Vesconite Sheet Rod Bushing (Standard Vesconite - Black) is a specialized thermoplastic made from internally lubricated polymers. Proved since the 1960's as an exceptional bearing material in demanding conditions, Vesconite gives low wear even in dirty or unlubricated conditions. Up to 10 times the life of bronze in dirty conditions. Vesconite has high dimensional stability and does not swell in water, in contrast to most synthetic materials which swell in water. For example, nylon swells up to 3% in water and softens.
Vesconite Tube Rod are produced in Standard 1 meter lengths (39.37 inch = 3.28 feet)
Vesconite Sheet Rod Bushing is available in Hollow bar (Bushing), Solid bar (Rod) and Plate (Sheet) form. It is easily machined and we also provide a fully finished machined bush/component service.
Vesconite Rod Sheet Features :
High Load Bearing Strength - VESCONITE has very low creep rates under design loadings of 4,351 psi (30 Mpa). Much higher load capacity than nylon and elastomers.
Dimensional Stability - The thermal expansion factor of VESCONITE is only 2.5 times that of bronze, lower than many of the competitors. HDPE and nylon is 5 and 10 times greater, respectfully.
No Water Swell - Only 0.5% at ambient. Negligible in sizing calculations. Most of the competition is way above this. Nylon has a 9-10% water swell. Elastomers have a 1.3 - 3% water swell. Phenolics are at generally at 1.6 - 2% water swell. Water swell is one of the primary causes leading to shaft seizure.
Low Friction - Dynamically, about half that of bronze and nylon. This allows for greater combinations of loads and speeds. Greasing of VESCONITE further deceases friction, allowing higher speeds and improved performance. Water is also an excellent lubricant for VESCONITE bushings.
Abrasion Resistance - VESCONITE provides outstanding abrasion resistance resulting in many times longer service life, when compared to bronze. It is also outperforms other products in poor lubrication and dirty conditions.
Longer Life of the Mating Surfaces - The wear of metal pins and shafts is reduced by up to 90% when VESCONITE bushings are used. This fact, alone, justifies the use of VESCONITE ΓÇô less maintenance.
Chemical Resistance Vesconite is highly resistant to diluted acids, organic solvents, oils, and petrol. It has limited resistance to strong acids and strong alkalis.
Temperature Resistance -Vesconite can withstand continuous temperatures up to 212°F (100°C) dry and 176°F (80°C) wet, with momentary peaks above this. Above 158°F (70°C) an expansion gap must be incorporated into the bearing design for a proper use.
Industries we supply Vesconite to:
- Marine
- Mining
- Railways
- Agriculture
- Earth Moving
- Heavy Transport
- Food & Beverage
- Materials Handling
- Bottling & Processing
- Steel, Paper & Textiles
- Hydraulics & Pneumatics
Over the past six decades, Vesconite has become internationally recognised as a versatile, high-performance replacement for traditional bushing and bearing materials. Offering a unique combination of high load-bearing strength, low friction and low wear, Vesconite does not require manual lubrication, even in harsh and dirty working environments.
Vesconite is tried and tested in literally thousands of applications across a wide range of industries – from general industrial to marine, agriculture and many more industries. Vesconite has impressive dimensional stability, and, unlike many synthetic alternatives, Vesconite retains its strength under wet conditions. It displays negligible creep under high load.
Vesconite is available in a wide range of rods, bushings, plates, and machined custom parts
Vesconite has built-in lubricants that translate into low friction and long life, even where no lubrication is applied.
Vesconite provides outstanding wear resistance, resulting in extended service life compared to bronze bushings. Unlike many traditional materials, Vesconite is less affected by poor lubrication and dirty conditions.
Vesconite has very low creep rates and can therefore operate under tight tolerances. It has a much higher load capacity than nylon, and its compressive strength and clearances are not affected by water absorption.
Vesconite does not swell when exposed to water or humid conditions, while nylon can swell up to 3% when immersed. In most applications, little allowance needs to be made for moisture changes.
Vesconite has outstanding dynamic friction, with a friction coefficient (0.13 – 0.18) of less than half that of bronze or nylon. This allows for a higher PV ratio (load x speed).
Vesconite is suitable for continuous use at 100º – 120°C (212º – 248°F) in dry conditions and 60° – 70°C (140° – 158°F) in wet conditions.
With Vesconite, the wear rate of corresponding metal pins and shafts can be reduced by as much as 90%. The resultant cost-saving benefits can alone justify a switch to Vesconite in many applications.
Vesconite is resistant to dilute and moderate acids, organic solvents, oils and petroleum. It has limited resistance to strong acids and alkalis.
