Low moisture absorption
High strength, stiffness
Easy to machine
No centerline porosity in Acetron® GP
Many formulation options: Copolymer, Homopolymer, PTFE filled, and Internally lubricated/enhanced wear grade
Acetal provides high strength and stiffness coupled with enhanced dimensional stability and ease of machining. As a semi-crystalline material, acetal is also characterized by a low coefficient of friction and good wear properties -- especially in wet environments.
Because acetal absorbs minimal amounts of moisture, its physical properties remain constant in a variety of environments. Low moisture absorption results in excellent dimensional stability for close-tolerance machined parts. In high moisture or submerged applications, acetal bearings outperform nylon 4 to 1. Acetal is ideally suited for close tolerance mechanical parts and electrical insulators which require strength and stiffness. It also offers resistance to a wide range of chemicals including many solvents.
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials offers both homopolymer and copolymer grades of acetal including enhanced bearing grade materials. Acetron® GP POM-C is produced without centerline porosity in accordance with industry standards and offered as our standard general purpose grade. For slightly higher mechanical properties, we offer a broad size range of the homopolymer acetal (Delrin®) products. For improved frictional properties PTFE-enhanced Delrin AF products are available.
Acetron® Food Grade Blue 50 POM-C is compliant in both Europe and North America, which is one of the key competitive advantages that it offers to the Food Processing industry. For companies that are exporting, this is critical as they will now only need one material to meet the demands and requirements of both EU and NA. Blue in color for visual detection, increased food product safety, and proactive contamination prevention, Acetron® Food Grade Blue 50 POM-C is the most recent addition to Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials' Dual Compliant offerings (FDA and EU Food Grade).
Product Details:
Blue in color for visual detection, increased food product safety, and proactive contamination prevention.
FDA and EU Food Grade Compliant.
High dimensional stability and wear-resistance.
Possesses the same chemical resistance characteristics as other POM materials.
Exceptional bearing performance in wet and dry environments.
Applications:
Rollers
Dosing Valves
Gears
Knife Guides
Scrapers
Acetron® GP is Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials's general purpose copolymer acetal and is the only porosity-free acetal product available today. Investments in process technology by Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials now provide the performance and machinability of acetal without center core porosity. Our in-line photometric quality procedure assures every plate and rod is porosity-free as measured by Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials's dye penetrant test making it the preferred acetal for food contact and medical applications. Acetron® GP natural is FDA, USDA, NSF, Canada AG and 3A-Dairy compliant.
This copolymer acetal grade, containing a metal detectable additive, has been specifically tailored for use in the food processing and packaging industries where it can easily be traced by the conventional metal detection systems installed to detect contamination of the foodstuffs (results may vary depending on the sensitivity of the metal detection system used). Acetron MD presents good mechanical strength, stiffness and impact strength, and it also features a food contact compliant composition.
Product Details:
Food contact compliant according to FDA, and EU Directive 2002/72 EC
Continuous use temperature up to 105 °C (221 °F)
Metal and visual detection by blue color; metal detection level for particles 3mm x 3mm x 3mm
Detection by x-ray also possible
High dimensional stability
Applications:
Funnels
Gears
Guiders
Gripers
Gripers
Acetron POM-H Delrin isa homopolymer acetal, that is manufactured and stocked in rod and plate. It offers slightly higher mechanical properties than Acetron® GP Acetal, but may contain a low-density center, especially in larger cross-sections. Copolymer acetal also offers better chemical resistance than homopolymer acetal. Delrin is ideal for small diameter, thin-walled bushings that benefit from the additional strength and rigidity of homopolymer acetal.
Delrin AF Blend is a unique thermoplastic material for use in moving parts in which low friction and long wear life are important. It is a combination of PTFE fibers uniformly dispersed in Delrin acetal resin. This combination offers better wear characteristics than unfilled Delrin.
Delrin AF Blend, supplied as a 2:1 blend of Delrin AF100 and Delrin 150 resins, has excellent sliding/friction properties. Bearings made of Delrin AF Blend can operate at higher speeds while exhibiting reduced wear. These bearings are also essentially free of slip-stick behavior because the static and dynamic coefficient of friction are closer than with most plastics.
Delrin AF Blend retains 90% of the strength that is inherent in unmodified Delrin acetal. Some properties are changed due to the addition of the softer PTFE fiber. The natural color of Delrin AF Blend is dark brown.
Unblended Delrin AF, offers a slightly higher limiting PV and lower coefficient of friction due to additional PTFE content. This added PTFE typically decreases the wear capability and impact strength. Delrin AF 100 is available on a custom basis.
Ertacetal® C ELS is Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials's copolymer conductive acetal grade. This grade is specifically developed for the use in applications where the characteristics of POM C are required, but with the added benefit of good electrical conductivity, such as in electrical applications and explosion sensitive areas; for ATEX cases, the conductivity shall be<109 Ohm (surface resistivity measurement).
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials has developed this specific laser-writable Ertacetal® product since the standard POM-C natural grade does not show markings with common laser technologies (e.g. IR-YAG, UV-YAG). Instead, the surface of standard POM-C just experiences burning but no visible dark marking.
The new product shows identical physical properties and machinability as Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials’s standard Ertacetal® C natural [POM-C] product and is available in a bright-white, less transparent colour. Ertacetal® C LQ POM-C is processed by extrusion technology.
It is available in the form of plates in dimension of 10 – 60 x 610 x 3000 mm.
Stock items are available in the form of sheets in 20 and 25 mm thickness.