Nylon 6 Extruded Natural Rod
Description
Nylon 6 Extruded Natural Rod is an engineering plastic with product characteristics including high impact strength, excellent noise and vibration absorption and excellent sliding properties. The long term service temperature range of Nylon 6 Rod is from -40°C to 85°C and has a short term maximum service temperature of 160°C.
Typical fields of application for Nylon 6 Rod include mechanical engineering, vehicle construction and food processing industries. Nylon 6 Rod is a material well suited to billeting, precision grinding and CNC turning. Similar materials available from Plastock include Nylon 66 Extruded Natural Rod and Acetal C Extruded Natural Rod.
If you have a requirement for machined or finished Nylon 6 components please ask the Plastock team for more information.
Tech Specs
| Material | Nylon 6 |
| Shape | Rod |
| Colour | Natural |
| Density (g/cm³) | 1.14 |
| Water absorption (%) | 3 |
| Yield stress (MPa) | 80 |
| Elongation at break (%) | ≥50 |
| Tensile modulus of elasticity (MPa) | 3200 |
| Notched impact strength (kJ/m²) | ≥3.0 |
| Ball indentation hardness (MPa) | 170 |
| Shore hardness (scale D) | 83 |
| Melting temperature (°C) | 220 |
| Thermal conductivity (W/(m*K) | 0.23 |
| Thermal capacity (kJ/(kg*K) | 1.7 |
| CLTE (10⁻⁶K⁻¹) | 90 |
| Service temp long term min (°C) | -40 |
| Service temp long term max (°C) | 85 |
| Service temp short term max (°C) | 160 |
| Heat deflection temperature (°C) | 75 |
| Dielectric constant | 3.9 |
| Dielectric strength (kV/mm) | 20 |
| Volume resistivity (Ω*cm) | 10¹⁵ |
| Surface resistivity (Ω) | 10¹³ |
| Comparative tracking indexy | 600 |
| Flammability 3mm | HB |
| Flammability 6mm | HB |
| Material type | Extruded |
