Plastic Caps/Plugs

[Brad93]

Can anyone help? I’m working on some food/bakery equipment and need some replacement plugs/caps. Thing is, these caps are tapered the opposite way to usual tapered plugs. They lock in to the white plastic (female) parts. They can only be removed by knocking them out from the backside with a drift etc.

 

[Bullet2012]

@Brad93 , anything suitable here ?

Plastic End Caps, Rubber End Caps & Plastic Covers - Vital Parts

End Caps are perfect for all kinds of finishing, protection and masking uses. coming in a range of quality Plastic & Rubber styles.

www.vital-parts.co.uk

 

[Agroshield]

Whatever you do or source, the blue colour might be important. Plasters for your cut finger used in food environments are this colour so if they fall off, they are easily visible in the product.

E.g. https://www.firstaid.co.uk/blue-plasters/

 

[Ruffian]

Can you use white delrin,
Lathed into discs slightly oversized so have you freeze them and knock them in cold so they friction fit?

 

[Brad93]

As said needs to be blue for food use really

 

[Brad93]

@Brad93 , anything suitable here ?

Plastic End Caps, Rubber End Caps & Plastic Covers - Vital Parts

End Caps are perfect for all kinds of finishing, protection and masking uses. coming in a range of quality Plastic & Rubber styles.

www.vital-parts.co.uk

I have already messaged them via Instagram (they’re very helpful on there)

 

[pedrobedro]

Whatever you do or source, the blue colour might be important. Plasters for your cut finger used in food environments are this colour so if they fall off, they are easily visible in the product.

E.g. https://www.firstaid.co.uk/blue-plasters/

They have a metal strip for detectors to pick up as well.

 

[Bullet2012]

I have already messaged them via Instagram (they’re very helpful on there)

Yes I have the same experience with them (was prior to lockdown) a very helpful company

 

[Hitch]

Can you turn up a few?

You can buy Detectathene bar, basically UHMWPE, but it has a metal detectable additive put in.

 

[Paul.]

Can you turn up a few?

You can buy Detectathene bar, basically UHMWPE, but it has a metal detectable additive put in.

I make conveyor belt scrapers from that for a local food factory, cor blimey expensive stuff, I've got a few offcuts tucked away somewhere.

 

[Kram]

If you are going to make some up this is decent delrin and listed as food grade, mine arrived 21mm not 20.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acetal-SustrainC-20mm-Dia-Blue-Bar-Ends-assort-95-100mm-long-x-10-off-/124532142344

 

[Johnnybravo]

If you are going to make some up this is decent delrin and listed as food grade, mine arrived 21mm not 20.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acetal-SustrainC-20mm-Dia-Blue-Bar-Ends-assort-95-100mm-long-x-10-off-/124532142344

Tolerance on plastic is always a plus value as it shrinks as it cools after being extruded. You will very seldom get a bar the advertised size,it’s always over