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1. Top 10 UHMW/PE Applications What is UHMW/PE? Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, or UHMW/PE, is one of the most versatile and efficient polyethylene plastics manufactured in today’s industrial marketplace. The Spiratex Company has been a leading UHMW/PE extruder for years and has been at the forefront of its emergence as a low-cost thermoplastic that can outperform other well-known plastics. How UHMW/PE is Manufactured? Unlike many common thermoplastics, UHMW/PE can’t be injection molded. Rather, we developed a proprietary RAM extrusion process that utilizes significant heat and pressure to extrude our ULTREXTM UHMW/PE into any shape and size required for the customer’s specified end use. This process provides industry leading quality finishes that sets Spiratex products above the rest. Our ULTREXTM UHMW/PE brand products can be manufactured with a wide variety of additives and attributes to match customer specific requirements. The Benefits of UHMW/PE UHMW/PE provides a number of unique qualities such as: high impact strength, while remaining flexible high low abrasion resistance friction excellent dielectric and insulating properties chemical resistance water repellent FDA-certified food safe capable stress-crack resistant biologically inert UHMW/PE Applications Spiratex extrudes ULTREXTM UHMW/PE plastic for appli- cations defined by our customers. The applications are amazingly diverse and varied. Many of Spiratex’s parts are manufactured for the material handling and conve- yor industries where the thermoplastic serves not only as a buffer against steel parts with considerable drag but also provides extended belt life. While conveyors of all types remain a major use for our ULTREXTM UHMW/PE plastic and standard parts, its use has become prevalent in numerous industries. They include: Agriculture Equipment Car Wash Industry Dairy Conveyor Equipment Water-Handling Equipment Trucking Industry Snow Blowing Equipment Airport Equipment Manufacturers Shipping Wine Industry Bottling Industry You’ll find ULTREXTM UHMW/PE extruded by Spiratex in an incredible array of everyday products you either use or experience. That includes neck guides for handling soda bottles, guide rails in car washes, waterway gates, snow blower scraper blades, commercial refrigerators, forklifts and walkway handrails at airports. The list is endless. www.spiratex.com | 734-992-7229 6333 Cogswell Rd, Romulus, MI 48174