POLYSLIDE Design Guide
POLYSLIDE Design Guide
PolySlide™ cylinder tubing is an innovative solution for pneumatic and hydraulic applications, offering advantages over traditional metallic tubing. It allows for customization from simple tubes to complete systems, with design validation available through Polygon's testing facilities.
- Seal-Friendly Bore Surface: Molded surface reduces seal wear and includes lubricants and wear-resistant additives.
- High Strength/Non-Metallic Material: Fiberglass-reinforced epoxy matrix provides orthotropic properties.
- Corrosion Resistance: Resistant to rust and chemicals, suitable for water as hydraulic fluid.
- Dielectrically Insultable: Non-conductive, ideal for electronic devices.
- Low Thermal Conductivity: Consistent performance across temperatures.
- Impact Resistant: Resists damage without deformation.
- Light Weight: Lighter than aluminum and steel.
- Smooth Cylinder Walls: Prevents material build-up and leakage.
Compatible with conventional seals and closures, suitable for various applications including pneumatic and hydraulic actuators.
Can replace metallic tubing while retaining existing components, with recommended testing and approval.
- High Load Pneumatic Test: Lower temperatures than aluminum.
- Bore Surface Wear Resistance: Superior to aluminum.
- Fatigue Characteristics: Safer failure mode than stainless steel.
- Large Cast Iron Cylinder Studies: Less seal wear and leakage than cast iron.
PolySlide offers advantages over gel-coated cylinders, including self-lubricating surfaces and improved resistance, addressing EPA regulations and delamination issues.
Endurance tests show PolySlide's lower seal wear rate and friction levels compared to gel-coated cylinders.
Customizable for various applications, with a design guide for standard sizes and assembly practices.
Similar lubrication methods to metallic cylinders, often unnecessary in-service lubrication.
Alternative to sight glass, offering high strength and corrosion resistance, suitable for harsh environments.
PolySlide and PolySight provide enhanced performance, durability, and regulatory compliance for industrial applications.
Operating pressure values and allowable end pressure force are based on theoretical calculations with safety factors. Designed for pneumatic and low-pressure hydraulic applications.
Details on standard sizes, operating pressures, and weights are provided.
Final testing and approval are the customer's responsibility, with independent consideration of pressure and compression ratings.
Polygon Composites, 103 Industrial Park Drive, Walkerton, IN, USA.
Catalog excerpts
UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES PolySlide cylinder tubing offers many unique features to the Fluid Power Industry for pneumaticand hydraulic applications. By providing the industry with a more versatile cylinder material than traditional metallic cylinder tubing, the PolySlide cylinder can not only be a direct replacement for current applications, but opens new cylinder design opportunities by eliminating limitations com- mon to metals.PolySlide cylinders can be provided in various ways, from a simple cylindertube cut to length for cus-tomer assembly, to a completely designed cylindersystem according...
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UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES CORROSION RESISTANCE (CONTINUED) DIELECTRICALLY INSULTABLECYLINDER Polygons chemical exposure recommendations are based on long term exposure by physical containment of these chemicals in question. For short term exposures, PolySlide cylinders may work fine even for those not recommended chemicals. Contact PolygonҒs Sales Engineers with any questions concerning chemical exposure. The PolySlide cylinder is a dielectrically insultablematerial. It will not conduct electricity. It is ideal for external limit switch positioning controls and other types of electronic positioning...
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PER MILLION CYCLES ENDURANCE TEST Cup Seal Wear Rate 0.140.160.180.2 0.120.10.080.060.040.020 > gg Gelcoated Cylinder PolySlide Cylinder >
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SEAL DESIGN The same conventional design criteria being used in normal fluid power cylinder application areapplicable with PolySlide cylinders. For current applications where PolySlide is a direct replacement for a metallic cylinder tube, thesame piston seal design can normally be used. The PolySlide wear surface shown above (at magnification) after a high cycle speed test againstlegacy-era gel-coated tubing. After 300,000 cycles, the PolySlide surface retained its smooth sur- face with minimal deposition of seal material. The granular materials shown in this picture are parts of the PolySlide's...
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End caps can be designed in various ways to meet specified requirements. The simplest meansof attaching the ends to the cylinder is by the use of tie rods; however, Polygon has experience with other end cap attachment techniques. For common cylinder sizes using tie rods see the table on the previous page for design details.Pre-load torque values are given here. PolySlide cylinders offer smoother walls, excellentimpingement resistance, a wide temperature range, are resistant to corrosion and are lighter weight than their metal counterparts. The perfect com- bination for your next cylinder design...
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PolySightٙ composite tubing is a perfect alternative toconventional sight glass. Polygon engineers devel- oped PolySight years ago for use with oil reservoir systems. The extra strength of these filament wound composites will keep PolySight tubes from denting or chipping. Thanks to their high strength, low cost and light-weight characteristics, they are ideal substitutes for most of todays metal and thermoplastic products. The distinct translucent benefits are a result of PolygonҒsdesign and manufacturing strengths, which work to your advantage when used in highly-pressur- ized, critical oil...
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