What part are you making?
Every datasheet states the uses the producer designed its material for. Those statements are counted below: next to each material is the number of grades, out of the 500 we hold in our archive across the families listed here, that name that use.
The number shows how widely a material is offered for that use; it does not say it is the right one for your part. There are no judgements of ours in this table: it is a count of what the producers write on their own datasheets.
| Part type | Materials the producers name for this use |
|---|---|
| Housings and enclosures | |
| Connectors | |
| Gears and drives | |
| Bearings and bushings | |
| Switches and controls | |
| Transparent and optical parts | |
| Coils and windings | |
| Gaskets and seals | |
| Structural parts | |
| Fasteners and clips | |
| Containers | |
| Pipes and fittings | |
| Caps and closures |
| Sector | Materials the producers name for this use |
|---|---|
| Automotive |
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| Electrical and electronics |
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| Industrial machinery | |
| Home appliances | |
| Sport and leisure | |
| Food | |
| Furniture and design | |
| Building and plumbing | |
| Packaging | |
| Medical |
Food and medical are areas of use declared by the producer, not a certification: suitability for food contact or for medical use is established on the individual grade, from the conformity documentation that comes with it.
The final choice is made on the grade, not on the family: within one family the reinforcement, the flow and the additives change, and everything else with them. The measured properties are in the material pages; send us the drawing and the service conditions and we will narrow the choice down together.