Vesconite machines easily on standard wood- and metal-working equipment, such as lathes, milling machines, bandsaws, drilling machines, planers, spindle molders and routers. As many of our customers around the world will testify, Vesconite is a both a pleasure to machine and fit.
Combining an exceptionally low wear rate and shaft-friendly features, Vesconite and its corresponding parts require little maintenance – resulting in significant cost savings.
Vesconite Hilube is our flagship thermopolymer, designed for particularly difficult operating environments. Vesconite Hilube is specifically recommended for moist and underwater applications. These include the pump and marine industry, where regular maintenance is not practically feasible or cost-effective. Displaying superior wear life, especially in poorly lubricated and dirty conditions, Vesconite Hilube has been shown to offer up to ten times the life of bronze bushings.
Vesconite Hilube incorporates an internal lubricant that translates into an exceptionally low friction coefficient. Combined with excellent dimensional stability, low wear rates and a high load-bearing capacity. Vesconite Hilube has a PV rating (pressure x velocity) four times that of nylon bushings.
Vesconite is available in a wide range of rods, bushings, plates, and machined custom parts.
Fully saturated, Vesconite Hilube has a negligible moisture absorption rate (0.5%). Its linear swell rate of 0.07% allows for fine clearances in the majority of applications. By way of contrast, nylons absorb moisture by as much as 9% of total mass – resulting in high swell rates and critical loss of clearance, which can lead to seizures.
Vesconite Hilube overcomes the limitations of conventional bearing materials. Its load-bearing capacity is higher than white metal, its wear life in poorly lubricated or dirty conditions more than ten-fold that of bronze. Its self- lubricating properties are far superior to nylon, and unlike nylon-based materials, Vesconite Hilube does not swell in water or humid conditions.
Vesconite grew out of an identified industry need to reduce maintenance and downtime across a multitude of applications. The resultant product was a huge improvement on conventional nylon, bronze and white metal. Vesconite Hilube takes this a technological step further, offering up to five times the wear life of Vesconite in many applications and superior performance under water.
Vesconite Hilube`s friction coefficient (0.08 – 0.12) is approximately half that of bronze and nylon. This allows for a higher PV factor (load x speed). Adding external lubrication or water to the equation will lower friction even further, and the resultant PV factor.
Vesconite Hilube has a much higher load capacity compared to nylon, rubber and elastomer bearings. Unlike nylon, Vesconite Hilube maintains its strength under wet conditions and shows very little creep under heavy load. It has proved particularly superior in higher load applications.
An issue common to most synthetic bearing materials, Vesconite Hilube`s coefficient of thermal expansion is comparatively low – approximately one third less than nylon and Acetal. but four times that of bronze. As such, Vesconite Hilube requires slightly more clearance when replacing metal parts. No allowance is required for moisture changes – an important benefit, as the most common reason for polymer bearing failure is thermal expansion and water swell.
Vesconite Hilube may be used continuously at 100ºC (212ºF) in dry applications, and for short periods at higher temperatures. Load limits should be reduced by half when operating above 80ºC (176ºF).
The wear of metal pins and shafts is reduced by as much as 90% when Vesconite Hilube bushings are used. An extremely valuable benefit in terms of cost-saving and maintenance downtime.
Vesconite Hilube is resistant to dilute and moderate acids, organic solvents, oils and petroleum. It has limited resistance to strong acids and alkalis.
Vesconite Superlube is a bearing material with one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any bearing material available. It has a coefficient of friction lower than virgin PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene).
Vesconite Supelube is exceptional in that coupled with this low friction are excellent load-carrying capabilities with ultra-low wear rates. We keep stock of rod, hollow bar, plate and, using our 80 CNC machines, machine to your drawings.
Vesconite Superlube has a friction coefficient of 0.05 to 0.08 under typical loads of 3 to 10MPa when tested dry against steel in long-term tests. The friction is lower than any other plain bearing material tested in long-term tests without external lubrication. The friction is similar to virgin PTFE, except that virgin PTFE cannot sustain a long-term test under any realistic loading as it wears away too quickly, for example when loaded to ≥ 1 MPa.
Vesconite Superlube is ideal for long-term bearing loads of up to 10MPa where an exceptional wear life is required.
Vesconite Superlube is extremely hard wearing, with low wear as a function of the load and velocity.
Vesconite Superlube exhibits negligible swell with prolonged exposure to water.
