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

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