Polyethylene variant PE1000
Polyethylene variant PE1000
PE1000 has even higher wear resistance. Because of its particularly high molecular weight, it is also called PE-UHMW (“ultra-high molecular weight”). The extremely long molecular chains result in particularly high impact strength, ie this PE plastic can absorb a lot of energy on impact without breaking.
For this reason, as well as because of the good sliding properties due to the very low friction, this material is used for many components in modern mechanical engineering. PE1000 is a reliable material even at very low temperatures (down to -200 °C).
