Impact-resistant composite crane plate pad

Composite crane plate pad performance

UHMWPE’s ultra-high molecular weight gives it excellent performance, and it is a moderately priced, high-performance thermoplastic engineering plastic. It almost concentrates the advantages of various plastics. It has unmatched wear resistance and impact resistance of ordinary polyethylene and other engineering plastics , Self-lubricating, corrosion resistance, impact energy absorption, low temperature resistance, hygienic and non-toxic, not easy to adhere, not easy to absorb water, low density and other comprehensive properties.

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Wear-resistant composite crane plate pad

UHMWPE’s wear resistance ranks first in plastics and exceeds some metals. Compared with other engineering plastics, UHMWPE’s mortar wear index is only 1/5 of PA66, 1/10 of HEPE and PVC; 1/7 of carbon steel, 1/27 of brass. Such high abrasion resistance makes it difficult to test the degree of abrasion resistance by the general plastic abrasion test method, so a mortar abrasion test device was specially designed. UHMWPE wear resistance is proportional to molecular weight, the higher the molecular weight, the better the wear resistance.

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Impact-resistant composite crane plate pad

The impact strength of UHMWPE is among the best among all engineering plastics. Compared with the impact strength of other engineering plastics, the impact strength of UHMWPE is about twice that of impact-resistant PC, 5 times that of ABS, and more than 10 times that of POM and PBTP. Importantly, it can also maintain excellent impact strength in liquid nitrogen (-195 ° C), a characteristic that other plastics do not have. In addition, it has higher surface hardness after repeated impacts.

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