FILLED F10PTFE
To improve the already exceptional characteristics, especially when used in high-stress applications, F10PTFE is modified with the addition of different fillers, including: glass fibre, graphite, ceramic, nickel, stainless steel, bronze, MoS2, polyimide, etc., which improve certain mechanical characteristics, such as compressive strength and thermal conductivity, or reduce the tendency to creep under load. This means we can manufacture parts that allow considerable improvements both in design and in operation (e.g. piston rings and guide shoes for compressors).

OTHER MATERIALS
Fluorten is able to develop and manufacture, always upon customer request for specific applications, semi-finished and finished technical components in materials including:

PFA
(perfluoroalkoxy), a veritable thermoplastic material with exceptional characteristics similar to those of F10PTFE. The main characteristic is that it can be processed by injection and transfer moulding. We use PFA to produce technical components and coat chemical equipment on a specially designed and constructed system.

FEP
This is a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene. It has characteristics similar to those of PFA and is also transformed on injection and transfer presses.

PVDF
(polyvinylidene (di)fluoride). We produce a wide range of semi-finished products (tubes, rods, sheets, etc.) by extrusion and transfer moulding. Injection moulding of technical components even of considerable size.

ETFE
(ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer). Thermoplastic material such as PFA, but with lower thermal and chemical resistance. The mechanical characteristics, especially hardness and abrasion resistance, are instead considerably higher than those of the above-mentioned materials. Tefzel^® is mainly used in the electrotechnical and electromechanical industries. Due to its resistance to abrasion, it is also used in coatings for valves and fittings with high chemical and mechanical characteristics.

PCTFE
(polychlorotrifluoroethylene homopolymer). Used with increasing frequency, particularly in cryogenics, it is matched by our commitment to produce of an increasingly broad range of semi-finished and finished products. In fact, the particular machining cycles to produce plates, rods, rings and sleeves require the use of specially designed and manufactured equipment and machinery.

ETCHED PTFE
Fluorten has a modern PTFE etching plant that complies with the strictest regulations in force on environmental protection. Once etched, the F10PTFE products are ready for bonding.