Profiles, Tubes and Filaments

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Ensinger demonstrates a high degree of excellence in engineering profiles and special tubes made of technical plastics for industrial applications.
Geometries and materials precisely tailored to the specific application result in economical and high-precision solutions
To meet our customers’ requirements, profile and pipe extrusion, as well as coextrusion of different thermoplastics, can be performed using a wide range of inline or offline processes such as printing and knurling, winding or cutting to size, thermoforming and welding, annealing and conditioning.

Over 40 years of experience in the extrusion of thermoplastics into industrial profiles and tubes

For a broad range of industrial applications, we offer:

Economical and high-precision solutions
Extrusions technologies for profiles and tubes with various cross-sections and surfaces
Processes for further processing through to comprehensive solutions from a single source
Tools and operating equipment are designed and produced in-house
Prototypes produced with pre-series tools
Tolerances according to DIN EN 16941, DIN ISO 2768 or specific requirements

Why Ensinger

Experience and knowledge

Engineering advice based on many years of experience in the processing of thermoplastics combined with knowledge about the markets and the needs of our customers enable us to find the optimum solution to suit your requirements.

We offer our customers sound and individual advice about raw materials, applications and process technology. To find the individual solution we also can rely on close-knit knowledge transfer within the whole Ensinger Group.

Our non-binding, economical quotations are based on a qualified requirement profile.

We advise on and realise

Design and development
Material research
Optimised design of extruded shapes
Calculated/estimated geometry of profiles/tubes
Examination of material properties
Prototyping

Production specified to customer needs

Profile according customer requirements & drawing
Production in due time on our extrusion line in compliance with agreed quality characteristics and ordered quantities

Continues processes from the first contact to final solutions from one source

Consultation

Part design (material and process related design)
Development and prototyping
Support in material selection

e.g. rapid prototyping, machining of first articles, prototyping with extrusion tools with comparable properties to final part

Tool design and material selection

Material and process related tool design
Tool design and manufacturing in house
Custom made materials and compounds in house

Extrusion characteristics

Dimensions

Different lengths from the same tool
Manufactured lengths up to 18 m - 750 m wound on reels
Weight per length - 16 g/m - 4,2 kg/m

Inline processes

Inline-knurling
Generation of structural surfaces
Printing/branding e.g. of product name, partnumber, lot

Follow-up processes

Cut to size
Winding coils
Machining operations: Drilling, Turning, Milling
Assembling and packaging
Welding
Ultrasonic
Reshaping by heat

Special extrusion processes

Co-Extrusion:
Combining of different thermoplastics
Reinforced and unreinforced material
Different colours
Combination of hard and soft materials
Jacket extrusion of metallic:
Traction mandrel for bending operation
Voltage equalizing

Post treatments

Annealing process for reduction of internal stress,
Conditioning - Adjustment of required humidity and physical properties

Hundreds of possible modifications

Improved and new materials are important milestones when it comes to technological developments. In our portfolio you will find engineering and high-temperature plastics with suitable characteristics/ properties for all kinds of different applications. Optimized sliding properties, low abrasion, high operating temperatures, strength, dimensional stability and chemical resistance are the best prerequisites for replacing conventional materials, both successfully and economically.
Furthermore, almost 500 polymer modifications can be achieved. The application conditions involved determine the material selection.

The basic thermoplastic polymers can be reinforced with carbon or aramid fibre, or dry lubricated. Using the co-extrusion method, reinforcing agents such as metals can be integrated, plastics with varying characteristics can bei connected by means of sheathing, or hard-soft connections produced, for example for sealing lips.

Corporate policy

At Ensinger we live according to guidelines which describe our corporate culture and the approach we take in achieving our aims. This concerns the processes and services, the protection of environment and natural resources as well as occupational health and safety protection. You find details under Corporate Policy.

Ensinger is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 13485.

ISO 9001

Specification for a quality management system.

ISO 13485

Standard that represents the requirements for a comprehensive quality management system for the design and manufacture of medical devices.

Industries

Ensinger profiles, tubes and filaments are used in many industries such as aerospace, food technology, electrical engineering and electronics, medical technology and mechanical engineering.