Plastic semi-finished products
With inventories of some 600 tonnes, faigle has the largest stocks of plastic semi-finished products in Austria and Switzerland. faigle’s premium 1stCut® service helps to ease the load on your production department and rationalise your processes, which translates into significant time and cost savings. With a holistic approach based on our plastics expertise, manufacturing capabilities and extensive experience, we’re committed to supplying distinctive quality, in-depth consulting and custom solutions.
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Semi-finished products, and high-value plastic products in particular, play a core role in many areas of industry, including mechanical engineering, the railway sector, special purpose vehicle manufacturing and the food industry, to name just a few. As an expert partner, faigle specialises in the sale and processing of plastic semi-finished products. We also offer a comprehensive selection of semi-finished products, with more than 1,200 dimensions permanently in stock, made from over 100 different materials. Thanks to our 1stCut® service, we also supply custom-cut semi-finished products precisely in line with your specifications. Cut items can also be planed to your specifications or machined to include features such as grooves, bevels and corner radiuses. All of which frees up production resources, boosts efficiency and saves you time and money on downstream processing.
faigle’s food-grade plastics are tested under strict conditions – including migration testing in accordance with European Union Regulation 10/2011/EU – to ensure complete safety when they come into contact with food. Compliance with statutory regulations and guidelines, including Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements, means that our production of plastic semi-finished products for the food industry always meets the highest quality standards.
Choosing the right material for semi-finished products is crucial, particularly in mechanical engineering, where the effects of wear pose a major challenge. Based on faigle’s long-standing mechanical engineering experience, our PAS® materials meet all the criteria for sliding guides, sliding bars and other parts exposed to friction – they are wear-resistant and have excellent sliding properties. We also have an extensive range of transparent materials that includes everything from acrylic and polycarbonate to polyethylene terephthalate, a thermoplastic polyester. These materials are available with various modifications, including UV stabilisation and single or double-sided anti-reflective or scratch-resistant coatings.
faigle offers an extensive range of plastics made from more than 100 different materials, as well as custom modifications for various applications, meaning we always deliver products of the highest quality. Our material finder gives you access to detailed information and helps you to identify semi-finished products that meet your specific needs.
We have 600,000kg of semi-finished products in stock, and our extensive range includes over 1,200 dimensions and more than 100 different materials. faigle provides precise and efficient processing courtesy of state-of-the-art machinery that is equipped specifically for plastics. With more than 40,000 articles to choose from, our comprehensive range fits the bill for a wide variety of requirements. When it comes to plastics processing, you can count on our extensive know-how, high-level expertise and years of experience.
faigle’s material finder lets you search our semi-finished product range in detail – so you can be sure that the materials you select meet the specific requirements for your application. Please note that due to the large amount of information provided in our webshop, this service is only available to customers with a user account.
Applications
Semi-finished products, and high-value plastic products in particular, play a core role in many areas of industry, including mechanical engineering, the railway sector, special purpose vehicle manufacturing and the food industry, to name just a few. As an expert partner, faigle specialises in the sale and processing of plastic semi-finished products. We also offer a comprehensive selection of semi-finished products, with more than 1,200 dimensions permanently in stock, made from over 100 different materials. Thanks to our 1stCut® service, we also supply custom-cut semi-finished products precisely in line with your specifications. Cut items can also be planed to your specifications or machined to include features such as grooves, bevels and corner radiuses. All of which frees up production resources, boosts efficiency and saves you time and money on downstream processing.
faigle’s food-grade plastics are tested under strict conditions – including migration testing in accordance with European Union Regulation 10/2011/EU – to ensure complete safety when they come into contact with food. Compliance with statutory regulations and guidelines, including Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements, means that our production of plastic semi-finished products for the food industry always meets the highest quality standards.
Materials
Choosing the right material for semi-finished products is crucial, particularly in mechanical engineering, where the effects of wear pose a major challenge. Based on faigle’s long-standing mechanical engineering experience, our PAS® materials meet all the criteria for sliding guides, sliding bars and other parts exposed to friction – they are wear-resistant and have excellent sliding properties. We also have an extensive range of transparent materials that includes everything from acrylic and polycarbonate to polyethylene terephthalate, a thermoplastic polyester. These materials are available with various modifications, including UV stabilisation and single or double-sided anti-reflective or scratch-resistant coatings.
faigle offers an extensive range of plastics made from more than 100 different materials, as well as custom modifications for various applications, meaning we always deliver products of the highest quality. Our material finder gives you access to detailed information and helps you to identify semi-finished products that meet your specific needs.
Range
We have 600,000kg of semi-finished products in stock, and our extensive range includes over 1,200 dimensions and more than 100 different materials. faigle provides precise and efficient processing courtesy of state-of-the-art machinery that is equipped specifically for plastics. With more than 40,000 articles to choose from, our comprehensive range fits the bill for a wide variety of requirements. When it comes to plastics processing, you can count on our extensive know-how, high-level expertise and years of experience.
faigle’s material finder lets you search our semi-finished product range in detail – so you can be sure that the materials you select meet the specific requirements for your application. Please note that due to the large amount of information provided in our webshop, this service is only available to customers with a user account.
