Virgin Grade UHMW Sheet

thyssenkrupp Engineered Plastics / Online Plastics® maintains inventory of virgin grade UHMW sheets up to 1” thick and 48” lengths as well as a range of standard widths up to 120”. We also custom cut UHMW sheet to match your exact specifications. Some of the industrial uses of virgin grade UHMW sheet, include:

• Chair and belt guides

• Wear strips, guide rails and neck guides

• Corner tracks

• Spiral Conveyors

• Extruded profiles and guide rails

• Other construction parts and components

Virgin UHMW-PE sheets are lightweight and long wearing. UHMW exhibits excellent chemical, abrasion, and impact resistance, as well as a low coefficient of friction. Virgin UHMW sheets have very low moisture-absorbing characteristics. In food processing applications UHMW is and excellent choice for applications where strong smells or discoloration from food is an issue. The ultra high molecular weight creates a highly dense inert material that does not absorb food smell, taste, or color, even from foods like tomatoes that tend to cause staining.
It is important to note that UHMW-PE Virgin grade is FDA- and USDA-approved for direct contact with food. However, not all grade of UHMW are compliant so be sure to specify when you require FDA, USDA or other compliance. As a stocking distributor tkEP provides full to and batch traceability and, if applicable we provide REACH compliance documentation. Talk to our sales group today for more information 866-837-0679 for more information or assistance.
 
Virgin UHMW-PE sheets are an effective replacement for metal materials in part manufacturing. Parts made from UHMW polyethylene help reduce weight and noise.