Plastic milling and turning parts

Plastics for CNC machining by milling and turning

A wide variety of plastics with different properties are used for CNC machining with turning and milling. Plastics are versatile, electrically insulating and easy to machine. They are generally characterized by significantly lower manufacturing costs for turning and milling than the metallic materials. 

The ideal plastic for your turning and milling parts

Our product range includes low-cost standard plastics, engineering design plastics and high-performance plastics for specific requirements. This overview provides you with a compact overview of the materials available at Spanflug and helps you select the ideal plastic for your turning and milling parts. All plastics can be selected for instant price calculation at Spanflug Buy.


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Our plastics

Please select the plastic with the optimum fit to your requirements. 

PA6
Polyamide

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength: 71 - 80 N/mm²

PA is a construction plastic that is particularly suitable for manufacturing structural and sliding elements with dynamic loads.

good damping properties
good mechanical properties
good gliding properties
high wear resistance
good machinability

PA66 GF30

Material costs: €€€

Tensile strength: 112 - 135 N/mm²

PA66 GF30 is a polyamide reinforced with 30 % glass fiber with improved mechanical and thermal properties than unreinforced PA.

good damping properties
very good mechanical properties
good heat resistance
rather unsuitable for sliding applications
good machinability

PC
Polycarbonate

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength: 112 - 135 N/mm²

PC is a transparent plastic with high strength, impact strength and rigidity. PC is characterized by very high dimensional stability. Compared to PMMA, however, it is somewhat less transparent and has a significantly higher scratch sensitivity.

very high dimensional stability
good electrical insulating properties
good machinability
low water absorption
rather unsuitable for sliding applications

PE-1000/PE-UHMW
Polyethylene

Material costs: €€

Tensile strength: 20 - 25 N/mm²

PE-UHMW is a standard plastic with low strength and hardness and high thermal expansion. Compared to PE-HD, it has significantly higher toughness and better wear and sliding properties. In addition, this material is suitable for applications in the ultra-low temperature range (-200°C to -270°C).

very good chemical resistance
good wear resistance
good damping properties
very good electrical insulating properties
use down to -270 °C possible

PEEK
Polyetheretherketone

Material costs: €€€€€

Tensile strength: 100 - 116 N/mm²

PEEK is a high-performance plastic with particularly high mechanical strength, stiffness and temperature resistance.

very high mechanical strength
very high surface hardness
excellent wear resistance
high thermal load capacity
very good chemical resistance
good radiation resistance
good machinability

PE-HD
Polyethylene

Material costs:

Tensile strength: 20 - 30 N/mm²

PE is a standard plastic with low strength and hardness and high thermal expansion. PE has excellent chemical resistance as well as good impact strength.

good damping properties
very good chemical resistance
very good electrical insulating properties
applicable up to -50° C

PET white / black

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength white: 79 N/mm²
Tensile strength black: 91 N/mm²

PET white is characterized by its good machinability and high toughness. The plastic is also widely used due to its good sliding and friction properties, as well as its excellent chemical resistance.

PET black has, in addition to the properties listed above, increased UV protection.

good chemical resistance
High toughness
very high strength
High stiffness
Good welding and bonding properties
good sliding and friction properties
good machinability
increased UV protection (PET black)

PMMA (acrylic glass) Polymethyl methacrylate

Material costs:

Tensile strength: 70 - 76 N/mm²

PMMA / Acrylgals is a transparent plastic with excellent resistance to weathering and UV light.

very good electrical insulating properties
light, weather and radiation resistant
high transparency

POM
Polyoxymethylene

Material costs: €€

Tensile strength: 70 - 78 N/mm²

POM is a versatile engineering plastic with high strength and dimensional stability. Its excellent sliding properties make it particularly suitable for dry friction applications.

very good mechanical properties
very good gliding properties
good creep resistance
very good machinability

POM-C ESD

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength: 42 N/mm²

POM-C ESD is characterized by electrical conductivity in addition to the advantages of regular POM-C. The "ESD" indicates that the plastic protects against electrostatic charging.

good gliding properties
electrical conductivity
Protection against electrostatic charge
very good mechanical properties
good creep resistance
very good machinability

PP-H
Polypropylene

Material costs:

Tensile strength: 21 - 37 N/mm²

PP is a versatile standard plastic. Compared to PE, PP has slightly better mechanical properties, while its chemical resistance is somewhat lower. At temperatures below 0 °C, the plastic is susceptible to impact.

good chemical resistance
very good electrical insulating properties
very low specific weight

PPS GF40

Material costs: €€€€€

Tensile strength: 83 N/mm²

PPS GF40 is a polyphenylene sulfide reinforced with 40% glass fiber. The material is characterized on the mechanical side by its strength and stiffness, but also by its chemical resistance and excellent thermal properties.

very good chemical resistance
High strength
High stiffness
very good thermal properties
High creep resistance

PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength: 15 - 35 N/mm²

PTFE is a high-performance plastic characterized by an exceptionally broad thermal application range from -200 °C to +260 °C. It has a relatively low strength.

very good chemical resistance
very good gliding properties
light, weather and radiation resistant
non flammable
very good electrical insulating properties

PVC-U
Polyvinyl chloride

Material costs:

Tensile strength: 35 - 60 N/mm²

PVC-U, or rigid PVC, has very good chemical resistance, good sliding properties and good mechanical properties.

good gliding properties
flame retardant
very good chemical resistance
very good electrical insulating properties

PVDF
Polyvinylidene fluoride

Material costs: €€€€

Tensile strength: 35 - 55 N/mm²

PVDF is a high-performance plastic that has good thermal resistance and is much harder and stiffer than PTFE.

non flammable
very good chemical resistance
light-, weather- and radiation-resistant
good electrical insulating properties

Note: The data given are guide values and may vary depending on the machining process and part. The data cannot be transferred to finished parts without further ado. The suitability of the materials for a specific part must be checked by the customer.

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