Machined Cast Nylon Parts…When The Going Gets Tough!
- Allplastics News
- Thursday, 09 February 2017 11:01
- Allplastics News Team
Cast nylon offers a very cost effective option to replace bronze, cast iron, stainless steel and aluminium in many industrial applications, resulting in minimum lubrication costs and weight reduction.
Allplastics Engineering offers a range of cast nylon rod, sheet of tube profiles in Natural, Black (MOS2 filled), Oil filled grades.
In addition, a precision machining service is performed by experienced machinists utilising the latest CNC (Computerised Numerical Control) turning centres and routers.
Transparent, Acoustically Effective Ceiling Panels in Harmony with Architecture
- Allplastics News
- Wednesday, 01 February 2017 11:01
- Allplastics News Team
The current contemporary architecture is the utilisation of ever larger areas of glass or acrylic. Increasingly, newly constructed or refurbished communications areas fail to meet even minimal acoustic requirements necessary for their use. The pursuit of transparency and good acoustics do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Allplastics offers you AIR-board® Acoustic as its transparent sandwich panels consisting of micro-perforated translucent outer layers and a transparent honeycomb core gives you a high level of sound absorption with unique appearance and functionality. Airboard Acoustic is used to improve the room acoustic and sound absorption for special projects.
How To Avoid "Hot Spots" When Using LED Lighting
- Allplastics News
- Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:01
- Allplastics News Team
The introduction of white LEDs has given designers and lighting experts the scope of creating environments in commercial applications where intense or subtle variations of light can be achieved.
However standard acrylic diffusers were not suitable for the intense concentration of light generated by LEDs. Perspex® Spectrum LED is a specialist cast acrylic sheet with optimised colour performance created to meet the needs of today’s sign market. It enables sign makers, specifiers and designers to enjoy the benefits of LEDs and create elegant solutions that are cost and eco-efficient, whilst enhancing intensity and colour.
CNC Routing of Aluminium Composite Sheets
- Allplastics News
- Friday, 20 January 2017 11:01
- Allplastics News Team
Aluminium Composite Panels (ACM) offer the sign exhibition, display and furniture industries, the option of using a rigid gloss or matt surface for their diverse applications. Aluminium Composite Panels consist of a thermoplastic polyethylene core that is sandwiched between two outer flat aluminium panels. The polyethylene core is bonded between the 2 aluminium sheets providing a very lightweight, smooth, flat and rigid sheet. The Aluminium Composite Sheet can be coated with a number of coatings depending on the end use, From PVDF or polyester paint. The Aluminium Composite sheets are produced in a wide selection of colours including gloss, metallic and patterns.