Nylon Cast
Chemical Designation: Polyamide 6
DIN Abbreviation: PA 6 G (cast)
Colour, Filler: Opaque/yellowish or blue
Stock Availability: Standard lengths 1 or 2 metres. Tube up to 3.5 metres long
also cut to size
Rod 50 – 70 mm dia
Plate 10 – 160 mm thick
Tube 60 – 710 mm OD
Finished parts, machined or injection moulded
Nylon Fundido Tecast T is a semicrystalline cast nylon with good machinability and universal applications.
Main characteristics: very good machinability tough and strong
good sliding properties good vibration damping
even in dry running conditions electrically insulating
abrasion resistant
resistant to many oils
creases, diesel, petrol, …
- Preferred Fields: Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, transport and conveyor technology, gears, couplings and engine construction, textile, packaging and paper processing machinery, machine parts, agricultural machinery, printing machinery
Applications: diverse machine parts slide bearings
slide rails gears
castors wiper blades
pulleys chain wheels
calender rolls chain guides
Nylon Fundido – Tecast T
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 | 1.15 | |||
| Tensile strength at yield | MPa | 53 455 | 85 | 60 | ||
| Tensile strength at break | MPa | 53 455 | ||||
| Elongation at break | % | 53 455 | 3 | 50 | ||
| Modulus of elasticity in tension | MPa | 53 457 | 3300 | 1700 | ||
| Modulus of elasticity in flexure | MPa | 53 457 | ||||
| Ball indentation hardness | MPa | 53 456 | 160 | 90 | ||
| Impact strength (Charpy) |
kJ/m² | 53 453 | no. br. | |||
| Creep rupture strength after 100o hrs with static load |
MPa | 50 | ||||
| Time yield for 1% elongation after 1000 hrs. |
MPa | 5 | ||||
| Coefficient of friction against hardened and ground steel p = 0,05 N/mm², v = 0,6 m/s |
– | 0.4 | ||||
| Wear conditions as above |
µm/km | |||||
| Thermal | ||||||
| Crystalline melting point | °C | 53 736 | 220 | |||
| Glass transition temperature | °C | 53 736 | 40 | 5 | ||
| Heat deformation Method A Method B |
°C °C |
ISO 75 ISO 75 |
95 195 |
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| Properties | Unit | Test Method DIN ASTM | Dry | Wet * | ||
| Thermal | ||||||
| Max. Working temperature. short term. long term |
°C °C |
180 100 |
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| Coefficient of thermal conductivity |
W/(m . K) | 0.24 | ||||
| Specific heat | J/(g . K) | 1.7 | ||||
| Coefficient of thermal expansion | 10-5/K | 5 – 6 | ||||
| Electrical | ||||||
| Dielectric constant at 105 Hz | 53 483 | 3.7 | ||||
| Dielectric loss factor 105 Hz | 53 483 | 0.03 | 0.3 | |||
| Specific volume resistance | W . cm | 53 482 | 5 x 1014 | 1012 | ||
| Surface resistance | W | 53 482 | 5 x 1012 | |||
| Dielectric strength 1 mm | kV/mm | 53 481 | 50 | |||
| Tracking resistance | 53 480 | KA 3c | KA 3b | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Moisture absorption: Equillibrum in standard atmosphere (23 °C / 50 % relative humidity) |
% | 53 714 | 2.5 | |||
| Water absorption at saturation at 23 °C | % | 53 495 | 6 – 7 | |||
| 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.
