Posthumus Plastics is an innovative company that specialises in developing and manufacturing high-quality injection moulded products. Apart from customer-specific products, we offer a standard range of plastic slide bearings.

Range of slide bearings
We are able to offer our customers a wide range of materials for high-quality applications by optimising the characteristics of engineering plastics by creating compounds, in which exact quantities of solid, fibre-reinforced lubricants are added to the raw material. These compounds are used in the standard Postamid^® Slide Bearing product range. The product palette comprises a standard range with and without flanges as per the DIN 1494 / ISO 3547 standard (thin-walled bearings). 

The disadvantages normally associated with synthetic materials are greatly reduced through material development and through an appropriate bearing design. Thus the bearings as per DIN 1494 / ISO 3547 are thin-walled and can be combined with highly heat-conductive material compounds (Postamid^® 3102) if so required. This version enables quick heat removal, thereby increasing the loading capacity of the bearing.

Customised products
We can also offer customised solutions for customer-specific applications, in which a variety of plastics may be used.

Upto 50% savings through modular moulds!
Our modular precision mould system makes possible a considerable reduction in the production time for designing and manufacture, at competitive rates.

Development of compounds
In collaboration with specialised plastic suppliers (compound manufacturers), we can offer options for innovative plastic solutions for special applications. We are constantly testing new compounds and have built-up a database that helps us clearly understand the tribological characteristics of plastics. As a result, we better understand the friction and wearing characteristics in standard and specific applications.

The LPV-Tribometer was developed to measure friction and wear of bearing bushes made of plastics. The ingenious design was developed by the Laboratorium voor Tribotechniek (Tribotechnology laboratory) at the TU (Technical University) of Delft, the Netherlands, and the measurements were carried out within Posthumus Plastics.

  
Activities
The entire process of product development, mould manufacturing, and finally injection moulding is all done in-house, which has the following advantages:

• development of products and moulds using 3D CAD
• use of a modular mould system
• high quality moulds
• the entire process is done under one roof
• modern, computer-controlled injection moulding machines
• experience with engineering plastics
• flexibility in terms of materials and execution
• short delivery times
• competitive prices