TECAMID® 6/6 Calendered Sheet

These are calendered rather than extruded: the nylon is drawn between heated precision rollers into flat stock of even thickness with a smooth surface both sides, which produces better flatness and less residual stress at thin gauges than machining down a thick slab. Stock runs 1/32" to 1/4" in ten gauges, in sizes from 12"x12" through 48"x120". Anything thicker is supplied as extruded TECAMID® 6/6 plate.

Thin nylon sheet is punched, sheared and die-cut into washers, shims, spacers, thrust faces, wear strips, chute and hopper liners, insulating pads and gaskets for conveyors, packaging lines, agricultural equipment and general machinery. It is tough enough to take repeated impact without cracking at these thicknesses, and it runs against steel with low friction unlubricated. The limitation carries over from the base polymer: nylon absorbs moisture and grows, and a thin part has proportionally more surface to take it up, so allow for dimensional change in wet or humid service.