Applications of fluoroplastic are used in a wide range of fields in many industries. From aerospace to medical, from food processing machines to electrical wiring, one can see the use of fluoroplastic in different ways. Its high functional qualities allows one to manufacture and fabricate into a vast variety of shapes and sizes to accommodate the needs to achieve a greater goal in assembly.
With this in mind, the creativity of fluoroplastic is in your hand to create and to success.
Mechanical Applications
It is essential to keep textile machinery bearings free of grease and oil, and PTFE materials are best suited. The oil-free and self-lubricating feature makes it difficult to soil threads or fabrics. They are ideal bearings, washers, connectors, and other parts for conveyor rollers that are exposed to solvent and chemical environments.
PTFE bearings are also used in automobile clutch levers, carburetors, throttle shafts, and many different industrial aspects.
Chemical Applications
Fluorocarbon polymers were first used to make gaskets and diaphragms. Now the application has extended to piping, wire-braided hose, flexible joints, elbows, and many others. They are also widely used for the main body and parts of pumps and valves, measuring instruments, and anti-corrosion linings for reactors.
Non-Stick Applications
PTFE has a smaller critical surface tension than any other plastic and has excellent water and oil repellency. They can be coated onto pans and pots or used as roller in printing applications
Food Processing Industries
PTFE, which is characterized by its non-cohesiveness, is a valuable material for the food processing industries where stickly materials, such as flour, cream, candy, eggs, etc., are treated.
PTFE is used for kneading and press rollers, cookie molds and sheets, shafts, conveyors, guide plates, Ｍhoppers chutes, and many more etc.
Guide Rails
PTFE is used to make guide rails because of its high lubricity. They are used to smoothly transport containers and packing materials in food processing, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries.
Electrical Applications
PTFE possesses excellent electric and mechanical properties and are very durable. Because of these properties, they are widely used as electrical insulation materials in compact and high performance machinery.
They are used for internal wiring and control lines for heat resistant parts of electrical equipment, as well as measuring instruments, broadcasting and radio equipment, aviation equipment, fire alarm systems, and many other applications.
Application Of Heat Exchanger
Heat exchangers are commonly used to either heat up or cool down two or more fluids, or between a fluid and a solid surface. The purpose of a heat exchanger is to efficiently transfer heat from one medium to another while keeping them physically separate. This process is commonly used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and various industrial applications.
A Heat exchanger manufactured purely from PTFE materials not only stays non-reactive to almost all chemical at elevated temperatures ranging from 250°C down to -70°C, combined with a well-designed layout and carefully chosen thin-walled PTFE tubing, offers some of the most efficient and ideal heat exchangers capable of withstanding some of the harshest conditions.