Enhancing Safety and Transparency Every day we commit to our core value of health and safety, ensuring the wellbeing of our employees and contractors around the world. This is our Commitment to Zero. We are striving for world-class health and…
Fostering a Circular Economy
Fostering a Circular Economy Plastic is an important material to our way of life, but plastic waste in the environment continues to be a challenge. We are working in partnership with the value chain to improve how plastics are made,…
Acting on Climate
Acting on Climate In our own operations and along the entire value chain, we are committed to making a difference by reducing our impact on the environment. At a global level, we are dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from…
What is Acetal? | Delrin® Acetal Homopolymer
White Paper: Let Delrin® Acetal Homopolymer Optimize Your Next Design How to Maximize the Property Advantages of Delrin® Acetal Homopolymer Over Acetal Copolymer: A Guide for Design Engineers Comparison of Delrin® 100P homopolymer vs. high molecular weight standard acetal copolymer.…
Mold Delrin® gears with precision
Mold Delrin® Gears with Precision One of the main considerations for molding a gear is dimensional accuracy and roundness. In most gear applications, unreinforced grades of Delrin® are used, which gives a big advantage over a glass reinforced material since it…
Discover the Ease of Machining Delrin®
Discover the Ease of Machining Delrin® Prototype with confidence! Delrin® offers the opportunity to machine prototype gears that will have close performance to a molded gear. This is unlike machining glass filled resins which result in fiber orientation that’s very different…
Get the Delrin® Design Advantage
Get the Delrin® design advantage Get solutions to even the toughest gear challenges by turning to Delrin® experts for Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The Delrin® design team is ready to partner with you to design the optimum gear. From manual calculation to advanced…
Delrin® Outperforms Acetal Copolymer
Delrin® outperforms acetal copolymer Delrin® vs. Copolymer results based on datasheet comparison of mid-viscosity Delrin® with high viscosity copolymer Delrin® acetal homopolymer outperforms acetal copolymer in most mechanical tests that are key to a long lifetime gear. Fatigue When comparing the performance of an…
Discover Why Delrin® is Chosen for Gears More Than Other Plastics
Discover why Delrin® is chosen for gears more than other plastics Delrin®—a widely used engineering plastic for gears—provides strength and stiffness without the need for glass fiber reinforcement. It’s the popular material of choice because it offers a superior combination of…
Six Advantages of Plastic Gears
Six Advantages of Plastic Gears Delrin® is a widely used engineering thermoplastic for gears. Gears made from plastic—especially Delrin® acetal resin—avoid many of the problems common with metal gears. Here are six advantages of plastic gears in everything from automotive components to…