Nylon material
Strong, lightweight, and wear-resistant, nylon is ideal for precision mechanical components. Our CNC milling and turning capabilities deliver accurate, durable nylon parts for a wide range of industrial applications.
Nylon CNC Machining
Nylon is lightweight, tough, wear-resistant, and easy to machine with sharp tools. However, heat buildup and moisture absorption may cause deformation. It is widely used in automotive, machinery, electronics, medical devices, industrial equipment, and consumer products.
Delivery time: ＜ 5 days
Recommend Accuracy: ±0.125mm
Max part size: 200 x 80 x 100 cm
YILING CNC accept: PA6、PA66、PA12、MC Nylon、Glass-Filled Nylon
Available Nylon materials
Nylon materials offer excellent strength, wear resistance, low friction, and machinability. Different grades provide varying heat resistance, moisture absorption, and dimensional stability for diverse industrial applications.
Nylon 6
Good toughness, wear resistance, and impact strength. Easy to machine and widely used for gears, rollers, and general mechanical parts.
Nylon 66
Higher strength, hardness, and heat resistance than PA6. Suitable for precision mechanical parts, bushings, and structural components.
Nylon 12
Low moisture absorption and excellent dimensional stability. Commonly used for precision parts, automotive components, and medical applications.
MC Nylon
High mechanical strength, wear resistance, and low friction. Ideal for large gears, guide rails, pulleys, rollers, and bushings.
Glass-Filled Nylon
Reinforced with glass fiber for higher stiffness, strength, and dimensional stability. Suitable for load-bearing and high-performance industrial components.
Weakness and Strengths of Nylon CNC Machining
Nylon is a versatile engineering plastic with excellent wear resistance, toughness, and machinability. With proper tooling, cutting parameters, and heat control, it can be accurately machined into durable components for a wide range of industrial applications.
Weakness
Easy Machinability – Nylon can be efficiently machined using CNC milling and turning with sharp cutting tools.
Wear Resistance – Nylon offers excellent wear resistance, making it suitable for gears, bushings, rollers, and moving components.
Low Friction – Its naturally low coefficient of friction helps reduce wear in sliding and rotating applications.
Lightweight Strength – Nylon provides good mechanical strength while remaining much lighter than most metals.
Impact Resistance – Nylon has good toughness and impact resistance, making it suitable for functional industrial parts.
Strengths
Moisture Absorption – Nylon can absorb moisture, which may affect dimensional stability and machining accuracy.
Heat Sensitivity – Excessive cutting heat can cause melting, softening, or deformation during machining.
Material Flexibility – Nylon may flex under cutting forces, making tight-tolerance machining more challenging.
The application of Nylon CNC machined parts
Automotive – Nylon is commonly used for gears, bushings, bearing cages, pulleys, clips, spacers, and under-hood components due to its strength, wear resistance, and low weight.
Industrial Machinery – Typical parts include gears, rollers, guide blocks, wear pads, sprockets, bushings, and sliding components that require low friction and good durability.
Electronics & Electrical – Nylon is used for insulating spacers, connectors, housings, cable guides, terminal components, and structural supports because of its electrical insulation properties.
Medical Equipment – Common applications include instrument components, rollers, guides, housings, spacers, and lightweight mechanical parts requiring smooth operation and corrosion resistance.
Food & Packaging Equipment – Nylon is often machined into rollers, guides, star wheels, sprockets, bushings, and wear strips for conveying and packaging systems.