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Aline
Components is a preferred plastic injection molding and
manufacturing company, that offers customers from a broad
scope of market segments with high quality custom parts
or components made from the finest polyurethane resins.
With the elasticity of rubber and the toughness and durability
of metal, polyurethane is suitable for a wide range of
custom plastic part or components. Inexpensive to produce,
mold, and manufacture, polyurethane has become an extremely
attractive solution for a variety of applications.
Use Aline’s custom molded and manufactured
polyurethane products in your final product or subsystem
to cut downtime, maintenance time, and cost of parts to
a fraction of previous figures. Customers based internationally,
nationally, and regionally in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland are producing more efficient sub-systems
and gaining better business benefit with Aline’s
custom molded and manufactured polyurethane plastic products.
What is Polyurethane
Thermoplastic Material?
Polyurethane is a polymer that consists of a chain of
organic units joined by links of urethane. By varying
the nature of urethane groups created by isocyanates with
polyols and chain extenders, literally thousands of different
combinations of properties can be obtained. Urethane is
available in a very broad hardness range from extremely
soft to incredibly rigid. At Aline Components, we work
directly with reputable resin suppliers to obtain customized
polyurethane resins that can be processed to meet your
applications specifications and requirements.
Polyurethane Plastic
Properties
With remarkable noise abatement properties, hard urethanes
are being used as gears in products where sound reduction
is desired, while soft urethanes are being used for applications
that demand improved sound and vibration dampening. Most
types of polyurethane grades offer extremely high flex-life
properties, which enable them to outlast, outperform other
thermoplastic materials in applications where this is
an important requirement. Excellent electrical insulating
properties make polyurethane highly useful in many custom
molded wire and cable harness assemblies. Polyurethane
has exceptional thermal properties and can be intermittently
used above 225°F. Additionally, polyurethane maintains
its flexibility at low temperatures of -90°F.
Advantages of Polyurethane Products Include:
• Outstanding resistance to abrasion
• High load-bearing capacity
• Superior impact resistance
• Excellent resistance to oils and solvents
• Remarkable noise abatement
• Resistance to tearing and weathering
When compared to rubber, polyurethane has
better abrasion and tear resistance, while offering
a higher load bearing capacity. Compared to plastics,
polyurethane provides superior impact resistance, as
well as wear properties and elastic memory. Polyurethane
often replaces metal in various parts or components
where weight reduction, noise abatement, and wear improvements
are required. Furthermore, polyurethane is resistant
to everything from oils, solvents, fats, greases, and
gasoline to oxygen, ozone, sunlight, and general weather
conditions. A unique thermoplastic, polyurethane is
equipped with properties not commonly found in other
materials, and, as a result often replaces them in existing
applications at a considerable savings.
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