Polyurethane drive sprockets are extremely popular but are hard to find in special profiles and sizes. This is where Plan Tech is here to help. Custom sizes or high volume polyurethane drive sprockets are our specialty. Frequently Plan Tech can rapidly produce compression molds for any size polyurethane drive sprockets to be able to adapt to a special size or to replace drive sprockets that are no longer commercially available. Plan Tech produces hundreds of thousands of polyurethane drive sprockets around the world each year for a large variety of applications. Most commonly we hear our sprockets drive a track in food processing equipment on large machinery. Urethane is ideal due to its great ability to absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of abuse. Polyurethane drive sprockets will also adapt to any slight mismatch in the operation or any debris that might get caught in between the sprocket and track. Most commonly we have found 50D hardness sprockets will have extended service life with great physical properties. FDA tight tolerance polyurethane drive sprockets are also available with additives like PolyMag available to make the polyurethane detectable in existing X-ray equipment in case of […]
Urethane Dampening Bumpers – Dampening Bumpers
Urethane dampening bumpers are produced in all shapes and sizes at Plan Tech. Custom urethane dampening bumpers profiles are our specialty! Urethane dampening bumpers are commonly found in large machinery and used as dunnage parts for shipping. Dampening bumpers are cast from high-performance urethane prepolymer for maximum damping ability in all environments. Urethane is a great choice of material due to it being chemical resistance and easily molded into any profile for the applications. Existing urethane dampening bumpers can be reverse engineered for reproduction as well as changing profiles to maximise the dampening ability. These bumpers often times have molded or bonded metal backing or inserts for bolt-on applications. At Plan Tech we are able to produce any metal backing or insert needed for the job. We will work with you on every detail to ensure each and every custom urethane dampening bumpers are exactly what is needed for the job. Most bumpers are cast from a low rebound material for maximising the ability to absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of heavy abuse. For special applications a high rebound material is available. Large or small cast urethane dampening bumpers can be produced […]
Automated Guided Vehicle Urethane Wheels
Automated guided vehicle urethane wheels have become a very popular item in the last decade. Plan Tech being a custom urethane manufacturer with over 30 years of experience is ready to help design and mold automated guided vehicle also known as AVG urethane wheels in high volume. Automated guided vehicle urethane wheels are custom cast from high-quality material for any harsh environment or continuous operation. Automated guided vehicle urethane wheels can be up to 12” in diameters and are available in any hardness or color. Most common Automated guided vehicle urethane wheels are cast from an 80A hardness for maximum service life and good traction properties in any environment including freezers and warehouse floors. We can duplicate your existing automated guided vehicle urethane wheels or reinvent the wheel for your custom automated guided vehicle urethane wheels. When we recoat your existing automated guided vehicle urethane wheels most cases it is less expensive than an original replacement. Urethane is more durable than many OEM materials such as rubber and plastic. With Plan Tech’s high tech bonding process our material is chemically bonded to the hub or robotic urethane wheels for high load and high-stress applications. Urethane functions well in […]
Metric Urethane O-Rings – Polyurethane Metric O-Rings
Metric urethane o-rings are cast using high-quality urethane prepolymers specially formulated for a low compression set and great sealing ability against gas and oils. Metric urethane o-rings are available in any size or profile and are most commonly produced using compression molding. This will yield parts to print with no secondary process saving you money! Urethane is intended for high-performance applications where typical rubber o rings will fail. Metric urethane o-rings are available in all durometers and sizes. A variety of additives can be added to enhance wear properties or abrasion resistance. A metal detectable additive can also be added for X-ray equipment required for FDA applications. We also cast FDA Dry food approved urethane o-rings. Metric urethane o-rings can be molded with any added thru hole for a hinge or any other configurations as well. We can also make custom urethane o-rings without the traditional circular style if your custom application requires a different shape for the metric urethane o-rings. Urethane is a great choice for high-pressure sealing devices due to the ability to tailor our chemicals in our state of the art urethane manufacturing facility. We can provide any hardness needed for your application or sealing needs. […]
Urethane Roller Chain Sprockets – Made In USA Sprockets!
