Heavy Equipment
Durable yet lightweight performance plastics stand up to the toughest jobsite demands
It’s called heavy equipment for a reason. Whether the task is construction, demolition, hauling, drilling, conveying, or cleanup, your machinery and vehicles handle massive loads and (whether figuratively or literally) move the earth to enhance our living and working environments.
Despite their light weight, performance plastics shoulder a great deal of this burden. From the cranes that erect skyscrapers to the equipment that harvests food and resources, materials like UHMW, ABS, nylon, and polycarbonate add extraordinary value when used to complement or replace metals, wood, and glass.
Curbell Plastics supplies a broad range of strong, tough, and durable plastic materials for use in agriculture, building construction, road construction and maintenance, snow and ice removal, towing, drilling, and much more.
Our plastic material and part design experts work daily with equipment manufacturers, design and cost engineers, maintenance and repair professionals, and procurement and supply chain managers.
Our plastic material and part design experts work daily with equipment manufacturers, design and cost engineers, maintenance and repair professionals, and procurement and supply chain managers.
We assist with:
- Application and component design challenges
- Material selection, supply, and inventory management
- Stock shapes cut-to-size based on your requirements
- Prototype development
- Part fabrication and machining
Save Time, Keep Costs Down, and Protect Your Assets
Thanks to their durability, light weight, and resistance to impact, wear, heat, chemicals, moisture, and corrosion, plastics improve the performance, efficiency, and longevity of all heavy equipment types.
Performance Plastics for Heavy Equipment Can:
- Reduce downtime and extend equipment lifetime
- Lower fuel consumption
- Improve safety and reduce noise
- Eliminate or reduce the need for part lubrication
- Optimize equipment performance in the full range of harsh weather and extreme conditions
- Take continued punishment and wear to protect more expensive metal heavy equipment parts
PROVEN PLASTIC MATERIALS FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT APPLICATIONS
Plastic Applications for the Heavy Equipment Industry
- Bearings and bushings
- Bumpers
- Cab interiors, doors, and consoles
- Chute liners
- Crane pads, cribbing pads, and outrigger pads
- Gears
- Hammer cushion pads
- Instrumentation covers
- Pulleys
- Roller components
- Sheaves and pulleys
- Slide pads
- Snow plow blades
- Telescopic boom components
- Truck and trailer bed linings
- Wear strips and pads
- Windows and protective glazing
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Not sure which materials best fit your needs?
Our experienced sales and technical teams are available to assist you with material selection challenges.