What is Supamide
Supamide is a specially formulated self-lubricating, super tough engineering plastic, developed to overcome specific challenges encountered with current engineering plastics available within the market.
Supamide offers improved properties over materials such as Phosphor Bronze and has a higher continuous operating temperature than alternative engineering plastics, within humid and wet conditions.
Industry engineers have found that our low shaft wear and high impact strength make us most suitable for demanding applications and is therefore widely accepted throughout multiple industries as a high quality and cost-effective solution to surface wear.
Why Supamide
Proven Performance
Supamide has two decades of proven performance throughout the industry.
Self-lubricating
Supamide is a true self-lubricating material. Whilst lubrication does lower friction, in many instances it is not necessary.
Super Tough
Supamide has a very high impact strength, preventing costly problems like cracking and flange breakage.
Low Shaft Wear
Controlled tests and filed applications have shown that Supamide bushes produce very little shaft wear, even without lubrication.
High Operating Temperatures
Supamide has a maximum operating temperature of up to 130°C. Supamide does not become hard, abrasive and brittle when run at 100°C in wet and humid conditions.
Popular Supamide Applications
Underground hopper door and trunnion bushes.
LHD diff trunnion bushes.
B6460 winch bearing inserts.
65 ton low bed walking beam bushes.
Underground loco motor axle bushes.
Crane slipper pads and sheaves.
Semi-finished Specs
Rods: 20mm dia. – 300mm dia.
Bushing: 45mm dia. – 500mm dia.
Plates: Up to 1000mm x 600mm
Discs: Up up 800mm dia.
Please enquire should you have a specific custom requirement
High impact, low wearing solution
for plain bearing applications
Technical Specification
This information has been derived from supplier’s literature and in-house tests. It is useful as a comparative guide but not to be used to calculate operational limits nor to be relied on solely for the basis of design.
Density at 20°C
1,15gm/cm³
Melting point
217°C – 220°C
Yield stress
80 Mpa
Yield strain
3.5%
Tensile modulus of elasticity
3280 Mpa
Flexural strength
140 Mpa
Flexural modulus of elasticity
3240 Mpa
Hardness
80 – 85 Shore D
Co-efficient of friction
± 0.1
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More than two decades
of proven high performance
Contact
Tel: +27 (0)57 357 1341
Mobile: +27 (0)73 178 4353
Email: info@supamide.co.za
Head Office:
116, 4th Street, Voorspoed,
Welkom, 9459
Contact
Tel: +27 (0)57 357 1341
Mobile: +27 (0)73 178 4353
Email: info@supamide.co.za
Head Office:
116, 4th Street, Voorspoed,
Welkom, 9459