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Demand for DURACON(R) LW-02 Booms — Tips for Gear Noise Reduction


Demand for DURACON® LW-02 Booms
— Tips for Gear Noise Reduction


Polyplastics' DURACON® POM holds around 60% of the share of the Japanese polyoxymethylene(POM) resin market, and roughly 30% of the global market share. High sliding grades account for approximately 6% of the total sales volume of DURACON, finding use in a vast array of products where noise reduction is of paramount importance, including office automation equipment. In particular, DURACON LW-02 is extremely effective in reducing gear noise, and its use has surged across Asia in recent years.

 

Polyplastics is an expert in engineering plastics. Here we introduce our plastic gear noise reduction technology, together with some of the leading DURACON High Sliding Grades that are key to achieving noise reduction.



Plastic Gear Noise Reduction Technology — A Driving Force for Product Quality Improvements

Since its establishment, Polyplastics has offered more than just materials. As an expert in engineering plastics, we provide our customers with total solutions that also incorporate elements of design technology. Our design technology proposals have made a real contribution to improving the quality of a wide variety of products in the market. Noise reduction in plastic gears is one of the areas where we have made an impact.

A thorough observation and understanding of unique behaviors of plastics that are different from those of metals is essential in achieving noise reduction in plastic gears. In this article, Polyplastics introduces the causes of gear noise and crucial ways to counteract these, together with data based on our many years of insight.



Introducing DURACON® POM High Sliding Grades — A Key to Gear Noise Reduction

At Polyplastics, we have a diverse range of high sliding grades to match every application and specification. In this article, we introduce four of our leading POM high sliding grades — DURACON NW-02, DURACON LW-02, DURACON SW-01, and DURACON JW-03. We compare their respective characteristics, while using data to demonstrate their physical properties.



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Plastic Gear Noise Reduction Technology — A Driving Force for Product Quality Improvements


Introducing DURACON® POM High Sliding Grades — A Key to Gear Noise Reduction


5th September 2017