Synthetic resins and their raw materials / A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.

by United States Tariff Commission

Furfural resins.

Large scale commercial production of furfural, an aldehyde obtained from oat hulls and other farm waste, has made it available for synthetic resin manufacture.

Tar-acid furfural resins possess certain outstanding properties, such as great dimensional accuracy, great reaction speed to the infusible solid stage, and unusual strength and toughness. They are available in dark shades only. Printing plates as large as those of metropolitan daily papers are molded from them as are radio tube bases, all sorts of electrical parts, and machined parts requiring great dimensional accuracy. Other uses are in abrasive wheels, varnishes, and adhesives.

Probably the largest domestic maker of furfural resins is the Durite Plastics Division of Stokes and Smith Company, Philadelphia, Pa.