Throughout the last year, the business has had more difficulties than I have seen around my three decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have seen several shortages, and delivery delays as a consequence of plastic resin allocations by resin companies. This is definitely the very first instance I have seen all these issues at the same time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar - PVDF both are on allocation.
These two resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) and Kynar manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that is mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide need for this mineral has risen significantly, as well as supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and incredibly low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilised within a good deal of applications from non-stick fry pots and pans to ptfe tape for home use. This particular mineral is actually the important raw materials inside the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and many refrigerants.This increasing amount of demand coupled with shortage of raw materials has caused a dramatic price increase (almost double over the last year), shortages, and we expect these two factors to stay in affect in the near future.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Why is there TFE and Kynar- PVDF long lead times
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