Industry application
Agriculture is a tough environment for bearings – ask any farmer. Traditional bronze and steel bearings have a particularly hard time of it, given the host environment of grit, mud and water. More often than not, the result is rapid wear to both bearing and shaft, and eventual failure and costly downtime. Not so with Vesconite. A unique blend of self-lubrication, low abrasion and high load-bearing strength makes Vesconite the ideal choice for a variety of agricultural applications.
Automotive bushings require regular maintenance and greasing and are prone to wear especially in wet or dirty conditions. Self-lubricating Vesconite and Vesconite Hilube eliminate the need for continual greasing and at the same time increases bushing life. Vesconite and Vesconite Hilube are tough and durable and perform well under the mechanical stress that occurs on vehicle suspension systems.
The dirt, abrasion and loads associated with earthmoving equipment create notoriously harsh operating conditions for moving parts. Despite these conditions – more often than not combining dirt and water – Vesconite performs well, and is the ideal material for bushings operating under slow speeds or oscillating movements under high load. With its lubrication-free qualities, Vesconite can save machine operators considerable lubrication downtime, not to mention reduced wear on costly counter moving parts.
The environmentally sensitive hydro-power industry requires components that last longer in the absence of contaminating lubricants. These two factors alone make Vesconite Hilube the ideal bushing and bearing material in these demanding conditions. Water serves as a natural lubricant for Vesconite Hilube, which in turn, ensures a clean and grease-free operating environment. Unlike many traditional materials, Vesconite Hilube does not swell in water, nor does it distort or creep under load within wet hydro-power settings. Therefore not only does Vesconite last longer, so do its metal counterparts.
Vesconite is ideal for many marine applications. First tested as a stern tube bearing in 1977, it is suited to both dry and immersed applications – in fact water is an excellent coolant and lubricant.
Vesconite is extensively used for rudder and stern tube bearings. Vesconite`s internal lubricants make it eminently suited to upper rudder bearing applications where there are long periods between greasing or no greasing at all, or where water lubrication cannot be ensured when operating with light ballasts.
The hundreds of vessels equipped with Vesconite during the last 39 years – ranging from pleasure boats to tankers – testify to the desirability of long life, low maintenance Vesconite in marine applications.
Vesconite`s origins lie in the gold mining industry, a notoriously harsh working environment. The product was developed as a maintenance-free alternative to bronze bushings traditionally used in mining equipment. Unlike bronze, Vesconite eliminates three key issues: The need for regular lubrication; the effects of dirt and grit on costly components; the damage caused by water to traditional bushing materials. Vesconite offers up to 10 times the lifespan of traditional bushes in these harsh conditions and saves hours of downtime caused by machines requiring frequent lubrication.
Vesconite has been used for decades in a wide range of specialized pump bushing applications.
The material thrives in water and exhibits excellent dimensional stability, with zero delamination. The result is low downtime and associated hassle factor.
Its friction coefficient range of 0.1 – 0.2 allows for dry starting – an issue commonly associated with high wear rates in traditional bushing materials. Corrosion of the bushing is entirely eliminated with Vesconite.
Vesconite Hilube is recommended for many pump applications.
Our Vesconite rail polymers have over several decades been successfully used in a number of railway applications. The materials` self-lubricating properties make them well suited to railway components that are prone to metal on metal wear and require regular greasing. Not only will a switch to these bushings and wear components avoid long periods of downtime, the noise and squeal issues commonly associated with rolling stock will be significantly reduced. With a resultant reduction in rolling resistance, considerable power savings have been noted with the use of Vesconite rail polymer components.
Renewable energy – saving the planet one kilowatt at a time.
With the drive for clean energy, a multitude of specialised material requirements have emerged, including a requirement for low friction, environmentally-friendly and low to zero maintenance bearings, bushings, and wear components. Vesconite is the ideal solution for this requirement.
Bushings and bearings in the Renewable Energy Industry are characterised by requirements for very long bearing life (20+ years) and low maintenance due to very limited accessibility. In many applications, such as in hydro turbines, pumps, and wave and tidal devices, the bearings are constantly exposed to or submerged in water as well. Loads are typically very large and speeds low, for which Vesconite is ideal. Vesconite and Vesconite Hilube are ideal for such applications due to the low friction and long wear life characteristics of the material. Vesconite is internally lubricated and therefore eliminates the need for greasing. It also exhibits no water swell, which prevents shaft seizure and allows machining to closer tolerances, resulting in slower wear and more efficient operation.
3D printer users report a phenomena called [dimpling and pimpling" when a rod becomes
3D printer users report that this phenomena is eliminated when Vesconite Hilube bushings are introduced. Vesconite Hilube is a highly advanced thermopolymer in the Vesconite range, particularly suited to operating in wet conditions, including pump and marine applications. Combining low friction and low wear properties, Vesconite Hilube performs exceptionally well under difficult operating conditions.
