Composite bearings at construction show

Polygon Company's new range of composite plain bearings.
Polygon Company's new range of composite plain bearings.

Polygon Company says that it will showcase its new range of composite plain bearings at US construction show CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020, planned for 10-14 March 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Polygon will also showcase its PolySlide composite tubing for pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders at the show.

According to the company, its custom-engineered and standard composite plain bearings on display are suitable for construction equipment applications, such as wheel loaders, excavators, back hoes, and compact track loaders. The bearings have high load-bearing capacity, low frictional values, and corrosion resistance, and are self-lubricated, requiring no greasing.

PolySlide composite tubing is suitable for pneumatic and low-pressure hydraulic applications such as fifth wheel actuation, gate valve actuators, water treatment flow control mechanisms, and tie rod cylinders, Polygon says. PolySlide tubing can replace metallic material in a variety of cylinder applications and can be supplied as a cylinder tube ready for customer assembly, or as fully engineered cylinder assemblies for equipment manufacturer applications. The tubing is made of continuous filament-wound glass fiber and polymer resins combined together to form a high strength component that exhibits dimensional stability, is non-corroding, impingement resistant and is non-conductive, according to the company.

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