Urethane roller chain sprockets are extremely popular and one of Plan Tech’s most required custom urethane molded parts. With thousands of different application possibilities, Plan Tech is able to produce tooling to match any profile roller chain and mass produce urethane roller chain sprockets in high volume with rapid turn around. Our hot cast TDI urethane will outperform nylon and similar materials. Most commonly we hear that our urethane roller chain sprockets drive a track in food processing equipment on large machinery. Urethane is ideal due to its great ability to absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of abuse. Urethane roller chain sprockets will also adapt for any slight mismatch in the operation or any debris that might get caught in between the sprocket and track. Most commonly we have found 50D hardness sprockets will have extended service life with great physical properties. FDA tight tolerance urethane roller sprockets are also available with additives like PolyMag available to make the polyurethane detectable in existing X-ray equipment in case of a failure. Plan Tech can also fabricate any hubbed cores or metal inserts for the complete sprocket. Each metalcore or hub will be […]
Tight Tolerance Urethane Sprockets – FDA Sprockets
Tight tolerance urethane sprockets are an ideal choice of material for the most demanding applications. Plan Tech produces hundreds of thousands of tight tolerance urethane sprockets around the world each year for a wide variety of applications. Most commonly we hear our sprockets drive a track in food processing equipment on large machinery. Urethane is ideal due to its great ability to absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of abuse. Tight tolerance polyurethane sprockets will also adapt to any slight mismatch in the operation or any debris that might get caught in between the sprocket and track. Most commonly we have found 50D hardness sprockets will have extended service life with great physical properties. FDA tight tolerance urethane sprockets are also available with additives like PolyMag to make the polyurethane detectable in existing X-ray equipment in case of a failure. Plan Tech can also fabricate any hubbed cores or metal inserts for the complete sprocket. Each metalcore or hub will be media blasted with a coating of chemical bonding adhesive before it is molded to ensure a bond strength greater than the tear strength of the material. Our engineering department can turn your […]
Urethane Press Pads – Polyurethane Press Pads
Urethane press pads are cast from high-quality material in any hardness, color, shape or size. At Plan Tech we have the ability to rapidly produce tooling to accommodate any size urethane press pads for the most demanding applications. Press pads are used in many different applications, most are extremely abusive to similar materials like rubber. Urethane has a great ability to outperform rubber and similar products in high-performance applications like press pads. Most commonly urethane press pads are used in the cutting of product for packaging. FDA applications are no problem as Plan Tech has special formulations for FDA dry food contact which is approved by the USDA. Sometimes urethane press pads are referred to die pads, the different with urethane press pads is most commonly they will have an open center of a profile, when the material to be formed is placed over the press pad and hydraulically pressed down the material will bend into the profile as the urethane compresses. Urethane is an ideal choice not only for its high performance but it’s easy ability to be molded into almost any profile and low-cost replacement cost. From design to high volume production runs Plan Tech will accommodate […]
Moly Filled Urethane – Moly Urethane Additives
Moly filled urethane for high friction applications are ideal for long service life. Plan Tech for the last 30+ years has been dedicated to learning new and special applications of existing or replacement OEM parts. Unfilled urethane has excellent physical properties but in high friction or moving parts for the most part urethane is not recommended as it will have a high surface friction. Molly short for molybdenum disulfide (moly) is an additive we can add into our urethane products to reduce wear by maintaining lubrication under conditions of high friction and shock loads. Our moly filled urethane will wear the same great physical properties as unfilled urethane while providing lubrication even as the urethane parts are worn. During production the moly filled urethane additive will be mixed at a high rate of speed into the urethane while it is still in liquid form, This is the only way we can guarantee that our additive is completely mixed in. Including the moly filled urethane additive in polyurethane parts does limit the colors available as the additive is gray in color, black pigmented parts generally have the best appearance. Metal backed moly filled urethane parts are also no problem […]
