About TECATRON® Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)

TECATRON® Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)

Ensinger has over twenty different grades of TECATRON PPS available. Custom formulations can be blended to suit your application. Compression molding is amenable to short run production and yields products which are homogenous with exceedingly low process stress. Physical properties will be based on the compound recipe. Tested lot material available, please check with the Ensinger sales team for information.

PPS material (chemically known as polyphenylen sulfide) is manufactured by Ensinger in standard stock shapes for machining in the form of sheet, rod and tube. PPS plastic is a semi crystalline, high temperature thermoplastic polymer. Due to its structure, PPS is a very chemically resistant polymer with very good mechanical strength, even at temperatures above 392°F. In addition to its low water absorption, PPS polymer also has good dimensional stability and excellent electrical properties. PPS thermoplastic is chemically very stable, even at high temperatures. In the marketplace, PPS suppliers offer polyphenylen sulfide resin in PPS reinforced grades, such as PPS GF40 (40% glass fiber reinforced). On the stock shape side, there are different modifications available from unfilled, to specialty grades.

PPS plastics offer:

High purity characteristics

High crystallinity

Good electrical insulation

High mechanical strength

Excellent high temperature resistance

Very high chemical resistance

Creep resistance

Dimensional stability over wide variations of temperature and moisture levels

Typical Applications

Fuel Injectors

Manifolds

Pumps

Pistons

Gears

V-Packing gaskets

Bearings

TYPICAL PPS APPLICATIONS

Electronic industry: Connectors, contact rails, heat shields, contact pressure discs and special types for semicon production

Automotive industry: "under the hood", fuel and brake systems

Medical industry: Parts for surgical instruments

Mechanical engineering: Compressor and pump-parts, gears, valves, slide bearings, chain guides and base plates

Chemical industry: Valves, taps, bushings, pumps, nozzles, tubes and rollers

TECATRON® Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) Series