Plate PTFE

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Cotton fabric based laminate with added PTFEDry bearing laminateA unique self-lubricating material: - Cost-effective operation - Reduced wear rate - Minimizes maintenance - Eliminates stick-slip motion and running-in periods - Longer working life - Easily machined - Good mechanical strength and dimensional stability TUFNOL Grade 2F/3/PTFE is a unique, dry-bearing material. It is a cotton fabric reinforced laminate, internally lubricated by very fine particles of PTFE uniformly distributed throughout the material. This dispersion of the PTFE right throughout the material ensures that, whatever shape of component is machined from it, PTFE is always present at the bearing surface, modifying and improving the dry friction properties. It is a laminated thermosetting resin material incorporating a fluoroplastics lubricant, and provides advantages derived from both materials, successfully combining the excellent mechanical strength, rigidity, toughness and good machining characteristics of phenolic laminates with the self-lubricating and low friction characteristics of PTFE.