Urethane Idler Sprockets – Polyurethane Idler Sprockets
Urethane idler sprockets are being extensively used in place of metal sprockets. The gear assembly often consists of urethane sprockets owing to the lower cost. As compared to the metal sprockets, urethane idler sprockets are only half as expensive. In larger gear assemblies, this can help you save a significant amount of money. Also, if you have observed the metal sprockets in function, you would realize that they are pretty noisy. On the other hand, urethane sprockets absorb noise which ensures that the noise of the entire assembly is minimized. Many applications for urethane idler sprockets are found in power transmission sprockets, idler sprockets, roller chain sprockets and drive sprockets. As the automation of industries increase, the applications for urethane idler sprockets would also increase. Sprockets are increasingly being used in the production lines as well as the assembly lines in order to make the movement of objects smoother. Health industry and the food production industry are just a couple of industries which actively use urethane idler sprockets in order to smoothly move the assembly lines. Owing to the chemical resistance as well as high abrasion resistance, even in sensitive manufacturing plants, urethane idler sprockets are widely used […]
Manufacturing High-Quality Polyurethane Wheels
Manufacturing High-Quality Polyurethane Wheels Like the tires of cars, the wheels of skateboard play a role in how fast they go as well as the ease with which your skateboard can be maneuvered. And with the scooter gaining ground all over as a means of transportation, there has been a steady rise in the number of available manufacturers who produce scooters of great quality especially those produced from polyurethane. They are often used in the manufacture of scooters simply because they are smoother and stronger. What exactly is polyurethane? This is a top quality thermoplastic elastomer which helps in resolving the quality gap between traditional thermoplastic and rubber wheels. And the wheels and rollers happen to be the most famous products of polyurethane. Little wonder urethane is the raw material from which quality caster wheels, roller blades wheels and the tires of most forklifts or industrial trucks are made. Wheels made from urethane can offer a long lifespan owing to good abrasion resistance of the urethane and its fine gripping ability with the ground. In Spite of the grip, it still has the ability to glide when pushed. This means that the solid nature of the urethane does […]
Polyurethane Chain Sprockets – Urethane Chain Sprockets
Polyurethane chain sprockets are produced at Plan Tech in high volume using compression molding which will yield a low-cost high-performance chain sprocket of any number of teeth or pitch required for the applications. Custom molding polyurethane chain sprockets are one of our specialties of any hardness or color. Polyurethane is an ideal choice of material for chain sprockets due to the ability to absorb an impact and return to the original sizes even after years of repeated abuse even in underwater or outdoor environments. Polyurethane will also help to adapt to any slight alignment mismatch issues in operation. Plan Tech can also reverse engineer any existing polyurethane chain sprockets in rapid time. We recently had a customer come to us having failures using a replacement urethane material. During testing, we found our hot cast TDI based polyurethane sprockets were 200% stronger than the other material and 90% stronger than the OEM equipment. FDA polyurethane chain sprockets are also available with additives like PolyMag available to make the polyurethane debatable in existing X-ray equipment in case of a failure. Plan Tech can also fabricate any hubbed cores or metal inserts for the complete chain sprocket. Each metalcore or hub […]
Polyurethane Screw Shoes – Classifier Screw Shoes
Polyurethane screw shoes are custom designed at Plan Tech for any type of industrial application. Cast from high-performance urethane from world chemical leaders Plan Tech is able to open cast any profile polyurethane screw shoe for the most demanding applications. Often times we reverse engineer similar materials that have failed due to low physical properties or not being able to get a custom profile or hardness required for unique applications. High volume polyurethane screw shoes are molded at Plan Tech to be able to produce thousands of polyurethane screw shoes each month. Plan Tech also has water jet cutting services for screw shoes that would not easily be molded or if tight tolerances are needed. A variety of additives may be incorporated to increase the physical properties for more challenging applications like processing rocks. Our “Armorglide” material will add lubricity to each screw shoe and increase tear resistance. This is ideal for a dirty environment as this will help keep the urethane from building up debris. FDA polyurethane screw shoes are also available in all hardness suited to be FDA dry food complaint. New or old applications Plan Tech is ready to produce polyurethane screw shoes for any machine […]
