Plastic Machining


Below you will find the varieties of plastics along with their technical manual.

Standard Mechanical Thermoplastics

Family of materials Type of material
Ertalon ®, Nylatron ® (PA) ERTALON 6 SA
ERTALON 66 SA (photo)
ERTALON 4.6 (PA 4.6) rouge brun
ERTALON 66-GF30
NYLATRON GS (PA 66 + MoS2)
ERTALON 6 PLA
ERTALON 6 XAU
ERTALON LFX
NYLATRON MC 901 (PA 6) (bleu)
NYLATRON GSM (PA 66 + MoS2) (gris noir)
NYLATRON NSM (PA 6 + lubrifiant solide)
NYLATRON 703 XL
Ertacetal ® (POM) ERTACETAL C
ERTACETAL H
ERTACETAL H-TF (POM-H + PTFE)
ERTALYTE (PET) ERTALYTE (PET) naturel blanc
ERTALYTE TX (PET+ lubrifiant solide gris)
Cestilene ®, Cestidur ®, Tivar ® (PEHD) CESTILENE HD 500
CESTILENE HD 1000
CESTIDUR
CESTILITE ASTL
CESTITECH 7000
POLYSTONE HD 300
Polyproprylène (PP) POLYSTONE – PP
PVC rigide Trovidur ® & expansé Vekaplan ® PVC MOUSSE
PVC RIGIDE NON TRANSPARENT

High Performance Thermoplastics

Family of materials Type of material
Téflon ® (PTFE) TEFLON® PTFE
Ketron ® Peek KETRON PEEK 1000
KETRON PEEK-CA30
KETRON PEEK-GF30
KETRON PEEK-HPV
Torlon ® (PAI) TORLON PAl 4203 ET 4503
TORLON PAl 4301 ET 4501
TORLON PAl 5530
Techtron ® (PPS) TECHTRON HPV PPS
Celazole ® CELAZOLE PBI
Fluorosint ® FLUOROSINT 207 (PTFE+mica) blanc
FLUOROSINT 500 (PTFE+mica) ivoire
PEI, PSU, PPSU PEI 1000 (PEI) naturel (ambre, translucide)
PPSU 1000 (PPSU) (noir)
PSU 1000 (PSU) naturel (jaune, translucide)
PVDF ® SYMALIT PVDF 1000
Semitron ® SEMITRON ESd 225
SEMITRON ESd 410C
SEMITRON ESd 500HR
SEMITRON ESd 520HR

Compressed Thermoplastics

Family of materials Type of material
PPS Ryton ® PPS Ryton®
PES Radel® PES Radel® – Descriptif
Pl Kinel ® PI Kinel ® – Descriptif
PEI Ultem ® PES Radel® – Descriptif
PSU Udel ® PSU Udel ® – Descriptif
PPOm Noryl ® Noryl ® PPOm – Descriptif
PC Makrolon ®, Lexan ® PC – Descriptif
ABS ABS – Descriptif
PS PS – Descriptif

Thermosetting Plastics

Family of materials Type of material
Bakelite BAKELITE
Mat de verre Polyester (GPO3) MAT DE VERRE POLYESTER (GPO3)
Tissu de verre Epoxy FR4 TISSU DE VERRE ÉPOXY FR4

Transparent Thermoplastics

Family of materials Type of material
Makrolon ® (PC) POLYCARBONATE – ERTA PC
MAKROLON AR
MAKROLON GP
MAKROLON UV
PET POLYETHYLENETEREPHTALATE (PET)
VIVAK Polyéthylèneterephtalate + glycol (PETG)
Plexiglass ® (PMMA) PLEXIGLAS (PMMA)
PVC transparent rigide PVC Transparent

Elastomers

Family of materials Type of material
PVC souple P.V.C. SOUPLE Transparent et coloré
Polyurethane (PUR) POLYURETHANE (P.U.R.)

For a list of plastic materials with their common abbreviations, please click here.