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News Release from: Carville | Subject: Acrylic components
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 January 2003
The wonders of clear acrylic
Carville has developed specialist techniques for machining, bonding and polishing of acrylic.
Originally produced by ICI in the 1930s as Perspex, cast acrylic sheet and block have properties that make them suitable for a wide variety of applications The original application for the novel material was as a glazing component in military and civil aircraft
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This new material offered design engineers many attractive properties.
Acrylic is half the weight of glass of the same thickness.
Acrylic has excellent optical clarity and light transmission properties.
Acrylic has good flexural strength.
Acrylic has good resistance to breakage.
Acrylic has the ability to withstand temperature extremes at different altitudes.
These properties, linked with further material developments, have encouraged the use of acrylic in a wide variety of applications ranging from precision engineered components to commercial and domestic products.
Although everyone is familiar with acrylic and other plastics, the high costs of mould tooling can be a prohibitive factor when selecting materials for small volume and prototype production runs.
The solution is to opt for a machined component.
Carville is a leader in the field of acrylic and plastic machining.
The company has a commitment towards innovation that has resulted in the development of specialist techniques for machining, bonding and polishing of acrylic.
These unique capabilities have enabled Carville to support customers operating in medical, biotech, aerospace, defence, engineering, electronics and high-end consumer markets.
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