Urethane Crane Rollers – Polyurethane Crane Rollers
Urethane crane rollers are produced at Plan Tech for the most demanding applications. Our high-performance urethane material is rated for high load applications where OEM and similar material will not hold up. Our open cast TDI material is extremely tough for any application with a variety of additives to enhance physical properties of the urethane. Our most common additive is called Armoglide which will add lubricity to the urethane material and also help keep dirt from sticking to the rolling surface. Plan Tech also offers recoat services to strip and recoat existing crane rollers as well as fabrication new rollers at our machine shop. Currently, the longest roller we can machine is 48’’ long with a diameter up to 12’’. Each of the urethane crane rollers will be media blasted before a coat of chemical bonding adhesive is applied directly to each shaft. This will ensure a bond to urethane strength greater than the tear strength of the material so there will not be any failures due to delamination of the coating from the shaft. Most custom profiles are available in higher durometers. Plan Tech will custom grind each roller and hold a tight tolerance of +/-.005 to ensure […]
Urethane Bandsaw Drive Wheels – Woodworking Bandsaw
Urethane bandsaw drive wheels are extremely popular and very common in industrial applications. Plan Tech specializes in large and small drive wheels for bandsaws. Our high-performance polyurethane will outlast rubber wheels and our material will not slip. Plan Tech will cast directly to the steel drive wheel with a bond strength greater than the urethane material. This is just one of the custom specialty services we provide our industrial clients for urethane bandsaw drive wheels. Urethane is used in the wood-working industry, large band saws sometimes the size of a small building are used to process wood. A band saw will have a saw blade that will run on two wheels in a continuous loop. The flat part of the blade will be driven by a wheel often times coated with a high durometer urethane to provide traction and eliminate steel to steel contact. Urethane bandsaw drive wheels have the great ability to absorb noise and vibration while providing a long service life. Here at Plan Tech we offer a urethane recoating urethane bandsaw drive wheels service for these large band saws requiring a new urethane coating. Our machine shop will strip off the old coating to create a […]
Polyurethane Roller Belts – Urethane Roller Belts
Polyurethane roller belts are produced in high volume at Plan Tech and have been perfected with the use of custom-built CNC grinding lathes and index cutting machines. Plan Tech will cast a polyurethane tube to produce roller belts of all different shapes and sizes. After the tube is post-cured we will grind and profile the OD to any desired shape before precision cutting the polyurethane roller belts to length. Polyurethane roller belts are used in many different applications and are most commonly found in assembly factories to label or drive product down to the next process. Polyurethane is easily molded and machined to create any size or durometer polyurethane roller belts with rapid turn around. Most roller belts do not require any tooling to get started can be produced in a few weeks. Any hardness or color is available at Plan Tech with rapid turn around. Plan Tech can also reproduce OEM roller belts from a sample part for often times less than OEM belts. Our polyurethane material will meet or beat OEM physical properties with the ability to change the profile or material for unique applications. Custom cores may also be added for high abuse applications. Plan […]
Polyurethane Carrier Bearings – Urethane Carrier Bearings
Polyurethane carrier bearings are custom cast in high volume for many different applications. One of our customers that we supply polyurethane carrier bearings to uses them for a drive axle for a large piece of machinery. Plan Tech can produce any size or profile polyurethane carrier bearings that are needed for the application. Typically cast from a 90A material the polyurethane will absorb an impact or vibration and rapidly return to its original size even after years of abuse in any environment. Automotive manufacturers also use carrier bearings in many automotive applications. Polyurethane is an ideal choice vs rubber due to the physical properties of polyurethane have a much greater service life vs rubber carrier bearings. Plan Tech can mold high volume polyurethane carrier bearings with little to no startup cost in any hardness needed. Tight tolerances are no problem for us and we have a full line of secondary operations available if needed. Most polyurethane carrier bearings do not need any secondary and are capable of producing thousands per month to suit the needs for any application. We also offer reverse engineering services on existing carrier bearings and well as reproducing worn out discounted bearings that are no […]
