Polyamides (or nylon) are considered high-performance plastics. They exhibit high temperature & electrical resistances. They find their use in the automotive, transportation, consumer goods, and other industry. There are serval types of polyamide classes available in the market today. But are you finding it hard to select the right one for your specific application?

Let us make your selection process easy by elaborating on the types of Virgin PA6 Nylon Pellets. Key features and processing conditions of each class have been explained here. Also, understand what makes them an ideal choice in high-end engineering applications.

Polyamide 6 or Nylon 6 is abbreviated as PA. Nylon 6 granules is a major high-performance engineering thermoplastics class. It has a good balance of properties. They contain repeating amide linkages i.e. –CO-NH–. It is formed by condensing identical units, and copolymers with different units.

Nylon 6 chips exhibit high temperature and electrical resistance. Thanks to their crystalline structure, they also show excellent chemical resistance. They have very good mechanical and barrier properties. These materials can easily be flame retarded. Polyamides became the first truly synthetic fiber to be commercialized.

When reinforced with glass fibers, their stiffness can compete with metals. These glass fibers can be short or long. This is why Polyamides are often considered in metal replacement projects.