An anvil assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes ananvilplate and an anvil cover each being fabricated from a thermoplastic material.Theanvil plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the firstsurface. Thefirst surface has a plurality of beads disposed along a periphery thereof. Theanvilcover is configured to be coupled to a distal end of the surgical staplinginstrument.The anvil cover includes a surface having at least one elongate surfacefeaturedisposed along a periphery thereof. The beads of the anvil plate and theelongatesurface feature of the anvil cover are configured for abutting engagement uponassembly thereof.
