Click here to buy Nylon.The two main grades of Nylon are Nylon 66 and Nylon 6. This very versatile plastic is one of the most famous engineering plastics and seems to be the standard choice for bearings and other wear resistant componants.

Nylon Rod
Nylon Rod is probably the most popular of all the engineering plastics and is generally available in a size range from as small as 4mm diameter up to and often bigger than 600mm diameter. Nylon Rod is manufactured by either extruding process, or cast process. In general, the cast process has less internal stress. Nylon Rod is also mainly produced in either natural colour or black. Black Nylon Rod can often contain Molybdenum disulphide which can help with self lubrication in obscure areas and also can look aesthetically better in dirty environments. Nylon Rod is often manufactured oversize and can help where tight tolerances are needed. Nylon Rod is very good for machining in both manual and automatic lathes and a huge and varied amount of componants are made from Nylon Rod.

Nylon Sheet
Nylon Sheet is also a very popular engineering plastic and is generally available in a size range from 1mm thick up to 120mm and some manufacturers produce Nylon Sheet even thicker. Sheet sizes are generally produced in 2000 x 1000 and also 300 x 500 but there are a few manufacturers who produce Nylon Sheet at 610mm wide. The most popular grades are Nylon 66 and Nylon 6. Nylon 6 Sheet is the most popular as it has the largest available range of sizes and is also more economical. Nylon 66 Sheet is slightly limited in its size range availability and is more expensive but does have the advantage of being slightly harder and also slightly better at higher temperatures. Oil filled Nylon Sheet is also a very important material as it takes self lubrication and abrasion resistance to a much lower level, this material is green in colour to identify the oil loaded grade. Blue Nylon Sheet is also quite popular as this grade denotes a double annealed process to reduce post machining distortion. Nylon Sheet is often used to produce wear blocks and slideways in all forms of industries.

Typical Advantages of Nylon:
• Excellent wear and abrasion resistance • Easy to machine • Economical