Recommended plastics for CNC plug


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stuart321
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Does anyone have recommendations on type of plastic for CNC machining a plug for an airbox?
We have the airbox modelled (along with the inlet system) in Solidworks so can easily CNC machine a negative (plug) - it will be a split mould and the block of plastic will be about 120x175x350mm allowing for flanges and most of it will be machined out.

Searching around Heat Stabilised Blue Nylon seems a balance of friction coeff, machinability, rigidity and price but thats just from specs with no real life experience.

Thanks in advance
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I've always thought polyurethane was the best tooling block to use.
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Yes polyurethane is what you need, it is called Ureol and it is not hard to get hold of.
Don´t you live in Coventry?
found this when looking around:

http://www.itpgroup.co.uk/about_itp/ITPGroupUK-CoventryUniversityClayMilling.html


http://motoform.blogspot.se

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