Keep your material handling and mobile warehousing equipment working longer with specialty wear pads and structural plastic components designed for heavy-duty, fast-paced workloads. WS Hampshire supplies warehouses and industrial processing centers with thermoplastic components, including nylon sheaves, slides and guides, rollers and wheels, slider pads, wear liners, wear pads, and more.
Our specialty wear components work smoothly with or without lubrication, facilitating quick movements without subjecting fragile or high-cost structural components to wear and tear. Structural plastic elements also handle heavy loads and forces without cracking or crumbling under stress. The WS Hampshire team can work with you to deliver high-performance thermoplastic components that make your operations more efficient and productive.
Learn more here about the benefits of our non-metallic wear and structural components, as well as common examples of these parts.
Benefits of Thermoplastic Wear Pads and Structural Components
Invest in equipment components that can withstand heavy loads without a high price tag. Thermoplastic components from WS Hampshire are strong, lightweight, and durable. Here’s how that translates to long-term benefits for your facility:
- Longer lifespan. Thermoplastic parts last longer than comparable parts made from other materials, like metals. This is in part because plastics are durable, corrosion-resistant, and slow to wear out, making them an ideal wear pad material.
- Low maintenance demands. Unlike metal wear parts, thermoplastic wear parts work with or without lubrication, eliminating lubrication reapplication. Because of their long lifespan, they also don’t require frequent replacement.
- Easier equipment handling. Thermoplastics are lightweight, so they are easier to move, transport, and reposition. They also stay smooth and functional, so workers can easily move equipment on rails and perform tasks without struggling against the equipment. The parts can even make the equipment quieter, lowering noise pollution.
- Protection for adjacent components. Thermoplastic wear parts protect the mating parts, reducing total maintenance costs and keeping those more expensive parts in better condition.
These benefits help your facility manage operating expenses by preventing costly repairs and unscheduled maintenance. They also support worker safety by making heavy-duty equipment quieter, smoother, and easier to work with.
Examples of Components Used in Material Handling
- Wire Rope Sheaves and Sheave Assemblies
- Wear Pads
- Slides and Slider Pads
- Bearings and Bushings
- Bumpers
- Guides, Guide Blocks, and Chain Guides
- Rollers and Wheels
- Gears and Sprockets
- Guide Rolls
- Manifolds
- Cams and Spacers
- Hydraulic Hose Sheaves for Forklifts
- Hose Clamps and Guide Sheaves
- Other Mechanical Wear Parts
Component Materials
At WS Hampshire, we work with multiple high-performance thermoplastic materials based on the unique needs of our clients. In addition to Timco Technical Thermoplastics and nylon, our engineering team provides other composite materials to fit your material handling requirements and budget.
Timco Technical Plastics
Timco Technical Thermoplastics are precision-engineered to deliver specific characteristics and performance features for intense industrial environments. Our engineered plastics made from lightweight polymer and fiber-reinforced formulas offer the following benefits:
- Only 14% the weight of steel, reducing overall weight
- Resist corrosion and chemical degradation
- Self-lubricating to simplify maintenance and extend service lifespan
- Wrap around components as a sacrificial, low-cost wear component
- Dampen vibration and rattling to prolong assembly life and decrease noise pollution
Nylon
Nylon offers superior characteristics for wear pad materials, including a low coefficient of friction to keep movement smooth and easy, heat resistance up to 230 °F, and good hardness. It also offers good tensile strength and can be combined with glass, oil, or moly disulfide to enhance its abrasion resistance.
Other Engineering Plastics and Composites
Along with high-performance thermoplastics and nylon, WS Hampshire provides phenolics, fiberglass-based materials, and specialty materials for electrical or thermal insulation. We specialize in laminate composites, insulating papers and films, and other plastic materials for custom composite solutions.
Contact WS Hampshire for Quality Non-Metallic Wear Parts for Material Handling and Warehousing
Since the 1890s, WS Hampshire has been a trusted source of high-performance thermoplastic industrial components. From our Hampshire, Illinois, facility, we fabricate non-metallic materials and manufacture a wide range of components with in-house CNC machining, rotary die, punching, vacuum forming, and assembly capabilities. Contact us today to start your order of Timco Technical Plastic, nylon, or other structural plastic material handling components.