Zylon Material

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I am only familiar with Zylon, in the form of a high strength, wear and high temp resistant fiber. It is normally supplied as a yarn or as a chopped fiber or as fabric.

Zytel Nylon, I am familiar with. It is a supertough nylon that does not need glass filling or other to have that wear resistance and toughness. I doubt that it has the temperature range that you need. It is easliy injection moldable.

Teflon is a very soft material but good in many applications where sharp corners or abrading features are not a problem. It has good compressive strength. It is extremely lubricious and has a very high temperature threshold. The downfall is that is not injection moldable. It is supplied in sintered blocks and rounds that can be readily machined on conventional metal working machinery.

It is very expensive per pound but if used wisely is unbeatable for wear and high temp resistance. We used it on all surfaces of fixtures and jigs touching the interior appearance surfaces of the plastic parts for Toyota and GM cars. It will not mar the texture and can withstand direct flame from propane torches burning off excess flash etc. Hope this helps.

Are you sure it isn't Xylan you are thinking of? There are a number of xylan coatings for various applications.

Try Ryton. It should do the job for you. I have used it with Inhance TiC particles and it wears forever. Inhance is a Fluoro-Seal company.

Cheers,

Bloefeld