HDPE Rod is an excellent engineering plastic that has many unique and useful properties to offer users who need a varied and combined range of beneficial features.

HDPE Rod is also known as High Density Polyethylene Rod and HDPE Rod is commercially available in either white which is also known as natural and also along with black.

HDPE Rod is an engineering plastic that has an excellent size range which begins with 10mm diameter and has an outstanding and complimentry size range upto and including 300mm diameter.

HDPE Rod Properties
Probably the most important asset of HDPE Rod is its very low coefficient of friction which results in a free flowing bearing or any sliding components. Another advantage of HDPE Rod is its resistance to abrasion and because of this exceptional advantage within the engineering plastics range means that HDPE Rod is often specified in applications where highly abrasive products such as sand, gravel, grit or simular are present. Another important advantage of HDPE Rod is the fact that it is one of the most economical engineering plastics that can offer significant cost advantages over other engineering plastics.

HDPE Rod Limitations
High Density Polyethylene Rod is one of the better and easier to machine engineering plastics available and although it can be threaded, it will not produce a stong anchor point. HDPE Rod is currently unable to be bonded with any known adhesive and so it is commonly mechanically fixed as needed or heat welded using simple plastic welding equipment.

HDPE Rod Applications
Because of its low coefficient of friction High Denisty Polyethylene Rod is often used for bearings, pulleys, bushes and low stress gears. HDPE Rod is often chosen within the water industry and also the food industry, this is because it has low moisture absorption and high performance where water and most chemicals are involved.

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