Nylatron® MC 901 Engineering Plastics

What is mc901 material?

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MC® 901 is a heat stabilized cast nylon offering long-term thermal stability to 260°F. It is blue in color and used in a variety of bearing and structural applications such as wheels, gears and custom parts.

What is the difference between nylon and MC nylon?

MC Nylon is produced using a different method compared to regular nylon. It excels in mechanical strength, wear resistance, heat resistance, chemical properties. Being sensibly lightweight, it's highly valued as a replacement material for metals.

What is the difference between nylon and Nylatron?

Nylatron® is a type of nylon filled with molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which is a synthetic lubricant compound that improves the nylon's ability to handle loads and resist wear without compromising its strength. Nylon MDS is an extruded nylon 6/6 material containing molybdenum disulfide.

Is nylon easy to machine?

Nylon offers ease of machining and tight tolerances due to its inherent strength, toughness and dimensional stability. Machining Nylon isn't too different from machining metals as a result of this; pretend you're machining brass.

What Are The Perks of Nylon?

Nylon is a thermoplastic that is resistant to pH changes caused by thermal changes, as well as solvent-resistance. This is advantageous in industries that deal with petrochemicals, where parts made from fluoropolymers are exposed to gas bursts, oil leaks, or detergents.

Furthermore, nylon (PA) has a high degree of crystallinity, which results in a stronger and more strain-resistant component. Additionally, nylon reduces lubrication needs, dampens sound, and eliminates galling, corrosion, and pilferage.

Nylon Machining Process

Annealing Nylon

Annealing is a heat treatment that reduces the hardness of a material and increases ductility in order to improve its machinability.  In the annealed and stress-relieved state, nylon is less likely to develop surface cracks and internal stresses while being cut.  

Machining Nylon

Due to its strength, toughness and dimensional stability, nylon is easy to machine and offers tight tolerances. Due to these traits, machining nylon is quite similar to machining metals. As with all thermoplastics, nylon will deform if held too tightly, as it yields easily. The nylon part should also be kept cool and well supported. To achieve optimum surface finishes and close tolerances, non-aromatic, air-based coolants are recommended. Coolants have the additional benefit of extending tool life as well, helping to keep production costs low.

Nylon (PA) is a material that may be made into industrial equipment components such as piping and tubing, valves, gears, nozzles, and wear pads, among others. It can also be combined with other materials, helping customers develop new product classes with utility that goes beyond their original applications.

Preventing Contamination

When it comes to machining polymer components for technical industries such as aerospace sciences, contamination is a major concern. For the highest level of sanitation down to the sub-molecular level, it is advised to heat-treat, and machine plastic parts only. As a result, HONY plastic are able to eliminate the risk of metallic contamination in the process.