Engineering Plastics
Gunze’s Engineering Plastics Business
Gunze manufactures and markets functional components used in photocopiers, printers, and other office equipment. These components have also been adopted for industrial manufacturing processes. Our thin-walled PFA tubes for fuser rollers/belts and transfer belts have brought innovation to the office automation market, enabling excellent quality image printing. Designed to satisfy a wide range of customer requirements, our high-quality functional components for industrial applications help maintain the quality of products with stain-resistant properties. Even with components that work behind the scenes, Gunze’s engineering plastics provide a “feeling of comfort.”
- 1. PFA Tubes for Fuser Rollers/Belts
- These tubes protect roller and belt surfaces from heat and stain by leveraging the unique properties of fluoro resin.
- 2. Transfer Belt
- This photocopier component collects four color toners and transfers them onto paper. Our transfer belt features uniform quality, surface smoothness, and improved stability in electrical resistance.
Small-diameter Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tube
This is a new product with a smaller diameter and a higher shrinkage rate compared to our conventional heat-shrinkable tubes. Another type with added tearability is also available.
- Main Products
- EIT-S (Small-diameter Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tube)
- EIT-SR (Small-diameter Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tube with Tearability)
Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tubes
These heat-shrinkable tubes made from PFA/FEP fluoro resin offer excellent non-adhesive property, high heat resistance, and electrical insulation properties. These tubes are ideally suited for various mold release applications as well as for roller coverings and heat-resistant insulators. PEEK heat-shrinkable tubes are also available.
- Main Products
- TST (Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tube)
- GRC (Heat-shrinkable Tube Made from PFA/FEP Fluoro Resin)
- GRC-PB (Antistatic Heat-shrinkable Tube Made from PFA Fluoro Resin)
- EIT (Small-diameter Fluoro Resin Heat-shrinkable Tube)
Thin-walled Fluoro Resin Tubes
Gunze offers a range of tubes made from PFA or other fluoro resins mainly for rollers of office equipment. These include conductive types, ultra-thin wall types, shrinkable types, and a type with its inner surface etched with liquid ammonia.
- Main Products
- NST/SMT (Thin-walled Non-shrinkable/Heat-shrinkable Tube Made from PFA Fluoro Resin)
Fiber Products
Gunze offers fluoro resin filaments and fiber products produced by taking advantage of its proprietary spinning technology. Gunze can also produce non-fluoro resin products.
- Main Products
- FFY (PFA Filaments)
- NET (PFA Mesh Products)
Films and Sheets
The superior characteristics of engineering plastics are provided in the form of sheets for use in a diverse range of applications.
- Main Products
- Polyimide Insulation/Heat Dissipation Materials
Seamless Belts
Seamless belts using engineering plastics are versatile enough for many different uses. Gunze can also control the dielectric constant of products or apply surface coating to meet specific requirements.
- Main Products
- Engineering Plastics & Seamless Belts
Division/Factories/Japanese and Overseas Affiliates
- Division
- Factories
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- Engineering Plastics Division Konan Factory
- Affiliates in Japan
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- Ayabe Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd.
- Overseas Affiliates
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- Gunze Engineering Plastics (Hong Kong) Limited
