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We are a world-class supplier of engineering raw materials. Our objective is to provide all our customers, from the small machine shop to the large multi-national corporation, a supply path that continuously delivers the highest levels of service, quality and value.
A high quality engineering plastic material; the chemical name is polyamide 12. It’s available in a range of grades and forms to suit many applications.
While not as fine as Acetal, the machinability of un-modified Nylon 12 is good. Glass-filled grades will require the use of tipped tooling. As with all plastic materials, experience has shown that extra care must be taken with larger diameters, especially in the colder months when plastic materials lose some of their toughness and so have less resistance to machining stresses. So it’s important that these materials are not machined while in a chilled condition. Full machining instructions may be supplied on request.
Nylon 12 is highly resistant to hydrocarbons, alkalis, fats, oils, fuel, ethers, ester and ketones. Not resistant to halogens, mineral acids and certain organic acids, oxidising agents.
Commercial applications for this engineering material include:
We stock Nylon 12 (PA12) in round bar, plate, sheet and hollow bar.
Our knowledgeable staff and resident metallurgists will be pleased to assist you further on any technical topic. Smiths Metal Centres Limited also boasts an in-house UKAS Accredited Testing Laboratory which is unique within the multi-metal and plastic stockholding sector. We believe this underlines our total commitment to quality and our ethos of being the complete service provider.
A technical datasheet for Nylon 12 (PA12) is available in PDF file format. To view and download, please click here.
We offer in-house processing options - for more information, please refer to our processing services.
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