A forklift can operate for up to 24 hours each day in various environments. Vesconite is ideal for forklifts used in harsh conditions. The wear parts used in these forklifts need high wear resistance – yet they carry heavy loads. Traditional materials need regular greasing to maintain their wear life. Vesconite`s self-lubricating properties give exceptional wear life at the same time as reducing maintenance and downtime. Vesconite has tried and tested solutions to keep your forklifts running smoothly for longer.
Extracting, filtering, milling, purifying, mincing, liquefying, emulsifying, cooking, pickling, pasteurising, canning, slicing, dicing and drying are some of the many physical and chemical means through which raw food ingredients are transformed into other forms.
Plain bearings and wear parts involved in these processes are required to be hard-wearing, hygienic and resistant to food and cleaning chemicals. They are also required to be non-toxic and colour free, in the case of direct food contact.
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Some people say that now that the market is sluggish, one person must be very anxious. He is Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group. However, sitting opposite Li Shufu, the reporter did not feel that he had an urgency or anger. On the contrary, his rosy face and his own demeanor still made him think that he was in the process of sedimentation, thinking and searching. The problem that Li Shufu thought seemed to go beyond the car itself. What he talks to reporters is more about culture and history. Many of them have nothing to do with cars, but in the end, the topics will all turn back to cars. For example, when a reporter asked him about Geely’s future, he responded with a very vivid sentence: “When a child was two years old, how would you know what he was when he was 8 or 20?†Geely certainly not only At the age of two, it is six years old, and up to now, there are 300,000 Geely cars on the road. Li Shufu said that he vividly remembered the scene of the first Geely off the assembly line in August 1998. But he also said in a very stubborn tone: "At present, the user has a relatively shallow understanding of the technology, quality, brand, price, performance, and function of the car. The result is a lot of misled and deceived people, and it finally leads to choices. For example, vehicles with a price of 1 million yuan, 2 million yuan, or even 3 million yuan, and 4 million yuan are sold well in China, which is an abnormal phenomenon, which shows that consumers have a great deal of misunderstanding about the automobile itself. Whether it is price, function, dynamics, comfort, safety, environmental protection, etc., there is nothing wrong with it, but people just don’t believe it. Information asymmetry and people’s lack of understanding of the automotive industry has led to this kind of abnormality. Phenomenon.†“We are now studying marketing and corporate development strategies every day. The biggest question is, what is the current period of the Chinese auto industry? How deep is the user’s understanding of the Chinese auto industry? The characteristics of the auto industry itself and the auto market itself What is the characteristic? There is still no answer.†Li Shufu believes that if you really want people to understand the car, you must tell him truthfully. Car what it is. The symmetry of information is very important. He believes that the current automotive industry is equivalent to the home appliance industry 8 to 10 years ago. "In terms of the laws of the automobile industry itself, companies like Geely should not do it." He actually said this. "But if we completely proceed from the interests of the business, we have to maintain the existing car brands, we have to give up and the pattern of the world's auto industry 3+6 will not change. But we want to do something meaningful, Promote the progress of the world and the development of social civilization." He was a little excited: "In the end it is necessary to maintain this pattern, or to find a way to change this pattern, for the sake of the majority of people? Do not change people's consumption concept? Our brand is not as good as others. The market will certainly be affected, but we will use actual actions, such as further reducing prices, improving product quality, improving service levels, etc., to slowly change the people's philosophy.†He hopes that people can reconsider the value of Geely. “I had predicted that the car would enter the family and the price would be reduced to 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. Selling a car is like selling a watermelon. It is both good and cheap. It is now realized. The Chinese people have to consider the national conditions and we must resist and change. China's auto industry will have a way out." (Reporter Feng Shujuan)
VESCONITE KEY FEATURES
Internal lubrication
High wear resistance
High load bearing strength
Dimensional stability
Low friction
Temperature limits
Shaft friendly
Chemical resistance
Easy to machine – easy to fit
Cost saving
KEY FEATURES
No water swell
Superior performance
Extended wear life
Low friction
High load-bearing strength
Dimensional stability
Temperature limits
Shaft friendly
Chemical resistance
KEY FEATURES
Low friction
High load bearing strength
Hard wearing
No water swell
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nonuniform. This phenomena is caused by the rod slightly lifting on one side and slightly
tilting on the other side as the extruder head moves from one side to the other. This is typically a result of wear to the rod.
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