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PTFE has become the material choice when looking for a unique combination of properties to provide performance unmatched by any other polymer. PTFE and PTFE with selected fillers offer the following exceptional characteristics:


  • excellent chemical resistance
  • very wide service temperature range from -260°C to +260°C
  • unsurpassed dielectric properties
  • high purity and inertness
  • the lowest coefficient of friction of any solid
  • a broad range of mechanical properties
 


PTFE was discovered in 1938 by Dr Roy Plunkett of DuPont and was later made commercially available under the well known trade name of Teflon®. Since then other manufacturers have introduced grades of PTFE and there are now 5 major established suppliers of PTFE in its raw form:

Producer of Polymer:

Trade Name:

Web Site:

Dyneon (3M - Hoechst)

Dyneon® / Hostraflon®

www.dyneon.com

Asahi - ICI

Fluon®

 

Montefluos

Algoflon®

 

Diakin

Polyflon®

 

Du Pont

Teflon®

 

In recent years manufacturers in Russia and the Far East have also started production of raw polymers.

The properties of raw (virgin) PTFE can be enhanced by blending it with a range of materials known as fillers to make PTFE Compounds. There is an extensive range of PTFE Compound products (over 300) on the market.

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