Custom-Machined Parts are wear- and washdown-resistant.
Press Release Summary:
Process Equipment Components are custom-made from various types of plastic or aluminum to achieve specific performance requirements in machinery and conveyors. Featuring star wheels, scrapers, sprockets, spacers, brackets, bearings, cams, chain guides, and tracks, wear parts are designed to withstand continuous operation and frequent washdowns. Parts can be machined with ±0.0005 in. tolerances and surface finishes to 16 RMS, depending upon material.
Original Press Release:
Process Equipment Components Wear-Resistant and Withstand Frequent Washdowns
Custom machined friction and wear parts for food, meat, pharmaceutical and related process equipment that must be sanitized using detergents, bleach and steam are available from Slideways, Inc. of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Slideways Process Equipment Components are custom machined from various types of plastic or aluminum to achieve specific performance requirements in machinery and conveyors. Featuring star wheels, scrapers, sprockets, spacers, brackets, bearings, cams, chain guides, and tracks, they are all designed to be subjected to continuous operation and frequent washdowns.
Specializing in FDA/USDA-compliant wear parts, Slideways is capable of machining process equipment components with ±0.0005" tolerances and surface finishes to 16 RMS, depending upon material. Typical materials include oil filled nylon for handling high speeds and loads, MD-nylon which features a dry lubricant, acetal, glass filled PTFE, UHMW, UHMW-HT, and aluminum.
Slideways Process Equipment Components are priced according to material, configuration, and quantity. Price quotations can be provided from prints or customer supplied samples.
For more information contact:
Slideways, Inc.
Thomas R. Sioui, VP Marketing
705 Plantation St.
Worcester, MA 01605-2039
(800) 298-7543 FAX (508) 854-0711
e-mail: tsioui@slideways.com
www.slideways.com
