KYDEX® sheet is easy to laminate to MDF via membrane pressing. Technical Brief 141-A and Technical Brief 141-Boutline the procedures for membrane pressing KYDEX® sheet. Can KYDEX® Thermoplastic sheet be fabricated into boxes via miter-folding? Superior formability, fabrication and tooling quality makes KYDEX ® sheet your transit and rail choice. Increased material options: 3D printing offers a wide range of materials, which means that manufacturers can experiment with molds with varying levels of cost, quality, heat resistance, and durability.

Certain grades of KYDEX® sheet including KYDEX® 510 are engineered for outdoor use. Most grades are intended for indoor use and should not be used in outdoor environments. Can KYDEX® Thermoplastic sheet be used for food applications? KYDEX® sheet can be assembled to wood products, metals, and plastics using adhesives, double-sided tapes or mechanical fasteners. Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol or PETG sheet is a rigid, transparent plastic sheet made from thermoplastic polyester. PETG offers high impact strength, glass clear clarity and light transmission with a high gloss surface finish. Procedure [ edit ] A person holds a mold in an open vacuum bed. A sheet of hot plastic will be placed on top and the bed sealed, pulling the plastic down over the mold.KYDEX ® thermoplastics have the physical, mechanical and thermal properties your customers want – and the aesthetic versatility they'll love.

Twin Sheet Forming: This process involves the forming of two layers and combining them to form one item. The plastic sheets are heated simultaneously, formed, and joined together to produce an item. The twin sheet forming process is best used to manufacture hollowed items or items with double walls. Thermoforming equipment can be broken down further into categories defined by their use cases. These categories are spread across desktop, industrial, and DIY thermoforming equipment. Professional manufacturers and enthusiasts can choose from these options depending on the application. A wide variety of materials can be used to safely clean KYDEX® sheet. However, certain aggressive cleaning agents may damage the material. Technical Brief 160-A and Technical Brief 160-B provide guidelines for cleaning KYDEX® sheet. What are the chemical resistance characteristics of KYDEX® Thermoplastic sheet? Elevate your products’ design and create a better use case for your medical devices and diagnostic equipment. KYDEX® sheet products meet or exceed regulatory compliance and safety standards for hospitals, medical offices, and in-home use and are ideal for the following applications and more: KYDEX® 110and KYDEX® T are also suitable for medical equipment housings. Both pass the UL standard V-0 and 5V and are available in a wide variety of colors. Is KYDEX® sheet resistant to harsh disinfectant cleaners?KYDEX® V Sheet for O&P– Recycled grade also suited for use by fabricators in the orthotics industry. Offered in a standard, smaller size of 32 in x 48 in. Mold design features: The mold should include critical features such as multiple ventilation holes to circulate the air from the forming process and draft angles to help demold the part. Part design: Handcrafting molds from wood might be ideal for simple molds, but parts with complex geometries and requiring precision and accuracy are better suited for casting and digital tools like machining or 3D printing. KYDEX® sheet is resistant to a broad range of disinfectant cleaners. View technical brief Chemical Resistance of KYDEX® Thermoplastic Sheet and Disinfectants and Chemical Reagents Testing technical bulletin for additional information. Are KYDEX® Thermoplastics REACH compliant?

KYDEX® thermoplastics offer durability, chemical resistance, a wide range of color and texture options including custom colors, and are easy to form. Their integral color keeps surfaces looking new longer than traditional materials like fiberglass, painted metal, or high pressure laminates. Thermoplastic splints are designed using pliable materials that become soft and malleable when heated, allowing them to be molded directly to a patient's body for a precise fit. Once cooled, the splint hardens and maintains its shape, providing the necessary support and immobilization for the affected area. This custom-fit approach ensures that the splint is comfortable to wear and effective in promoting proper healing or managing a specific condition. The ability to reheat and remold the splint as needed allows for adjustments to be made throughout the treatment process, ensuring an optimal fit at all times. Anti-skid thermoplastic panels can be used tocreatea hard wearing high friction surface which improve safety in areas such as footbridges, landing areas, traffic calming areas and hazardous areas. They can also be used following utility works or resurfacing. These panels are a cost effective, and easy to install. High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) is one of the most widely used plastics and popular within the Point of Sale (POS), display and signage market due to its visual appearance (colour options, gloss level, texture), the ease with which it can be processed along with its antistatic and electrical conductivity. In its simplest form, a small tabletop or lab size machine can be used to heat small cut sections of plastic sheet and stretch it over a mold using vacuum. This method is often used for sample and prototype parts. In complex and high-volume applications, very large production machines are utilized to heat and form the plastic sheet and trim the formed parts from the sheet in a continuous high-speed process and can produce many thousands of finished parts per hour depending on the machine and mold size and the size of the parts being formed.KYDEX® Thermoplastic sheet can be assembled to other materials using mechanical fasteners. Some tips for successfully accomplishing this include: Get new white paper on how KYDEX® sheet creates durable, attractive retail fixtures. How does KYDEX® Thermoplastic sheet compare with fiberglass? Mold design and the right process for producing the mold is dependent on part design and the following factors: Clamping force: Some thermoforming machinery, such as the pressure forming, twin sheet, and matched mold forming equipment, clamps down on the plastic sheet to form the finished part. The clamping force is an important consideration because it helps determine the type of material that may be used. When using rivets, control the tightness of the rivets in both diameter and length to minimize stress concentrations. Flat washers can be used to further reduce stress concentrations at rivet locations.

Traditional methods for mold production are often costly, labor-intensive, and have long lead times, which can limit the efficiency of thermoforming processes. Super tough and durable, KYDEX ® industrial sheet is a proprietary alloy thermoplastic that brings a new dimension to customers in design freedom, formability, rigidity, impact resistance, chemical resistance and fire retardance. KYDEX ® Aerospace Interior Sheets are offered in an expanded range of high performance grades that meet the demanding requirements of aircraft interior applications. Plastic is a topic which can attract sensitive debate and here at Eagle Plastics Limited we have been supplying thermoplastic sheet and film material for 25 years. We have an environmental conscience and keen to share our vast knowledge on how plastics can be used and recycled. Machine dimensions: The dimensions of the thermoforming equipment determine the size of components or plastic parts the chosen equipment can produce. Desktop thermoforming equipment is compact, and therefore offers limited forming dimensions, while industrial solutions are much larger.Most common thermoforming techniques make use of patterned molds to form the plastic sheet into the finished part, including vacuum forming, pressure forming, matched mold forming, mechanical forming, and twin sheet forming. KYDEX® T– High impact fire-rated sheet that is less hygroscopic and usually does not require pre-drying. Offers more uniform forming with less wall thinning. Greater resistance to a broad range of corrosive chemicals and cleaning solutions. Yes. KYDEX® Thermoplastics have antifungal and antimicrobial properties. Technical Brief 120-Cprovides details about this. What KYDEX® Thermoplastics meet the requirements for medical equipment housings?