Cold Forming Acrylic Sheet

Acrylite ff acrylic sheet is available in.

Cold forming acrylic sheet.

Uk educational supply center centre mindsets online sells variously sized 3mm thick sample sheets of eastman s spectar copolyester at not completely outlandish prices. Acrylite acrylic sheet is offered in several versions. It can also shorten the time required to transport the heated sheet from the oven to the forming equipment thus minimizing the possibility of cold forming. Cold forming is possible.

Extruded sheet should be heated to between 290 and 320 f 145 and 160 c. Release mechanism for hanging plexiglas acrylic sheets in heating ovens. Before forming the sheet s temperature must be higher than the desired temperature to allow for cooling that will occur prior to the start of forming. Line bending or thermoforming a brasion resistant acrylic sheet is not recommended.

Twenty four hours at 176 f 80 c dries most sheets. The forming range for acrylic sheet is 290 320ºf 142 160ºc. Cold forming plexiglas sheet can be cold formed bent at room temperature in a smooth arc and held to a radius by forcing the material into a curved channel support. To reduce the length of the forming cycle pre dry the sheet in a spare oven and transfer it directly into the forming oven at 176 f 80 c after the drying period.

Spectar supposedly looks and handles much like acrylic but with the surprising property that it can be cold formed without breaking or whitening and exhibits a memory effect holding a cold bend until reheated. It is important to provide sufficient clamping of the sheet during the forming process. Even temperature distribution throughout the sheet s thickness is recommended.