CIP Material Grades
CIP offers a variety of composite bearing material grades to choose from to best suit your specific bearing and wearing applications.  CIP materials are self lubricating composite bearing materials made by impregnating textiles with thermo setting resins and solid lubricants (choose from graphite, moly, or PTFE, Enhancement A™ or B™).  CIP Composites™ are 100% bearing materials (no metallic or fiberglass shell) and they do not contain any resin filler materials (no calcium carbonate CaCO₃).  Columbia Industrial Products offers multiple textiles, lubrication and resin combinations in order to manufacture the highest quality material for your specific application.  The most common CIP Composite™ bearing material grades include:

CIP 101 – Polyester textile, no lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 111 – Polyester textile, graphite lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 121 – Polyester textile, moly lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 131 - Polyester textile, PTFE lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 141 – Polyester textile, PTFE & graphite lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 151 – Polyester textile, moly & PTFE lubrication, standard polyester resin

CIP 151A – Polyester textile, moly & PTFE lubrication, standard polyester
                     resin plus Enhancement A™

CIP 251A – Polyester and PTFE combined textile, moly & PTFE lubrication,
                     standard polyester resin plus Enhancement A™

CIP 303 – Nomex® textile, no lubrication, vinyl ester resin (high temperature)

CIP 313 – Nomex® textile, graphite lubrication, vinyl ester resin (high temperature)

CIP HYDRO™ - Proprietary blend of textile, lubrication and resin mixture
                            specifically formulated for the Hydro Power industry. 
                            See CIP Hydro for additional information.

CIP MARINE™ - Proprietary blend of textile, lubrication and resin mixture
                             specifically formulated for the Marine industry. 
                             See CIP Marine for additional information.

*CIP Enhancement A™ - an additive to the resin mixture which enhances the physical properties of the material such as strength, durability and coefficient of friction. 

*CIP Enhancement B™ - an additive to the resin mixture which enhances the physical properties of the material such as strength, durability and coefficient of friction while reducing noise/squeaking.  Designed specifically for oscilating and pivoting motion.

CIP material grades depend specifically on your application; the type of environment (wet/dry, dirty/caustic), amount of load, speed of moving parts, and temperature are all taken into consideration when choosing which CIP material will solve your problem or concern.

What’s your problem solving CIP Composites™ material?
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