UHMW Applications

Index

Materials Handling
Food and Beverage
Agriculture
Woodworking and Lumbering
Environmental
Recreation
Transportation
Packaging and Printing
Other Applications

Materials Handling

• Conveyor side liner
• Sheet Bearings
• Chute liner to eliminate hydroscopic problems
• Slide surface for bulk powder lines
• Applied to forklifts to work in conjunction with slip sheeting for floor loads
• Chain guides
• Wear plates and wear strips
• Coating of racks for surface protection
• Rocker or kicker arms on conveyor lines for noise abatement
• Protective edge on roll clamp trucks to reduce damage
• Surface protection in battery compartment of electric fork lifts
• Anti friction surface under conveyor belts of grocery check out lines
• Coating of "Cuber" plates to reduce wear
• Telescopic Applications

Food and Beverage

• Slide strip diverter on vegetable conveyor
• Side rail on conveyor for noise abatement and eliminate damage to cans and bottles
• Anti-stick surface in commercial dough  mixing equipment
• Chutes and pans for the cereal industry
• Table surface for food preparation
• Hopper liners
• Used on dump table in a bottling line
• Diverter liner in bakery plants
• Reduce pan jamming in bakery lines
• Release surface for caramel coated products
• Skid surface for milk cartons in dairy industry
• Chute liners for food processing to reduce sticking and build-up
• Surface protection of cans and bottles in filling lines
• Protective bumper for eggs in poultry industry
• Bearing surface for the underneath conveyor belts in the baking industry

Agriculture

• Gravity Box Lining
• Chute liner in harvesting equipment
• Seed channels in planting equipment - between blades to insure proper seed placement and reduce clogging
• Lining of grain chutes
• Skid shoes
• Trough liners
• Plow board liner
• Crop dusting as an anti-stick surface for release of herbicides and pesticides
• Wear plate in silage throwing equipment
• Wear surface on silage conveyor
• Bearing surface in auger conveyors
• Slippery surface used in the bottom of bulk cattle feeders
• Anti-corrosion material in manure spreading equipment
• Anti-wear surface used in chopping and harvesting equipment
• Coating of harvester and chopper chutes to improve release and throughput
• Lining the inside of silage blowers to reduce wear and improve efficiency

Woodworking and Lumbering

• Furniture drawer glides
• Window channel linings
• Door glides
• Lining flail chambers
• Chain guides
• Sheet bearings
• Sliding surface on router tables
• Wear strips on log decks and transfer decks
• Wear strips for surface protection of treated lumber during transit
• Coating diverter arms in sorting bins
• Bin liners
• Used underneath calipers to replace Teflon in paper mills
• Used for internal components in woodworking equipment to provide a non-stick surface requiring no lubrication and excellent wear properties

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Environmental

• Slide surface on sluice gate for water treatment
• Roller cover for recyclers conveyor line used to prevent sticking to rollers
• Wear strip for sludge collection in water treatment
• conveyor side liners
• Chain guides
• Wear plates and surfaces
• Wear plate in trash pumps
• Scraper blades
  

Recreation

• Slides
• Snow board base
• Water ski bottoms
• Toboggan bottoms
• Bearing material used for retractable theater seating
• Bottom surfaces for air boats and ice boats
• Wear surfaces and noise abatement in exercise equipment
• Surface protection on boat trailers
• Bowling shoe soles
• Sole plate liner for in line skates
• Flexible grind plate for in line skates
• Augers used in ice fishing

Transportation

• Buzz squeak and rattle noise reduction tapes for the auto industry (see automotive section)
• Door slides
• Sand and salt boxes
• Wear pads for industrial trailers
• Wear surface on helicopter landing pads
• Anti-friction material used in ski lifts
• Wear surface for the bottoms of fishing boats, air boats and ice boat
• Seals for air conditioners on tour busses
• Protective lining in snowmobile trailers
• Anti-abrasion material used on small aircraft flaps
• Lining of storage compartments to reduce damage in specialty transports

Packaging and Printing

• Doctor blades for the corrugated carton industry
• conductive material on high speed box line - eliminates wear and static
• Ink splash guards
• Wear surface for packaging tables
• Under chain wear strips
• Lining package chutes
• Scraper for excess ink in screen printing
• Bearing surface to provide better sliding properties on packaging equipment
  

Other Applications

• Wear surface for the bottoms of drift boats, air boats and ice boats
• Protective film on press brake dies to protect surfaces of finished metals
• Flashing material
• Vending machine, lottery ticket and slot machine anti-wear components
• Shim materials
• Gaskets and washer
• Paper slides for the copier industry
• Conductive tape used to reduce friction and static in mail sorting equipment

• Coating of concrete forms to eliminate oil and increase release
• Lining laundry chutes
• Protecting fabric during production in fabric mills
• Carpet trimmer used to protect hardwood baseboards
• Mail Sorting