Tenter Parts for Polyimide Film Production
Stainless steel pin plates rated to 800 degrees for polyimide film tenter lines in electronics and aerospace supply chains.
What This Industry Needs From a Stenter Rail
Polyimide film is a polymer film with high temperature resistance and chemical stability, used in electronics, aerospace and other high-tech applications for insulation, heat insulation and protection. A PI film tenter runs far hotter than any textile heat setting range, and a copper pin plate built for fabric will soften and distort at those temperatures. The plates on this page are high-strength stainless steel throughout, heat resistant up to 800 degrees and corrosion resistant.
Pain Points We Hear
- Fabric pin plates softening and distorting at film line temperatures
- Film slipping off the pins as the line speed is raised
- Plates corroding in the chemistry around the film line
- A distorted plate pulling the film out of flat
What Buyers Are Looking For
- Stainless steel rated well above the process temperature
- Corrosion resistance for the chemistry around the line
- Pin geometry set for film thickness rather than fabric weight
- Plates matched to the film tenter hole pattern, not adapted from a textile plate
Parts We Supply To This Industry
E+L KF 2020 Pneumatic Web Guider and Selvedge Holder
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E+L ELSPREADER LPA 03 Pneumatic Selvedge Uncurler
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Bruckner Stenter Chain Type 4 With Pin Plate Mounting
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Bruckner Pin Plate and Chain Assembly
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Stenter Pin Plate 642 Small Size 4 x 130 x 12 mm
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Artos Stenter Pin Plate 4 x 130 x 12 mm
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Stenter Pin Plate for Krantz 4 x 12 x 77 mm
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Specify the temperature
Our film plate is high-strength stainless steel, heat resistant up to 800 degrees.
Match the pattern
Send a sample plate or a drawing. Film tenter hole patterns are not the same as textile ones.
Set pin geometry
Pin height and pitch are set for your film thickness.
Supply as sets
Matched sets so film tension is identical across the width.
What We Commit To
Plates matched from your sample or drawing
Pin height and pitch set for the film thickness
Matched sets for a full rail
Quoted with a confirmed delivery date rather than a standard 7 days
Related Solutions
Custom Part Manufacturing From Samples
Pin plates, pin plate holders, clips, brush wheels and other metal parts made to customer requirement, from a sample or a drawing.
Guides For This Industry
How to Choose and Order a Stenter Pin Plate
Order on hole centres and plate length, not on the machine brand. What to measure, which material to specify and why plates should be replaced in matched sets.
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The Major Textile Machinery Exhibitions Around the World
ITMA, ITME India, ITMA ASIA, Techtextil, SIMATEX and SaigonTex. Where the finishing industry meets, and what a spare parts buyer actually gets out of going.
Read GuidePolyimide Film Production Questions
What temperature can the film plate take?
The stainless steel plate is heat resistant up to 800 degrees, which is why it suits polyimide film lines rather than textile heat setting.
Why not use a copper fabric plate?
Copper conducts heat well for textile chambers but is not the right choice at 800 degrees. It softens and distorts, and a distorted plate pulls the film out of flat.
What is polyimide film used for?
Insulation, heat insulation and protection in electronics, aerospace and other high-tech applications.
Can you make the holder as well?
Ask us with a photo. We quote holders and related chain parts against a sample or a drawing.
Supplying Polyimide Film Production
Tell us what machines you run and what the fabric is doing at the edge. We will tell you which parts are worth changing and which are not.