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Wearace™ Acetal

Polyacetal is a versatile engineering material, even for complex components and for high demands on surface quality. It has high strength and rigidity as well as good sliding properties and wear resistance at low moisture absorption. It si suitable for food contact applications in natural form. Its main properties are high stability, high rigidity,high hardness, good impact resistance at low temperatures, low level of moisture absorption and good creep resistance. 

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SHEET & SLAB: Natural & black
Size: 2000 mm x 1000 mm &
3000 mm x 6100 mm
Thickness: 1 mm to 50 mm

ROD: Natural & black
Lengths: 1000 mm & 3000 mm
Diameters: 5 mm to 200 mm
Can be used in general mechanical, automotive, precision, electrical and communication engineering. Typical applications are:
Bushings
Sliding components
Spring components
Gear wheels Electrical insulators Valves and valve bodies
Cam disks Pump components Counter components
Cams and ratchets Casing components General precision bearings
Technical data Standard Unit PA 6 G Oilamid® Calaumid®
612
Calaumid®
1200
PA 6 PA 66 POM PET PET GL
Mechanical properties                      
Density DIN 53 479 g/cm3 1,15 1,14 1,12 1,03 1,14 1,14 1,41 1,38 1,43
Tensile strength
(short duration)
DIN 53 455 MPa 80 80 80 60 70 85 65 80 75
Modulus of elasticity
in flexure
(short duration)
DIN 53 457 MPa 3.400 2.800 2.800 2.200 2.500 2.900 2.900 2.600 -
Modulus of elasticity
in tension
(short duration)
DIN 53 457 MPa 3.100 2.500 2.300 2.400 2.700 3.000 3.000 3.000 2.200
Bending strength DIN 53 452 MPa 140 135 135 90 130 135 115 125 -
Impact strength DIN 53 453 kJ/m2 n.B. n.B n.B. n. B. n.B. n. B. n. B. n. B. 30
Notch impact strength DIN 53 453 kJ/m2 > 4 > 5 >12 >15 >3 >3 >10 >4 2
Ball indention
hardness H358/30
DIN 53 456 MPa 160 140 140 100 160 170 150 140 -
Sliding friction
coefficient (dry run) 1)
- - 0,36 0,18 0,36 0,40 0,38 0,35 0,32 0,25 0,2
Thermal properties                      
Melting temperature - °C + 220 + 220 195 190 + 218 + 265 + 178 + 255 + 255
Coefficient of linear
expansion 2)
DIN VDE 0304 10-5 . K-1 7 - 8 7 - 8 7-8 10-11 8-9 9-10 9-10 7-8 7-8
Service temperature
range 3)
- °C -40 to
+105
-40 to
+105
-40 to
+105
-60 to
+110
-60 to
+100
-30 to
+100
-30 to
+100
-20 to
+100
-20 to
+110
Max. Service
temperature range 4)
- °C + 170 + 160 + 160 + 150 + 140 + 150 + 140 + 160 + 160
Thermal conductivity DIN 52 612 W/(K.m) 0,23 0,23 0,23 0,23 0,23 0,23 0,31 0,24 0,23
Water absorption                      
Moisture absorption 5)
(maximum)
DIN 53 715 % 2,2 1,8 1,9 0,9 3,0 2,5 0,2 0,25 0,2
Moisture absorption 6)
(saturated)
DIN 53 495 % 6,5 5,5 5,8 1,4 10,0 9,0 0,8 0,5 0,4

1) against steel, hardened and ground
P = 0.05 MPa,
V = 0.6 m/sec
t = 40 °C near sliding surface
2) for the temperature range from + 23°C to + 60°C
3) Empirical values with finished components without load in air, depending on type and form of heat application, long term (= months)
4) Empirical values with finished components without load in air, depending on type and form of heat application, short term (= max. 1 h)
5) In normal ambient conditions 23 °C / 50 % RH
6) In water
1 MPa = 1 N/mm2
n. b. = non breaking

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