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ADVANCED MATERIALS:COMPLEX CHOICES. COSTLY WHEN OVER-ENGINEERED.The right material choice can improve your competitiveness, quality and profit.

Selection of advanced materials is complex for applications under high load at high temperatureswhere factors like strength, creep resistance, dimensional stability and wear life are important.Materials are often chosen because of past practice, or because they cover a very wide range ofoperating conditions. This often leads to “over-specifying” far beyond application requirements,which can mean unnecessarily high material cost.

QUADRANT’S APPROACH:Develop a family of materials for specificapplication temperature ranges. The result:a 60 year history of product evolution fromTIVAR® PE-UHMW to TORLON® PAI andCELAZOLE® PBI, for reliable performancewithout the high cost of over-specification. Quadrant’s Advanced Materials range fromKETRON® PEEK to imidized TORLON® PAI,DURATRON® polyimide (PI) andCELAZOLE® PBI for reliable performanceoptions without costly over-engineering. We work with the leading suppliers of major high performancematerials to offer a growing portfolio of products.

For applications from 150°C to 260°C, TORLON® PAI delivers the best combination of strength, stiffness,creep resistance, dimensional stability, wear resistance – and cost. Nothing more. Nothing Less.

COMPARE STIFFNESS 150°C – 260°C.TORLON® PAI takes over when KETRON®

PEEK reaches its limit. While Quadrantoffers polyimide (PI) products for highertemperature use, within this range werecommend TORLON® PAI for better costand performance.

COMPARE DIMENSIONALSTABILITY OVER A WIDETEMPERATURE RANGE.Compared to more costly PI materials,TORLON® PAI shows little dimensionalchange over a wide temperature range.

CELAZOLE® PBIDURATRON® PIFLUOROSINT® ENHANCED PTFESEMITRON® ESd 500HRKETRON® PEEK

TECHTRON® PPSSYMALIT® ECTFESYMALIT® PVDF

ERTALYTE® PETERTACETAL® POMSEMITRON® ESd 225ERTALON® / NYLATRON® PATIVAR® PE-UHMW

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COMPARE BEARING ANDWEAR PERFORMANCE.Quadrant’s expertise in bearing andwear additive technology led toTORLON® 4301, developed to outlastmost advanced materials with itscombination of high PV and low wear factor.

COMPARE COST : From 150°C to 260°C, TORLON® PAI delivers high strength, stability and wear resistance extremely cost-effectively.Comparable sizes of shapes for machining cost up to 4-5 times less for TORLON® PAI than for PI. For highertemperatures, consider Quadrant`s DURATRON® PI – where performance is in line with cost.

Semiconductor production equipment : • Test sockets, wafer retention rings, mechanical components • Electrically insulative and dissipative grades.

Process and production equipment : • Extreme wear resistance and high pressure-velocity capability can

eliminate lubrication and extend part life at temperatures over 150°C.

Industrial and defense electrical/electronics : • Dimensionally stable connectors, fixtures, structural

and dynamic wear components.

Aircraft, transportation equipment : • Seals, electrical connectors, load-bearing mechanical and wear

components.

Chemical and gas handling: • Wear resistance over specialty alloys improves Mean Time Between

Replacement (MTBR) for seats, seals and rings.

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- pressure: 3 MPa - sliding velocity: 0.33 m/s - surface roughness of the C35 steel mating surface: Ra = 0.70 - 0.90 µm - total distance run: 28 km - normal environment (air, 23°C/50% RH) - unlubricated operation

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Wear Resistant Grades

High Strength Grades

Specialty Grades

TORLON® 4301 & 4501 PAI

TORLON® 4203 & 4503 PAI

TORLON® 5530 PAI

TORLON® 4XG PAI

TORLON® 4XCF PAI

SEMITRON® ESd 520HR

12% graphite 3% PTFE

TiO2

30% glass fibres

30% glass fibres

30% carbon fibres

Static dissipative

Sleeve and slide bearings (bushings, thrust washers, slideways, guides, …) valve seats and seals

Broad electrical, structural use such as connectors, insulators, bushings, sockets

High strength use in semicon test sockets, aerospace and aircraft components, rigid insulators

Extreme strength use, replacing metals in seals, housings, impellers, valves

Static dissipative test sockets, use in precision electronics manufacturing

APPLICATIONSADDITIVESPRODUCT NAMESTYPES

TORLON® PAI grades overview

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TORLON ® PAI GRADES ( INDICATIVE VALUES • )

ColourDensityWater absorption:

- after 24 h immersion in water of 23°C (1)- at saturation in air of 23 °C / 50% RH- at saturation in water of 23 °C

Thermal PropertiesGlass transition temperature (DSC, 20°C/min)Coe�cient of linear thermal expansion:

