APSOplast® Engineering Plastics

About this product

Overview of our vast assortment of plastics materials

Plastics are used in a vast array of areas. Innovations and new product developments are constantly bringing new materials with excellent properties onto the market. Angst + Pfister continually keeps abreast of the dynamic developments in plastics technology and offers a comprehensive range of products and services for practically all applications.

Our specialists have extensive experience and expertise in materials and manufacturing technology. Whether proof-of-concept prototype, finished product or targeted further development – we are there to support you in any phase. We base our consultations on well-grounded expertise and work together with you to devise the best solution for your application.

in more than 100 different types of plastic – ranging from simple standard plastics to

application-specific requirements such as ATEX-compliant explosion protection. For uses in the food industry and medical technology, we provide the requisite product conformities and certifications such as FDA, EG 1935/2004, ISO 10993 and USP.

Ready-to-use finished parts are manufactured on a customer-specific basis, i.e. from drawings, sketches or samples on powerful CNC or conventional machine tools using methods such as turning, milling or drilling – whether as prototypes, in small batches, or all the way up to mass production series. Angst + Pfister also supplies outline-cut finished parts processed by means of stamping, water jet cutting and laser cutting. Hot forming of transparent plastics, casting of polyurethanes, and extrusion and injection molding of thermoplastics round out our offering.

The Angst + Pfister Group has been certified according to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) for producing plastic parts for Equipment with Food Contact Surfaces (EFCF) by the worldwide acknowledged DNV-GL Business Assurance group. This certification is especially valid for the production of mechanical machine-cut plastic parts and cuts of semi-finished plastics that comply with EU 10/2011 and to be used in Machinery and Equipment of Food Processing and Packaging. Angst + Pfister is among the first players in the industry to achieve such a goal, and is now entitled to mark its products with the official DNV-GL mark.

Our range of standard plastics includes polystyrene, PVC and the polyolefins PE and PP. These inexpensive plastics can be used in many areas. We also carry a selection of transparent plastics such as PMMA, PET-G and PC with high temperature and impact resistance.

Duroplastics are offered in the form of laminated materials and pultrusion products (FRP). Duroplastics stand out for their hardness, rigidity and excellent dimensional stability. They retain their dimensional stability to the greatest extent even at high temperatures (highly resistant to heat).

The plastics most frequently used in mechanical and apparatus engineering are the semicrystalline plastics PA, POM, PET (crystalline) and their modifications. Their good mechanical stability and excellent slide and wear properties make them suitable for a wide variety of uses. A vast number of modified variants enable optimum solutions to be found for the most widely differing requirements.

All high-performance plastics exhibit high to very high temperature resistance as well as high strength and dimensional stability. Differentiation is made between plastics with amorphous structure (partially transparent) for rather static applications and plastics with semicrystalline structure, high impact resistance and good to excellent sliding and wear properties. Polyimides stand out for their extraordinary application possibilities at extremely high and low temperatures.

Source: Angst+Pfister brochure "APSOplast® Engineering Plastics", https://www.angst-pfister.com/dam/jcr:a00f52c9-334b-471c-9951-b2ddcd751189/APSOplast Engineering Plastics EN_comp.pdf