August 2011
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Polygon Announces New Cylinder System
Polygon Company is proud to announce their new pneumatic cylinder known as CTT (Constrained Tube Technology). CTT is a complete pneumatic system that allows the composite tube to be fitted within the confines of a thin-walled outer host. The composite tube carries greater than 90% of the pressure vessel loads while the metallic host enables traditional assembly techniques such as welding,...
July 2010
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Polygon introduces Idea Center for High-Tech...
Polygon Company can be your confidential engineering outsource for developing composite material projects. Polygon Company is proud to announce the revitalization of Idea Center, an in-house team of design engineers with decades of collective composites engineering experience. The engineering challenges faced when adapting a product to composites can be challenging. New materials with unique...
Watch the Smash Factor! Bearing Design for Impact...
Impact loading is a significant concern when specifying a journal bearing. There are applications that present difficulties for composite or bronze bearing materials. For applications where impact is a known design limitation, there are a few considerations to be made when specifying a journal bearing. The three major concerns are diameter ratio, the range of clearance, and the wall thickness. The...
Polygon is now ISO 14001 Certified
Polygon is pleased to be one of the first composite manufacturing companies with ISO 14001 certification. The ISO 14001 Standard codifies the measurement and reduction of waste and its’ environmental impact. Composite materials are prone to waste in manufacturing, thus Polygon is pleased to be one of the first companies with this certification in their industry. To achieve compliance,...
April 2010
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Composite Bearings Resist Corrosion
Metallic bearings can be subject to severe corrosion in as little as 24 hours of basic immersion testing. PolyLube composite bearings are made from corrosion-resistant polymer resins and long strand fiberglass for superior corrosion resistance. Read more on how composite bearings surpass metal backed bearings.
March 2010
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Polygon Company—We're Composites Professionals
Founded in 1949 by a chemist working on advanced composite materials during World War II at Wright-Patterson Air Force base, Polygon Company has grown into an engineered materials company with multiple manufacturing facilities worldwide. Polygon’s original and ongoing patents stand as a hallmark in the development of fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite technology.
Corporate research and...
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