Food grade
Semi-finished products for the food industry
Food grade plastics are an integral part of faigle’s range. The food grade designation means that plastics and other materials can be used safely for applications which involve contact with foodstuffs. Our extensive food grade (FG) product selection includes a comprehensive range of standard plastics, as well as high-temperature plastics specifically developed for direct use in food-related applications.
Our FG plastics undergo rigorous testing, including migration tests in accordance with EU Regulation 10/2011/EU, to ensure they fulfil the highest standards. These plastics also meet the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines, which means they comply with strict requirements for quality assurance and production processes. We regularly assess the safety of our FG plastics, including materials that come into direct contact with food, which ensures that they comply fully with all statutory regulations. When it comes to processing of plastic semi-finished products for the food industry, you can trust faigle to meet the very highest safety and quality standards.
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- Sawing of rods, panels and tubes
- Planing of plate blanks
- Grooving of planed plate blanks
- Milling of bevels, grooves and shoulders
- Centreless grinding of round rods and tubes
- Processing using state-of-the-art machines specially tooled for plastics
- faigle’s 1stCut® service helps you to overcome capacity restraints
- faigle’s well-known plastics specifications help to reduce rejects
- Reduced swarf and chip volume saves money
- Increased efficiency in component production
- Lengths of up to 4,000mm
- Diameters of up to 460mm
- Clean, precise cut quality
- Tolerances of +/- 0.2mm
- From single cuts to volume processing
- Production of long components
- Bespoke profiling
- Efficient pre-production for volume manufacturing
- Clean surfaces guaranteed
- Exceptional dimensional accuracy
- Thicknesses of up to 200mm and widths of up to 1,200mm
- Increased angular precision
- Reduced swarf and chip volume in downstream processing
- Removal of extrusion skin to reduce stress
- Defined surface quality
- Outstanding dimensional accuracy
- Suitable for use with automated systems
- Diameters ranging from 3mm to 80mm
- Tolerances of h9 to h11 (depending on material and thickness)
1st Cut®-Service
- Sawing of rods, panels and tubes
- Planing of plate blanks
- Grooving of planed plate blanks
- Milling of bevels, grooves and shoulders
- Centreless grinding of round rods and tubes
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How you benefit:
- Processing using state-of-the-art machines specially tooled for plastics
- faigle’s 1stCut® service helps you to overcome capacity restraints
- faigle’s well-known plastics specifications help to reduce rejects
- Reduced swarf and chip volume saves money
- Increased efficiency in component production
- Lengths of up to 4,000mm
- Diameters of up to 460mm
- Clean, precise cut quality
- Tolerances of +/- 0.2mm
- From single cuts to volume processing
- Production of long components
- Bespoke profiling
- Efficient pre-production for volume manufacturing
- Clean surfaces guaranteed
- Exceptional dimensional accuracy
- Thicknesses of up to 200mm and widths of up to 1,200mm
- Increased angular precision
- Reduced swarf and chip volume in downstream processing
- Removal of extrusion skin to reduce stress
- Defined surface quality
- Outstanding dimensional accuracy
- Suitable for use with automated systems
- Diameters ranging from 3mm to 80mm
- Tolerances of h9 to h11 (depending on material and thickness)
Semi-finished products
What are semi-finished products in industry?
Defining semi-finished products
In industry, the term ‘semi-finished product’ refers to pre-produced raw materials that are machined in various manufacturing processes. Plastics or metals are machined to create different shapes, usually by forming or cutting. Material and surface quality are key criteria in this type of manufacturing.
Plastic or wood semi-finished products
Plastic semi-finished products are usually intermediates for use in industrial and manual production processes. Supplied in the form of rods, tubes or panels, these intermediates are processed to create the end product. Alternatively, semi-finished products can be made from wood; in this case they are called sawn timber.
Metal semi-finished products
Semi-finished products are often made from aluminium, copper or brass. Sometimes, bronze and silver alloys are used to produce semi-finished products for industry and skilled trades. The most common forms are tubes, sheets, rods and wires, although other shapes are also an option. Metal semi-finished products are also known as blanks. Even though metal has some advantages, faigle only produces plastic semi-finished products in line with its strict quality standards.
Plastic semi-finished products from faigle
Besides laying the foundation for our specialisation in plastic semi-finished products, our mechanical engineering expertise also underpins our company’s proven quality standards. Our passion for thermoplastics and our drive to achieve continuous improvements have enabled us to reach a series of milestones which we are extremely proud of, including the development of wear-free semi-finished products and numerous other innovative process technologies. And faigle’s value for money is the cornerstone of our long-lasting relationships with our customers.
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