
  • Applications: gear wheels friction bearings

    friction strips conveyor screws

    bushes, spindle nuts cam discs

    piston guides rope pulleys

    castors plug parts

    impact plates damping plates

        Nylon 6.0 - Poliamida 6

        The following information corresponds with our current knowledge and indicates our products and possible applications. We cannot give a legally binding guarantee of certain properties or the suitability for a specific application. Existing commercial patents must be observed. A definitive quality guarantee is given in our general conditions of sales. Unless otherwise stated, these values represent averages taken from injection moulding samples. We reserve the right of technical alterations.

    Properties Unit Test Method DIN ASTM Dry Wet *
    Mechanical        
    Density g/cm³ 53 479 1.14  
    Tensile strength at yield MPa 53 455 85 60
    Tensile strength at break MPa 53 455    
    Elongation at break % 53 455 70 200
    Modulus of elasticity in tension MPa 53 457 3200 1800
    Modulus of elasticity in flexure MPa 53 457    
    Ball indentation hardness MPa 53 456 160 70
    Impact strength
    (Charpy)
    kJ/m2 53 453 no. br.  
    Creep rupture strength after
    100o hrs with static load
    MPa   45  
    Time yield for 1%
    elongation after 1000 hrs.
    MPa   4.5  
    Coefficient of friction against
    hardened and ground steel
    p = 0,05 N/mm², v = 0,6 m/s
    -   0.38 -
    0.45
     
    Wear
    conditions as above
    µm/Km   0.23  
    Thermal        
    Crystalline melting point °C 53 736 220  
    Glass transition temperature °C 53 736 40 5
    Heat distortion temperature
    Method A
    Method B

    °C
    °C

    ISO 75
    ISO 75

    75
    190
     
    Properties Unit Test Method DIN ASTM Dry Wet *
    Thermal        
    Max. service temperature
    short term
    long term

    °C
    °C
     
    160
    100


    Coefficient of thermal
    conductivity
    W/(m . K)   0.23  
    Specific heat J/(g . K)   1.7  
    Coefficient of thermal expansion 10-5/K   7  
    Electrical        
    Dielectric constant at 105 Hz   53 483 3.7 7
    Dielectric loss factor 105 Hz   53 483 0.031 0.3
    Specific volume resistance W . cm 53 482 1015 1012
    Surface resistance W 53 482 1013 1010
    Dielectric strength 1 mm kV/mm 53 481 50 20
    Tracking resistance   53 480 CTI 600 CTI 600
    Miscellaneous        
    Moisture absorption:
    Equilibrium in standard atmosphere (23 °C / 50 % relative humidity)
    % 53 714 3
    Water absorption at saturation at 23 °C % 53 495 9.5
    Resistance to hot water,
    washing soda
        limited resistant
    Flammability   UL 94 HB
    Resistance to weathering     not resistant

    * after storage in a standard 23/50 atmosphere (DIN 50 014) to equilibrium.

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