Description

Nylon 6 Cast Blue Rod is an engineering plastic with product characteristics including high toughness even at high temperatures, high rigidity and high UV resistance. The long term service temperature range of Nylon 6 Rod is from -40°C to 110°C and has a short term maximum service temperature of 170°C.

Typical fields of application for Nylon 6 Rod include mechanical engineering, offshore and steel industries. Nylon 6 Rod is a material well suited to CNC turning, billeting and precision grinding. Similar materials available from Plastock include Nylon 66 Extruded Black Rod and Nylon 6 Cast Natural Rod.

If you have a requirement for machined or finished Nylon 6 components please ask the Plastock team for more information.

Tech Specs

Colour	Blue
Density (g/cm³)	1.15
Water absorption (%)	2.5
Yield stress (MPa)	75
Elongation at break (%)	≥45
Tensile modulus of elasticity (MPa)	3500
Notched impact strength (kJ/m²)	≥3.0
Ball indentation hardness (MPa)	180
Shore hardness (scale D)	83
Melting temperature (°C)	216
Thermal conductivity (W/(m*K)	0.25
Thermal capacity (kJ/(kg*K)	1.7
CLTE (10⁻⁶K⁻¹)	80
Service temp long term min (°C)	-40
Service temp long term max (°C)	110
Service temp short term max (°C)	170
Heat deflection temperature (°C)	95
Dielectric constant	3.7
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	Cast

Downloads

Plastock Technical Datasheet Nylon 6 Cast