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Urethane Round Rod Stock

Polyurethane Round Rod Stock

Polyurethane is preferred over rubber and other traditional materials. It is more resistant to abrasions and holds up better under pressure. Urethane can also be formulated in different ways, adjusting the durometer for various uses and incorporating UV protection (available upon request for quote) and heat resistance. Industries that use urethane rods include:

Polyurethane is preferred over rubber and other traditional materials. It is more resistant to abrasions and holds up better under pressure. Urethane can also be formulated in different ways, adjusting the durometer for various uses and incorporating UV protection (available upon request for quote) and heat resistance. Industries that use urethane rods include:

  • Aerospace
  • Marine
  • Aviation
  • Manufacturing
  • Military
  • Food Service and Prep
  • Hobbyist

Advantages of Urethane:

  • Scratch and abrasion resistant
  • Excellent insulation
  • Custom shaping
  • Mold and algae resistant
  • High load-bearing capacity

The durometer range from Shore A to Shore D can be selected for your application. Softer applications such as tires or erasers fall under Shore A and have lower durometers and higher rebound, whereas applications like bowling balls and cart tires have higher durometers and fall under Shore D. No matter the durometer, polyurethane can hold up against the elements and against wear and tear.

More uses for urethane include:

  • Insulation
  • Noise reduction
  • Brake pads
  • CNC
  • Gaskets
  • Pressurized door seals
  • Wheels
  • Suspension bushings
  • Wire straightening
Polyurethane Round Rod Stock

Urethane Characteristics

Broad hardness ranging from 40 shore A to 90 shore A. Red, natural, and black are the standard and other colors are available upon request. Urethane is abrasion and cut resistant. Urethane is chemical and oil resistant. Urethane is machinable and resilient .Urethane has a lower tooling cost, has a high load bearing capacity and has elastic memory.

Standard Colors

While natural is our primary standard color, black, red and orange are also available, other colors are available upon request but will have an up charge (green, blue and yellow).

Availability

We maintain a large inventory of common lengths, widths and colors and can manufacture custom molded rods in the size, compound, and color that you request typically being produced shipped in 2-3 business days (call for rush orders).

Stocked Inventory Dimension Tolerances

These tolerances cover all stocked products except where noted. Please advise factory if a closer tolerance is required.

Hardness Range

Our standard compound range from 40 Shore “A” to 90 Shore “A” standard stock size, 65 Shore “D” durometer available upon request but will come with an up charge.

Pricing Details

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What Durometer Should I Use?

There are times when researching for a project, you need to know the hardness of the material you are wanting to use. Below we have included a chart with durometers of different products that range from soft to extra hard.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at (419)-693-7400 and one of our technical sales people can assist you.

Shore hardness scale

Why Use Polyurethane?

A resilient, tough material, polyurethane can outperform rubber and steel for abrasion resistance and can be injection molded, to any shape. Polyurethanes have exceptional damping abilities to control shock and lessen noise and vibration in the most arduous conditions.

  • Outstanding high wear abrasion resistance
  • Good low temperature flexibility and impact resistance
  • Low compression set
  • Good hydrolytic stability
  • High compressive strength
  • Low gas and vapor permeability, relatively high moisture vapor transmission rates
  • Low extractable levels
  • Ability to be painted without the use of primers
  • High resistance to oils, greases, oxygen and ozone

Polyurethane Round Rod Stock

Urethane rods are a versatile product well suited for machining into custom items for various applications. We offer custom formulated compounds,custom sizes and lengths. Standard colors are red, natural, and black with other colors available upon request.

Urethane Stock’s rods are made of tough, crack-resistant, and abrasion-resistant polyurethane, which lasts significantly longer than conventional rubbers and plastics. We provide custom sizes, lengths, hardness, and colors with little or no tooling costs. By producing our products in custom sizes.

Advantages of Polyurethane Rod

Polyurethane Rod is often used as a replacement for rubber components and provides an obvious upgrade over the traditional material. Polyurethane has a much improved resistance to wear and can out last other materials by as much as four times.

Another advantage is the performance during load and compression, Polyurethane will out perform rubber which will often permanently deform much sooner resulting in the associated components, often vehicle suspension parts becoming loose and causing lack of control and often expensive damage. Its resistance to ageing or perishing, rubber will often degrade over sometimes a short period of time, but this can often be accelerated in UV exposure and the contact with oils and fuels.

Polyurethane Rod is also much more resistant to cutting with sharp edges as well as much more impact resistant.

Urethane rod stock can be used as an inexpensive substitute for prototypes. This material can be easily and inexpensively machined to make small amount of bushings, washers, spacers, and bumpers. This avoids having to invest in a costly mold for small volume items.

Advantages of Polyurethane

Polyurethane is a unique material that offers the elasticity of rubber combined with the toughness and durability of metal. Because urethane is available in a very broad hardness range, it allows the engineer to replace rubber, plastic, and metal with the ultimate in abrasion resistance and physical properties. Polyurethane can reduce plant maintenance and OEM product cost. Many applications using this ultra-tough material have cut down-time, maintenance time, and cost of parts to a fraction of the previous figures. The following are other advantages polyurethane has to offer:

  • Abrasion resistant
  • Oil and solvent resistant
  • Load bearing capacity
  • Tear resistant
  • Excellent noise abatement properties
  • Flex-Life

Urethanes have better abrasion and tear resistance than rubbers, while offering higher load bearing capacity.

Compared to plastics, urethanes offer superior impact resistance, while offering excellent wear properties and elastic memory.

Urethanes have replaced metals in sleeve bearings, wear plates, sprockets, rollers, and various other parts, with benefits such as weight reduction, noise abatement, and wear improvements being realized.