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Delrin: ability to accept pressed bronze bushings?
Thanks TVP. Do you think the issue could be not the properties of material but the age of the nylon? Would the delrin (simply because it's new) be better suited to receiving the bronze than old nylon will? I guess the question is: do these plastic brittle with age? Thanks again.- J0J0
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Delrin: ability to accept pressed bronze bushings?
Idle rollers (1" dia. x 1.25" length) on a small 20-year old conveyer system are made of nylon running on steel shoulder bolts turning < 100 rpm. The nylon rollers wear over a year or 2 such that the bearing clearance is no longer acceptable and the belts that run over these rollers start to...- J0J0
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