Teflon® is Our Specialty
Discovered in the early
1940's by Dupont. It is used for a variety of characteristic such as:
NON STICK - VERY FEW SOLID SUBSTANCES WILL
ADHERE. TACKY MATERIALS MAY SHOW SOME ADHESION, BUT, THEY RELEASE EASILY
FRICTION
REDUCTION -COEFFIENT OF FRICTION RANGES FROM 0.05
- 0.20 DEPENDING ONTHE LEAD, SLIDING SPEED AND TYPE OF COATING USED
CHEMICAL PROTECTION - ONLY AFFECTED BY ALKALI METALS AND HIGHLTY REACTIVE FLUORINATING AGENTS. COATED SURFACES
OFFER VARYING DEGREES OF SUBSTATE PROTECTION.
NON WETTING - COATED SURFACES BECOME
OLEOPHOBIC AND HYDOPHOBIC, SO THEY ARE NOT READILY WETTED, RESULTING IN AN EASILY CLEANED OR "SELF CLEANING" SURFACE.
UNIQUE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE, THE COATING HAS HIGH DIELECTRIC STRENGTH, A LOW DISSIPATION
FACTOR, AND VERY HIGH SURFACE RESISTIVITY
CRYOGENIC STABILITY - MANY COATINGS WILL WITHSTAND SEVERE
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WHILE MAINTAINING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. CAN BE USED AT TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -450F