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Nylacast Oilon was a break through of the first magnitude in the world of cast nylons, developed in the early 70s by Nylacast and introduced to the market in 1974. Oilon was the very first authentic lubricated Nylon, havinga blended liquid lubricant system built in during the processstages, which obviously resulted in a substantial increase inbearing life, 5 times that of Natural cast nylon and 25 timesthat of phosphor bronze! The lubricant contained within thematerial will not drain, machine, spin, leech or dry out andnever needs replenishment.

Nylacast Aquanyl PA 6/12 is a copolymer of nylon 6 and nylon 12 produced via the anionic polymerization process using the monomer’s of caprolactam and Laurinlactam. Laurinlactam has a similar effect to a plasticizer, but being a copolymer does not suffer the “Leeching out” problems of many plasticisers. The aim is to impart a greater degree of resilience to the material, for which purpose the copolymerisation method is very successful.

Nylacast PA 6 Natural is the basic PA 6 grade from which all the other grades of cast nylon stem. Generally accepted as the primary engineering polymer, natural cast nylon is suitable for virtually any plain bearing application, not to mention a huge range of other applications for which this versatile grade finds a use. By varying the conditions of polymerisation the mechanical properties of cast nylon may be altered to suit specific applications and the performance of the basic polymer can be enhanced with the addition of various additives, fillers, lubricants and colorants (see further grades). Compared with injection molding and extrusion grades of polyamide, cast nylons stand out with their improved mechanical, thermal and chemical resistance properties.