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UHMW Sheet, Rod & Tube

Buy cut-to-size UHMW-PE in general-purpose, advanced wear (TIVAR®, IPX®), and anti-static grades for durable, low-friction, chemical-resistant performance.


What Is UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene)?

Known for an extremely high molecular weight, UHMW features an unsurpassed combination of slickness, toughness and chemical resistance.

UHMW's molecular weight ranges from 3.1 million to 100 million grams per mole, with an abrasion resistance that continues to improve as molecular weight increases.

UHMW plastic is ideal for reducing wear and friction due to its specialized internal lubrication, reducing maintenance costs and energy consumption while extending equipment life. High durability, low friction and wear resistance are key reasons why UHMW is the material of choice for many applications.

UHMW is easy to machine with common woodworking tools, making it extremely cost effective, and outperforms metal in many applications. UHMW can be machined into virtually anything from small gears and bearings to huge sprockets. UHMW is also moisture repulsive and easy to fabricate.

Reprocessed grades, enhanced bearing and wear grades and FDA compliant grades are available for greatly extended part life. Interstate Plastics is proud to carry four specialized grades of UHMW: reprocessed, anti-static, IPX 2000 and Tivar® 88.

UHMW provided by Interstate Plastics is also known by brand names including IPX®, Polystone®, Tecafine®, Dyneema®, Tivar®, Polysteel®, GUR®, Utec®, and Mipelon®.


  • Odorless, tasteless and nontoxic
  • Highly resistant to corrosive chemicals (except oxidizing acids)
  • Extremely low moisture absorption
  • Low coefficient of friction
  • Self-lubricating
  • Highly resistant to wear and abrasion
  • Easy to fabricate and machine with common shop and woodworking tools
  • Extends equipment life
  • Reduced maintenance costs and energy consumption

UHMW Applications & Use Cases

UHMW's low coefficient of friction enhances efficiency and productivity in automotive, railroad, medical, printing and packaging industries as well as for material handling and food processing applications. UHMW also replaces metal in many applications. UHMW (excluding reprocessed UHMW) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for safe food contact.

Industrial:

  • Conveyor guard rails
  • Augers and wear strips
  • Belt scrapers
  • Chain guides
  • Idler rollers
  • Rider plates for assembly lines
  • Guide shoes
  • Wear strips
  • Packing machining components
  • Food processing machining components
  • Chute, hopper, bin liners

Mechanical:

  • Gears
  • Bearings
  • Sprockets
  • Chain guides
  • Fabricated to make wheels, component parts, pinion gears, flanged rollers

Food Processing:

  • Plastic food containers
  • Conveyor belt components
  • Other in-home kitchen appliances

UHMW for Snow Plows & Scraper Edges

UHMW Snow Plows & Scraper Edge Applications

UHMW is a heavy-duty, high-impact plastic used in a variety of extreme weather applications from forestry equipment to snowmobile skis. UHMW is virtually unbreakable, significantly more wear-resistant than steel, and not adversely affected by freezing winter temperatures. In snow plow edge applications, UHMW is much quieter than steel and more gentle on surfaces, increasing the longevity of roads and protecting aesthetic surfaces such as cobblestone and driveway transitions. Interstate Plastics cuts UHMW sheet to your specified dimensions and the material's desirable machining properties allow customers to drill bolt-holes and mount edges with ease (and with no specialized hardware required).

Our most popular plastics for UHMW snow plow and scraper edge applications include UHMW reprocessed sheet as a cost-effective solution, and IPX 2000 UHMW advanced wear technology sheet for lower friction, improved abrasion resistance, and UV stabilization.

UHMW is the perfect winter solution for applications including:

Scraper edges

  • Vat scrapers
  • Bucket lips
  • Skid shoes & skid plates
  • Skid loaders & skidsteers
  • Runners & running Boards
  • Plow blades & wings

UHMW Properties: Physical, Mechanical, Thermal, Friction

Specific Gravity 1.45 g/cc
Water Absorption @ 24H/Saturation 0.01%
Hardness, Shore D 64
Izod Impact, Notched 18 ft-lbs/in.
Tensile Strength 2800-3100 psi
Flexural Modulus 61-110 ksi
Compressive Strength 3600 psi
Compressive Modulus 84 ksi
Elongation at Break 125%
Coefficient of Friction 0.14
Maximum Service Temperature 180°F
Melting Point 260°F

*Values listed are typical and are meant only as a guide to aid in design. Field testing should be performed to find the actual values for your application.

UHMW Sheets - Virgin & Reprocessed

UHMW Sheets - Specialty Grades (ESD, High-Temp, Wear)

UHMW Rustication Reveal Strips (Concrete Forming)

UHMW Wear Strips

Cut-to-size industrial Natural UHMW wear strips that eliminate slip-stick & protect machinery. Self-lubricating, low friction, & FDA compliant.

Natural UHMW Wear Strips

UHMW Rods - Virgin & Reprocessed

UHMW Rods - Specialty Grades (ESD, High-Temp, Wear)

UHMW Tubes - Virgin

UHMW is a relatively low cost abrasion, impact, and chemically resistant material.

UHMW Tube - Natural

UHMW Tape (Low-Friction Wear Tape)

UHMW Coils (Continuous Lengths)

Ideal solution for conveying applications where long lengths with no seams are preferred.

UHMW Natural King Coil

UHMW Angles & Profiles (Extruded Shapes)

Fast economical way to turn an abrasive metal component into a long wearing, non marring component.

UHMW Natural Angle-Ep202

Fast economical way to turn an abrasive metal component into a long wearing, non marring component.

UHMW Natural Angle-Ep203

Fast economical way to turn an abrasive metal component into a long wearing, non marring component.

UHMW Natural Angle-Ep208

UHMW Outrigger Pads (Crane & Equipment Stabilization)

UHMW Accessories & Sample Packs


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