Bending Plastic Sheet Material

Use wood or metal supports not included under the sheet during heating.

Bending plastic sheet material. 14 310 00 4 adjustable bending fixture. To set up your plastic or acrylic sheet to bend simple curves for your miniature and model projects you need to first remove the protective covering from the material you wish to bend. For vex robotics teams hobby diy industrial crafts. Heating time varies between 30 seconds and 12 minutes based on material type and thickness.

Trays bars single bends made easily. Bending fixtures bends cooled at any set angle. Another value added service that alro plastics offers is the bending and gluing of plastics namely the see through materials. Bending tables pneumatic dual heat single or double bends and more.

These benders are compatible with plastics such as acrylic polyethylene polypropylene polycarbonate pvc cpvc abs and kydex. Line bending is a process used to bend plastics in a straight line. Softening a length of the sheet using a narrow heated strip such as a hot wire or an electric heater. All this occurs on a molecular level.

The polycarbonate sheet can be either be heated on one side or on both sides depending on factors such as its thickness. Taking advantage of the thermoplastic nature of polycarbonates hot line bending involves. V groove attachment creates sharp nonradius. Featuring the top brands in plastic bending equipment.

Use long thin 1 inch or so in width test strips to practice your technique and learn how your particular heat source affects your chosen thickness of plastic. Set up plastic or acrylic sheet in a simple bending jig. Even heat many sizes to choose from. Call us at 800 922 0977.

Materials like acrylic polycarbonate petg just to name a few can be bent and or glued to make displays and guards. We demonstrate an easy way to cut and bend plastics to re use and recycle this incredible material into your projects you will need 1 heat source heat. Plastic bending and gluing. The plastic softens as it heats allowing it to be bent.

Place a sheet between the heating bars to soften it. Polycarbonate clear plastic sheet 12 x 24 x 0 0625 1 16 3 pack shatter resistant easier to cut bend mold than plexiglass. The line bending process involves heating the plastic material along a line using a heating element. 4 6 out of 5 stars 197.

Over the years alro plastics has aquired a wide variety of processing equipment to better serve our customers. Our team at acme plastics specializes in acrylic laser cutting. You can see this in the fogging of some clear plastics on the outside surface.