Grinder Housing & Handle RTP Company End-Use Case Study Reinforced nylon offers excellent impact strength Replaced aluminum with lighter weight and lower cost material Consolidated part design Performance and cost improvements for a line of finishing tools brought RTP Company and Ingersoll-Rand together. Designed to meet the special needs of the shipbuilding and repair industry, the housing and handle of the Cyclone Series grinders were originally made from polished aluminum. Design limitations, fabricating problems and high costs of the old model led to a search for a better material. RTP Company worked closely with the molder, Phillips Plastics, New Richmond, Wisconsin, to custom formulate a compound that would meet the performance and cost objectives. Impact resistance and corrosion res

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