General Industrial Applications

Heavy machinery equipment illustrating Allegheny Performance Plastics’ ability to manufacture high-performance plastic parts for demanding industrial applications.

Industries

High-Temperature Polymer Components for Your General Industrial Applications

At Allegheny Performance Plastics, we consistently solve difficult problems by manufacturing technically advanced functional parts and assemblies with high-performance, high-temperature polymer materials. We supply high-performance, high-temperature polymer parts around the world and to numerous demanding industries that help you:

  • Save space
  • Reduce weight
  • Shorten lead times
  • Improve manufacturability
  • Add value to your bottom line

Our expertise from high-volume automotive parts and low-volume aerospace parts to the corrosive environment of the oil and gas world gives us the expertise to produce precision-molded, high-temperature polymer components for a number of general industrial applications. Our parts can be found in pumps, compressors, consumer products, recreational vehicles, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and more.

Markets

  • Heavy Truck
  • Recreational Products
  • Agriculture & Construction
  • Pumps & Compressors
  • Energy
  • Industrial Products

Applications/Types of Components

  • Bushings, pivot retainers, axle components, thrust washers
  • Dynamic seals, wear rings, continuously variable transmission (CVT) components, underwater light assemblies
  • Bearings, bushings, seeding components, gears, wear pads
  • Impellers, rotors, gears, bushings, vanes, valve plates
  • Back up rings, power transmission seal rings, bushings, bearings
  • Safety regulators, valves, components in business machines, material handling equipment components

Advantages

  • Reduced friction and wear
  • High thermal properties
  • Space reduction
  • Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH)
  • Part consolidation
  • Non-conductive properties
Semi-trucks representing durable, high-performance injection molding parts for heavy-duty applications used in transportation and industrial equipment.

High-Temperature Polymer Components You Can Rely On

We know high-end polymers and know how to use them through the entire product development life cycle to develop high-temperature polymer solutions specific to cost-savings and performance. Backed by a commitment to quality, our rapid in-house prototyping and relentless problem-solving have made us a trusted partner to Fortune 500 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers.

We work in close collaboration with global plastic suppliers to understand and investigate new and emerging high-temperature polymer materials, and our team can help you select the best material for your part in terms of general industrial application requirements and total value. Additionally, we conduct ongoing research to test limits, explore new ideas, and become even better at what we do. We also assist in providing testing/data for proper material selection based on the specific applications our customers are developing. We’re one of the only companies that’s equipped to do friction and wear testing in-house with a dedicated R&D engineer.

Whether you need to improve the reliability of your parts or reduce the number of components in your systems because your systems need to get smaller, we deliver the quality, performance, and timeliness your application demands. No other supplier can offer the same level of high-performance, high-temperature polymer manufacturing expertise, and in-house support.

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