Fluoro-Plastics, Inc.
3601 G Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134
Toll Free: 800-262-1910 • Telephone: 215-425-5500 • Fax: 215-425-5521
E-Mail: Fluoro@Fluoro-Plastics.com • Website:
www.Fluoro-Plastics.com
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All Categories > CUSTOM PROFILES TEFLON ® AND PTFE > CUSTOM PROFILES TEFLON ® AND PTFE
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CUSTOM PROFILES TEFLON ® AND PTFE
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Surf Technologies is the world leader in the design and manufacture of custom profiles, from special configuration slides for copiers, to continuous tadpole gasketing, to wiper blades and special molds for vulcanizing rubber into inflatable weather stripping (a substitute for an aluminum mold). PTFE profiles work where other materials fail: PTFE’s high permeation resistance, low creep, smooth surface and high voltage dielectric properties are ideal for many unique applications requiring the range of performance characteristics only PTFE offers. For example, Surf Technologies has extruded wiper blade profiles, retrofitted insulating profiles in high voltage applications, made slide rails for copiers and we developed and produced many other unusual configurations. If you require a special PTFE configuration, let Surf Technologies machine a prototype to fine tune the configuration, then build an extrusion die for production quantities or application lengths. Protective and confidential agreements are honored.
Teflon® is a registered trademark of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company used under License by Fluoro-Plastics, Inc. Only Dupont makes TEFLON®.
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Applications of PTFE & Teflon®
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PTFE is used extensively in many different industries:
Petrochemical and chemical processing: PTFE is the material of choice for gaskets, vessel linings, pump interiors, washers, rings, seals, spacers, dip tubes and well-drilling components because it is corrosion resistant and chemically inert; it is unaffected by virtually all acids and caustics and functions in environments to 500 degrees F..
Electrical applications: PTFE is one of the best insulators known. In thin sections, it will insulate to 500 volts per mil. There are grades if PTFE which have even greater dielectric strength. It is frequently used in wire and cable wrap, and to separate conductive surfaces in capacitors. Thick walled close-tolerance extruded tubing is the PTFE shape of choice where machining or drilling long lengths to close tolerances is impossible. Multi-hole tubing can be extruded. PTFE can be machined into standoff insulators, and many different types of high voltage encapsulation devices for electrical components.
Semi-Conductor Industry: PTFE is inert, and its operating temperature range is from minus 350 degrees Fahrenheit to 550 degrees Fahrenheit. When made to ultra pure standards it is the material of choice for various items used in chip manufacturing, including encapsulation devices for quartz heaters, and the like.
Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries: Virgin PTFE is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the food, beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Thin Film and sheets make an inert, no-toxic slide surface without microscopic depressions where microbes can grow. Conveyancing components - profiles, guide rails and slides - can withstand high temperatures inside baking and drying ovens and other heated segments of the food, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals manufacturing processes.
Laboratory applications: PTFE piping, tubing and vessels are used in various laboratory ware because of their chemical resistance, and inertness. No contaminants adhere to the surface.
Bearing pads: Glass filled PTFE can be cut or stamped into bearing pads, and will resist all weather-related degradation while remaining an inert interface between disparate construction materials, like steel and concrete.
PTFE Compounds: Various fillers can be blended with the PTFE base resin to enhance certain properties, e.g. glass fiber, glass bead, carbon, graphite, molybdenum disulfide, bronze, etc.
PTFE does not melt; it cannot be molded into complex shapes, but must be machined. PTFE is easily machined using standard mechanical woodworking and stamping equipment and tooling. Most shapes are sold slightly oversized for easy trimming and machining to exact sizes.
Teflon® is a registered trademark of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company used under License by Fluoro-Plastics, Inc. Only Dupont makes TEFLON®.
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