iglide® J - plate stock

iglide® J – plate stock
iglide® J is a low-friction, low-wear triboplastic for general-purpose flat wear parts. It runs smoothly on many counterfaces, offers good chemical resistance with low moisture uptake, and machines cleanly into liners and wear plates for compact mechanisms.

When to use it: For clean, dry-running plates at low to medium loads across varied counterfaces.
When not to use it: For higher heat in hygienic zones, see A350; for maximum chemical resistance at high heat, consider AD500; for black, cost-effective plates, see B160.

Industry/Application Areas

• Packaging and automation equipment
• Laboratory and device mechanisms
• General machine guides and sliders

igus® plate stock provides flat iglide® slabs for machining wear plates, bearing blocks, glide pads, and custom flat parts. Plates are self-lubricating and maintenance free, supporting low friction and long service life without external lubrication. The large face area favors pocketing, counterbores, and nesting multiple parts from one blank, with broad material options for food, chemical, or temperature demands.

When to use plate stock

• Wider or thicker flat parts not economical in strips or sheets
• Faces needing pockets, counterbores, or tapped features
• Nesting several components from one plate to reduce setups
• Stiff mounting faces, large wear pads, bolt through interfaces
• Need the broadest choice of iglide® grades for a specific counterface

When not to use plate stock

• Long, narrow rails that fit a standard strip width (choose plate strips)
• Very thin liners or shims with tight height limits (choose sheet stock)
• Turned, round parts (choose round bar)
• Very high volumes of one geometry (use catalog parts or molding)

The full catalog of semi-finished products is available in the Downloads tab.