Polypropylene Material | Magnaprop
Magna-Plas are suppliers and local extruders of polypropylene material in Australia. Polypropylene is an economical material that offers a combination of outstanding chemical, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties not found in any other thermoplastic.
Polypropylene is lightweight, and has a better strength and higher temperature rating than polyethylene. Polypropylene homo-polymers have a high level of stiffness and toughness at room temperature. This together with their capacity to repel water makes them a good choice for mechanical and structural applications.
Advantages To Using Polypropylene Material
Polypropylene material extruded by Magna-Plas offer numerous advantages as a material of choice. Lets highlight some of the main advantages as to how Polypropylene can benefit you and your companies products moving forward.
- Polypropylene has excellent chemical resistance.
- Food grade polypropylene.
- Good tensile strength.
- Good fatigue resistance.
- Good heat resistance.
- Very low water absorption.
- Higher scratch resistance than HDPE Polyethylene.
- High surface hardness.
Applications Polypropylene Is Used In
Similar to HDPE Magnalene, Polypropylene has a number of key uses in a number of industries around the world. Polypropylene extruded by Magna-Plas can be used as:
- Boating and Marine trailer bunks and skids.
- Water treatment plant components.
- Medical components.
- Chemical pipes.
Polypropylene Plastic Sizes & Colour Options
Magna-Plas extrude polypropylene in our Melbourne factory. With extrusion options in round rod along with custom shaped profiles.
Magna-Plas standard polypropylene extrusion sizes range from 10mm to 200mm in diameter.
Colour range offered in polypropylene materials include: Natural, Black, Grey, Red, Blue, Yellow.
To learn how Magna-Plas can help your company with polypropylene round rod and profiles; simply contact us today.