GET SET FOR FENCING’S POLYMER REVOLUTION

Featuring a combination of strength, flexibility and durability, synthetic polymers are found in everything from consumer products and automotive to industrial applications, aeronautics, telecommunications and mining.

The fencing industry is now benefiting from the polymer revolution especially when it comes to gate hardware.

Scott Cosby, D&D Technologies R&D Manager, commented: “Metals often have many shortcomings, including the propensity to rust, corrode, wear, bind/stick, deform and distort, to name but a few. All the forces against which polymers excel.

“Whilst metal components are generally strong, metals under corrosion will also lose their strength and start to break down and sag losing durability in the face of exposure to the elements.

“Quality polymer gate hardware on the other hand maintains its integrity due to a combination of outstanding strength and imperviousness to rust. The benefit to many gate owners and fencing installers is that the necessity for ongoing maintenance and repair is significantly reduced.

“Since the late 1980s, D&D Technologies has been at the forefront of moulded polymer gate hardware production, pioneering the technology in the gate hardware market and winning many patents and design awards along the way.

“One of the reasons D&D’s products are so durable is that they’re manufactured using virgin polymer materials. First-use nylon pellets reinforced with virgin fibreglass are heated and injected into specially designed pressurised moulds, enabling incredibly strong and finely designed hardware to be mass-produced at exacting quality.

“D&D decided almost a decade ago to switch entirely to virgin polymer pellets for our injection moulding process. Our engineered polymers are rigorously tested to withstand the harshest environments and offer the strength and reliability that will outlast and outperform traditionally corrodible materials usually found in fencing,” added Scott.

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