What is acetal?
Polyoxymethylene, better known as POM acetal, is a crystalline engineering polymer made up of repeating ethylene molecules and oxygen atoms.
Acetal is used in the injection molding process, which is 2M’s core business as a manufacturer of plastic accessories, such as acetal buckles.
Advantages
Acetal buckles offer excellent mechanical properties, such as:
- Rigidity and stability, even at low temperatures
- Good sliding properties
- Resistance to creep
- Tensile strength
- Resistance to solvents
- Electrical properties
- Low hygroscopicity (low water absorption and good stability in humid environments)
Which sectors use it
Thanks to its excellent characteristics, acetal is used in a wide range of applications and sectors such as military, marine and baby care.
Baby care buckles manufactured by 2M are made of acetal (POM) to offer greater safety to end users.
In the marine sector, acetal buckles are preferred due to their low water absorption rate.
In the military sector, acetal buckles are widely used because of their good tensile strength, even at low temperatures.
2M is available to provide further information about acetal buckles and their many applications.