- average value between 23 and 150 °C- average value between 150 and 250 °C

Temperature of de�ection under load:- method A: 1.8 MPa

Max. allowable service temperature in air :- for short periods (2)- continuously : for about 20,000 h (3)

Flammability (4):- "Oxygen Index"- according to UL 94 (1.5 / 3 mm thickness)

Mechanical Properties at 23 °CTension test (5):

- tensile stress at yield/tensile stress at break (6)- tensile strength (6) - tensile strain at break (6) - tensile modulus of elasticity (7)

Compression test (8):- compressive stress at 1 / 2% nominal strain (7)

Charpy impact strength - unnotched (9)Charpy impact strength - notchedBall indentation hardness (10)Rockwell hardness (10)Electrical Properties at 23 °CElectric strength (11) Surface resistivity Relative permittivity r: - at 100 Hz

- at 1 MHz Dielectric dissipation factor tan : - at 100 Hz

- at 1 MHz

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ISO 4589-1/-2-

ISO 527-1/-2ISO 527-1/-2ISO 527-1/-2ISO 527-1/-2

ISO 604ISO 179-1/1eUISO 179-1/1eA

ISO 2039-1ISO 2039-2

IEC 60243-1ANSI/ESD STM 11.11

IEC 60250IEC 60250IEC 60250IEC 60250

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yellow-ochre1.41

0.352.54.4

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34 / 67no break

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black1.45

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40 x 10-6

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44V-0 / V-0

NYP / 110110

55500

39 / 72454

200M 106 (E 70)

-> 1013

6.05.4

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khaki grey1.61

0.261.73.2

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40 x 10-6

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50V-0 / V-0

NYP / 125125

36400

55 / 104303.5275

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khaki grey1.60

0.261.73.2

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30 x 10-6

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51V-0 / V-0

NYP / 140140

47000

58 / 110605

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black1.47

0.281.73.1

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25 x 10-6

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52V-0 / V-0

NYP / 1351352.5

8400

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0.602.64.6

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40 x 10-6

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270250

48V-0 / V-0

NYP / 83833

5500

42 / 80204

250M 110 (E 73)

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PROPERTIES Test methods Units

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4203 PAI (12)TORLON®

4301 PAI (12)TORLON®

5530 PAITORLON®

4XGTORLON®

4XCFSEMITRONESd 520HR

Legend:(1) According to method 1 of ISO 62 and done on discs 50 x 3 mm.(2) Only for short time exposure (a few hours) in applications where no or only a very low load is applied to the material.(3) Temperature resistance over a period of about 20,000 hours. After this period of time, there is a decrease in tensile strength – measured at 23°C – of about 50% as compared with the original value. The temperature values given here are therefore based on the

thermal-oxidative degradation which takes place and causes a reduction in properties. Note, however, that the maximum allowable service temperature depends in many cases essentially on the duration and the magnitude of the mechanical stresses to which thematerial is subjected.

(4) These estimated ratings, derived from raw material supplier data, are not intended to re�ect hazards presented by the materials under actual �re conditions. There are no ‘UL File Numbers' available for the TORLON® PAI stock shapes.(5) Test specimens: Type 1 B(6) Test speed: 5 or 50 mm/min [chosen acc. to ISO 10350-1 as a function of the ductile behaviour of the material (tough or brittle) ; only TORLON® 4203 PAI was tested at 50 mm/min].(7) Test speed: 1 mm/min(8) Test specimens: cylinders 8 x 16 mm(9) Pendulum used: 4 J(10) Measured on 10 mm thick test specimens.(11) Electrode con�guration:25 / 75 mm coaxial cylinders ; in transformer oil according to IEC 60296 ; 1 mm thick test specimens.(12) It has to be noted that the property values of compression moulded TORLON® 4503 PAI, resp. TORLON® 4501 PAI stock shapes can signi�cantly di�er from those given in this table for extruded TORLON® 4203 PAI, resp. TORLON® 4301 PAI stock shapes. They have

to be considered on an individual shape and dimension related basis. Please consult us.

• This table, mainly to be used for comparison purposes, is a valuable help in the choice of a material. The data listed here fall within the normal range of product properties of dry material.However, they are not guaranteed and they should not be used to establishmaterial speci�cation limits nor used alone as the basis of design.

It has to be noted that several of the products listed in this table are �bre reinforced and/or �lled, and hence show an anisotropic behaviour (properties di�er when measured parallel and perpendicular to the extrusion or compression direction).

Note: 1 g/cm3 = 1,000 kg/m2 ; 1 MPa = 1 N/mm2 tniop dleiy on si ereht:PYN.m/VM 1 = mm/Vk 1 ;

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