ZEDEX® 530 family
Super PTFE compound – up to 240 °C
ZX-530® is a smart avarage between PTFE and ceramic. It has neither the fragility of the ceramic nor the strong creep of PTFE. Wear resistance and elasticity are respectively many times higher than that of PTFE and the one of ceramic.
The chemical resistance, instead, is at the PTFE level. The modification ZX-530CD3® has the better wear resistance of the ZEDEX® materials at 60°C. ZX-530® has 2 to 3 times better desorption values than PEEK.
When to use the family ZX-530® ?
- When in contact with chemicals
- When low water absorption is required
- If FDA conformity or EU 10/2011 approval is required
(basic type ZX-530®)
When is the ZX-530® family not suitable?
- For visible parts (colored special types possible, e.g. ZX-530® black as alternative)
- For applications with very strongly abrasive particles
(e.g. the family ZX-324® as alternative)
What can be replaced?
| ZEDEX | temperature | strength | toughness | friction | precision | wear | costs | pv values | Chemicals | |||||
| ZX-530 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| ZX-530CD3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| ZX-530KF15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| ZX-530EL3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | possible | ||||
| Standard materials | Replacement for | |||||||||||||
| PTFE | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| PEEK | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| PBT | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| PVDF | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| PPS | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Stainless steel 1.4301 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Ceramics AI203 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| TPI | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Basic type
ZX-530
⟶ value the higher = better
ZX-530 Material data sheet
Characteristics
- low tendency to creep
- hydrolysis resistance
- low moisture absorption
- flame resistant
- low contaminant ions
- resistence to stress cracking
- good machinability
- bondable and weldable
- EU 10/2011 certified, FDA, LABS compliant
- extreme low generation of outgassing
- cheaper than PEEK
- suitable for vacuum
Resistance
- UV-radiation: (500 hours Xenon DIN 53597)
tensile strength: –16 % (after 600 Std. rapid drop) elongation at break: +5 %, colour changing possible - Gamma-radiation: limit absorbed dose 1000 kGy
- Chemicals, resistant: insoluble in organic solvents and
chemicals - Chemicals, not resistant: chlorosulfonic acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, nitrobenzene, concentrated sulfuric acid
- Lubricants and fuels: resistant
- Water: max.water absorption: 0,01 %, up to max. 140 °C resistant
- Fire behaviour: oxygen index (LOI): 47 %, Classification: V-0 (UL94)
Operational parameters
- Temperature (T):
–100 °C to +240 °C (+260 °C) - Surface pressure (p):
max. 25(74) MPa - Sliding speed (v)
max. 300 m /min - Fatigue(S)
tensile fatigue strength at 20 °C and 106 stress cycles,
1 Hz = 40 MPa
Available as:
- plastic granules
- rods
- tubes
- sheets
- 3D Tribo Filament
- machined components
- injection moulded parts
- plain bearing bushes according to DIN
Modification
ZX-530CD3
⟶ value the higher = better
ZX-530CD3 Material data sheet
Fibre- and PTFE-modified
- extreme low wear up to 100°C and up to 200 °C very good values
- Stiff and dimensinally stable.
Operational parameters
- Temperature (T):
–100 °C to +240 °C (+260 °C) - Surface pressure (p):
max. 20 (56) MPa - Sliding speed (v)
max. 300 m/min - Fatigue(S)
tensile fatigue strength at 20 °C and and 106 stress cycles,
1 Hz = 19 MPa
Available as:
- plastic granules
- rods
- tubes
- sheets
- machined components
- injection moulded parts
- plain bearing bushes according to DIN
Examples of use
Product shapes, processing methods
and finished parts
Product shapes
- Granules
- Rods
- Hollow rods
- Sheets
- 3D-Filament
- machined parts
- injection moulded parts
- 3D-printed parts
Processing methods
- CNC milling
- CNC lathe
- Conventional lathe
- CNC automatic lathe
- Grinding
- Threads
- Dressing – profiling
- Sawing
- Planing
- Roughening of adhesive surfaces
- Injection moulding
- Welding
- Coating – cladding
- Labelling
- Bonding
- 3D printing
Finished parts
- Precision bushings
- Plain bearing bushes according to DIN
- Sliding guides
- Slideways
- Gears
- Track rollers
- Spindle nuts
- Seals
- Scrapers
- Gear racks
- Toothed belt discs
- Rudder bearings
- Pump bearings
Documentation
Application flyer
Approval certificate
ZX-530 (EU 10/2011)
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