Urethane Drive Belts – Polyurethane Drive Belts
Urethane drive belts are produced at Plan Tech by the use of what we like to call our family mold system. This system of molds can easily adapt to any tight tolerances that are required and mold urethane drive belts in high volume. By casting a longer tube Plan Tech is able to machine any needed profile into the drive belts and grind the OD with custom build CNC lathes. We also have to build a custom indexing machine capable of machine cutting urethane drive belts in a high volume of any durometer hardness. Urethane drive belts are used in many different industrial applications. We have found our largest customers for polyurethane drive belts are in the assembly and manufacturing settings. We frequently hear how our drive belts easily outperform rubber and are easily available in almost any size. Plan Tech also offers reverse engineering of urethane drive belts of all sizes. Larger size urethane drive belts will be molded to size from tooling designed and produced in-house. Often times Plan Tech can prototype urethane drive belts and turn to high volume in just a few weeks! FDA approved formulas are also available with a variety of additives […]
Urethane Bridge Bearings – Polyurethane Bridge Bearings
Urethane bridge bearings are intended for extremely heavy loads such has supporting bridges. These bearings are also known as bridge disks. Plan Tech supplies thousands of urethane bridge bearing disks around the world each year for the most extreme applications. Our urethane material is purchased from world chemical leaders and is rated for all weather climates and temperatures. We also have special formulas that are more resistant to chemicals and flame retardant material is also available. Plan Tech also offers reverse engineering of urethane bridge bearings of all shapes and sizes. After 30 years in business, we continue to grow our business and will take the time to understand exactly what is expected from our urethane parts. Plan Tech can also help run formulations of how thick and the diameter needs to be for maximum service life vs the load to be applied. Urethane is an ideal choice due to its great ability to absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of abuse. Urethane also will absorb vibrations and damped sounds from traveling through the rest of the bridge. Allowing urethane to take the abuse adds years of service to infrastructure and supporting […]
Dual Durometer Urethane Bars – Dual Duro Bars
Dual durometer urethane bars are produced at Plan Tech in two steps. Normally dual durometer urethane bars are cast of a hard base material with a softer outside coating. Dual durometer urethane bars are extremely popular in the paper cutting industry as cutter bars. These dual hardness urethane bars are essential in having a long service life in between sharpening the blades. Urethane will absorb an impact and return to its original size even after years of repeat abuse. While most urethane bars are cast to a metal back dual durometer urethane bars is just another specialized part where urethane cannot be replaced by metal. There are many reasons why but we have found the biggest choice for dual durometer urethane is when there are chemicals that the material will be exposed to. Urethane does very well with most chemicals and does not break down easily. Cast from a hard durometer the base of dual durometer urethane bars may be tapped for bolt-on applications and is recommended for the use of threaded inserts. Plan Tech can rapidly replace worn out bars with no startup cost required. Each of the dual durometer urethane bars will be roughed up before […]
Polyurethane Drive Bands – Urethane Drive Bands
Polyurethane drive bands are molded in high volume at Plan Tech and often times have little to no startup cost to start production. Most polyurethane drive bands consist of a simple OD ID configuration and are easily machined at Plan Tech with the use of custom-built grinding and indexing equipment. Often times Plan Tech will over-mold a tube and fully machine each of the polyurethane drive bands to ensure perfect fitment every time. Special profiles may also be molded or machined. Plan Tech blends all of our material in our batch department allowing us to modify our material to suit any special application. Polyurethane will outperform rubber 3:1 and is easily molded to any size. Polyurethane drive bands are available in FDA formulas in any hardness. Most polyurethane drive bands are of a soft hardness to increase traction on pulleys and the material it will be processing. Cast from high-quality polyurethane material our drive bands will absorb an impact and return to its original size in any environment. Urethane drive bands have a working temperature of -40F to 175F for maximum service life. Plan Tech can also reverse engineer existing OEM polyurethane drive bands for a replacement that […]