How come there's a Teflon and Kynar- PVDF long lead times

Over the last year, the market has experienced more shortages than I've come across around my 3 decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have experienced several shortages, and delivery issues as a result of resin allocations from resin manufacturers. This is the first occasion I have seen all these issues at one time.

PTFE Rod (TFE) and Kynar are both on allocation.

This pair of resins are in short supply. The  PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar-PVDF  manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The world demand for this mineral has grown significantly, as well as the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and very low co-efficient of friction (slippery) and is utilized in a good deal of applications from non-stick fry cookware to ptfe tape for personal use. This specific mineral is the essential raw materials in the production of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and many refrigerants.This escalating demand joined together with general shortage of raw materials is responsible for a dramatic price increase (almost double over the past year), shortages, and we expect both these factors to keep at it in the near future.

When you are searching for a plastic sheet vendor you will additionally want to research the firm that you are taking care of to ensure that they are going to be around for a long time. If you are going to be having a lot of troubles with your plastic sheet supply you are most likely to want to make certain that you are going to be able to depend on them to continue to provide you with the high-quality item that you have actually concerned anticipate, over the years.

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