uhmwpe wear strip for material handling and conveying machinery

Material Handling / Conveying machiney used uhmwpe wear strip

The fast-paced world of material handling touches all our lives in many ways we often take for granted. In today’s highly connected marketplace, it is imperative that material handling operations move rapidly and with the utmost efficiency. This affects packaging and transit operations, food processing, medical products, and many other industries. The team at Xinxing is knowledgeable in all our product offerings and can help you choose the best materials for your project. For more challenging applications where the standard materials just won't do, our team of experts will work closely with you to find the best solutions.

Common Plastics for Material Handling

Material handling processes often utilize machinery with many moving parts. After time, the points of contact between these moving parts can wear down and cause disruptions in the workflow. Xinxing plastics offer the best solution thanks to the versatility and durability of these reliable materials. Our plastic products also improve material handling operations by helping to reduce noise, enhance employee safety, and keep conveying environments contaminate free. There are numerous plastics that can help serve the needs of those in the material handling industry and many have similar or unique characteristics.

UHMW is highly durable, cost-efficient, and versatile. It is commonly known for its extremely low coefficient of friction, inherent lubricity, superior impact strength and chemical resistance. Natural virgin UHMW has an extremely high molecular weight, making it extremely resistant to abrasion and moisture absorption. UHMW can also be used for applications such as chute liners, conveyor systems, star wheels, thrust washers, valves and fittings, and wear strips.

Bottling Lines

Food and beverage manufacturers depend on bottling lines to dispense liquid product into a variety of bottles, which must be capped and packaged before distribution to the market. The edges and surfaces of conveyor systems and bottling lines are often covered in hard wearing plastics to protect the product as it moves along the line.

Xinxing Plastics carries a wide variety of plastics well suited to use on bottling lines and conveyors. Plastic offers excellent machinability and durability, and it is easy to clean. Plastics handle high temperatures, abrasion, and chemicals well and are easy to fabricate to tight tolerance demands. They are less heavy than metal and have a low coefficient of friction. Many plastics also offer FDA approval for food contact.

Xinxing carries a large inventory of quality plastics in a variety of colors, sizes, and thicknesses. 

Chute, hopper, silo and truck bed liners

In the processing of bulk goods, equipment is often lined with a UHMW plastic material to promote the efficient flow of goods from one process or stage to the next. These liners for chutes, hoppers, silos, and industrial truck beds offer low friction and are abrasion and corrosion resistant, providing a long wear-life and reducing downtime in processing plants. They can be fastened to concrete, gunite, steel, and wood, making them both effective and versatile.

Xinxing is the most commonly used product for this application, and is known for its low coefficient of friction, as well as UV-resistant and antistatic formulations. Xinxing also allows for shallower hopper wall angles without sacrificing processing time, and reduces the need for flow promotion devices and techniques.

Conveyor Systems

Conveyor systems are used widely across countless industries. Many conveyor systems utilize high performance plastic parts and components to ensure the reliable and steady flow of materials during critical industrial processes.
UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) is often used in conveyor systems as it has a low coefficient of friction, minimal moisture absorption, and reduces or eliminates arching and bridging

Machine Guards

Material Handling Wear Strips and Components

Material handling processes often utilize machinery with many moving parts. After time, the points of contact between moving parts can wear down and cause disruptions in the workflow. Wear strips and components act as a sacrificial link in the system to prevent damage to the critical components of the equipment.

Wear strips and components are often made of plastic, which provides protection from surface marring and scratching, noise reduction between mating parts, and elimination of slipping and sticking amid sliding parts. One of the most common plastic materials used in wear strip applications is UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene). UHMW’s unique properties including high impact/abrasion resistance, self-lubrication, long wear life and ease of machining make it ideal for this application. Wear strips and components are resistant to corrosion and chemicals and able to keep moving parts free of external grease and lubricants. Wear strips and components are commonly used with bearings, slides, gears, cams, bushings, and rollers.

There are many applications, where profiles must be wear resistant and should not break or crack. Applications, where replacement of part is very difficult and expensive, XINXING UHMWPE profile serves as a “peace of mind” solution.

Wear strip must be made of such material which should not break, should not wear out quickly and protect the material above it. Further, anti-sticking and self-lubricating properties of UHMWPE makes it the most desired product to be used in wear strips

Properties

Very Low Co-efficient of Friction

High Impact Strength, will not break or shatter

High Abrasion Resistance

Zero Water Absorption

Chemical Inert, Works with almost all chemical including HCL

Survive in Freezing Conditions from ( -200 Degree C to +80 Degree C )

USDA/FDA Approved

Anti Sticking Property

Self Lubricated Material

Industries

Steel

Paper Manufacturer

Marine Engineering

Conveying and Bulk Material Handling

Cement

Coal

Food

Oil Processing

Shot Blasting

Waste Water Management

Cryogenic

Earth Moving

Sluice Gates

Chemical Pumps

Mining and Mineral Processing

Transport

Power

Filter Press

Earth Moving & Civil

maximum length 6000mm

maximum width 2000mm

thickness can be 6-250mm

uhmwpe wear strip general used thickness is 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm

white, black, green, blue, red, yellow, orange, grey

bottling

food&beverage

packaging

meat and seafood

personal care

pharmaceutical

automotive

bottling lines

chute, hopper, silo and truck bed liners

conveyor systems

machine guards

material handling wear strips and components

packaging materials

start wheels

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