Tough Plastic Outwears Stainless, Carbon Steel

Tough Plastic Outwears Stainless, Carbon Steel FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 6-5-16 A new plastic material that's six times tougher than stainless or carbon steel may be just the ticket for solving special equipment repair problems, such as metal gears or parts that keep wearing out, or grain or fertilizer equipment that corrodes, won't handle the grain without briding, or can't stand up to abrasive wear and tear. "We think farmers will find dozens of uses for this new product," says Ronald Mascott, president of Ang-Alloy Engineering Co., Dearborn Heights, Mich., manufacturer of the wear-resistant plastic called Ang-Alloy. It's available in sheets, rod or bar stock, or in boards or tube stock. You can even buy it in a roll of tape for quick, easy application wherever high abrasion exists, or where you need to "slippery up" sticky surfaces to keep wet grain or other material flowing. The tape comes in various widths (1/2 in. to 6 in.) and has a pressure-sensive adhesive backing. "It's great for lining grain or fertilizer chutes and hoppers to prevent wear, or to prevent bridging of sticky materials, such as high moisture corn," Mascott points out. He notes that Ang-Alloy purchased in sheet, bar, rod or tube stock is easy to cut to size with conventional wood or metal saws. Special gears, pulleys or other parts are easily turned out on wood or metal lathes. "If you've been able to locate a certain metal gear or other part for an older piece of equipment, or if a certain metal part keeps wearing out and having to be replaced, you may be able to have a duplicate part machined out of Ang-Alloy. If you don't have a lathe, a local machine shop may be able to do it. The cost should be a lot less than having the same part machined out of metal," suggests Mascott. "Our new product can also be used to fabricate such items as bearing blocks and shields, chain guides, cam guides or worm screws." Cost of round Ang-Alloy stock is 82 cents per ft. in 1/2 in. dia., and up to $137.24 per ft. for 8 in. dia. rod stock. The wear tape Ang-Alloy sells for $12.57 for 1/2 in. wide tape, $25.13 for 1 in. wide, and $150.83 for a roll of 6 in. wide tape. All rolls are 54 ft. long. Sheet stock prices start at $172 for a 1/8 by 48 by 120 in. sheet. A board of Ang-Alloy 1 in. thick, 6 in. wide and 10 ft. long for replacing the scraper blade on a dirt mover, for example ù sells for $10.91 per ft. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ang-Alloy Engineering Co., Ronald Mascot, president, 26850 Van Born Rd., Dearborn Hgts., Mich. 48125 (ph 313 291-0200).

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