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Material Info
Most plastic materials can be used as raw materials, such as:
- Polyethylenes (HDPE, LDPE, HMWPE)
- Polystyrenes
- ABS
- PVC
- Acrylics
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Important factors in the right selection are
- Impact resitance
- Service temperature
- Tensile Strength
- Moisture dimensional Stability
- Visual Clarity
- Special requirements (Flame resistance, assemblies, deep draw etc.)
- Cost
Some examples:
- HDPE is a very tough material with high impact resistance and low cost, but no adhesive sticks to it and painting is only possible with special surface preparations
- ABS has high impact resistnce and excellent dimensional stability, assemblies can be glued together, but the cost is high
- Polystyrene is inexpensive with good dimensional stability, but impact resistance is low
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