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Acrylic Spotlight
Parts and Accessories
ABC Plastics, Inc., the innovator
of the 12” piano hinge and the
Deco-Hinge™ offers an extensive
catalog of parts and accessories
for acrylic fabricators.
Featured new products include
the Mag-Catch™ magnetic door
catch, ShelfTracker™ adjustable
shelf system, the Deco-Hasp
and Monster Hinge™.
Their catalog also features
hinges, hasps, door catches,
turntables, rigid vinyl pockets and display signage components
in many standard sizes with custom sizes available
upon request. Other popular products include: the Deco-
Hinge™ and Deco-Pulls2; Solvent Applicator Bottles; 1/2”
and 3/4” Z-Bars; 1/4” and 3/8” Posts and Screws and a
molded Keyhole.
For additional information, contact Ivan Jackovich, ABC
Plastics, Inc., 9132 DeSoto Avenue, Chatsworth, CA
91311, 877-Mr-Hinge (674-4643)/818-775-0065, Fax:
818-775-2975, E-mail: info@abcplastics.com, Web:
www.abcplastics.com.
Acrylic Sheets Specifier
Acrilex, Inc., producers
and distributors of
high-end, custom-colored
acrylic sheets,
announces the availability
of their Acriglas®
Acrylic Sheets Specifier
Sample Case.
This
attractive and powerful presentation tool, conveniently
houses and displays approximately 120 sample squares
of Acrilex’s most popular acrylic sheets. The Acriglas
Sample Case is available to qualified designers and specifiers
who purchase or specify acrylic sheets in the architecture
or commercial building and design industries.
Unlike the previous color binder which had samples permanently
attached to a page, this sample case affords
designers the opportunity to see and feel the complete
range of Acriglas solutions, as well as hold samples up to
light sources to determine aesthetics and light transmission.
Also, unlike keychain samples, the new box neatly
stores the product and can be placed vertically on a bookshelf
like a binder for future reference.
Included in the case are Acriglas series such as: metallic,
frosted, neon lights, impressions textures, pearlescent,
glitter, fluorescent/edge colors, granite and natural mica,
marble and newly introduced products.
Acriglas acrylic sheets are ideal for point-of-purchase
displays, lighting, store fixtures, signs and furniture applications
that require complex formed or fabricated shapes.
The sheets are also ideal for providing material with superior
impact resistance to glass. Acriglas sheets are available
in a variety of sizes, and thicknesses ranging from
1/8”-1/2”.
For additional information, contact Dan Rustin, Acrilex,
Inc., 230 Culver Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305, 800-222-4680, Fax: 201-333-1237, E-mail: drustin@acrilex.com,
Web: www.acrilex.com.
Diamond Polishers
AD Beyond Machinery Company offers the Model
FF (Five Footer) Diamond Edge Polisher with a
polishing capacity of 62” long and up to 4” thick.
The polisher is equipped with a 1 1/2 hp direct
drive, single phase
220v spindle motor
that provides fast
polishing speeds
and a high quality
finish.
AD Beyond is
also offering a
tabletop diamond
edge polisher that is
capable of polishing a 45° bevel,
without pre-cutting, up to 7/32”. The
polisher is ideal for beveling small
parts, especially on four sides.
For additional information, contact Customer
Service at AD Beyond Machinery Company via
E-mail: mivilaca@aol.com or reply via the magazine
to eReader # 101.
Fiberglass-Reinforced
Sheets
American Acrylic Corporation
manufactures
LUMAsite™ fiberglass-reinforced
acrylic sheets in
facilities located in Long
Island, New York. Most
varieties are translucent,
and offer architects and designers attractive choices for
lighting, partition and architectural applications. These
ultra-strong panels offer a selection of elegant effects,
including frosted, rice-paper and parchment varieties, several whites, delicate tints and bright colors. Other varieties,
including both translucent and opaque colors, are
used extensively in sign and display applications.
Standard sheet sizes include 4’ x 8’ and 4’ x 10’. Some
varieties are available up to 5 feet wide and/or 12 feet
long. Available thicknesses range from 0.045 inch to
0.250 inch, depending on the specific variety.
For additional information, contact Manny Ziegler,
American Acrylic Corporation, 400 Sheffield Ave., West
Babylon, NY 11704, 800-627-9025, Fax: 631-422-
2811, E-mail: lumasite@aol.com, Web: www.americanacrylic.com.
Interactive Sample
Gallery
Using a web based
application,
customers
can now virtually
view and
interact with
sample colors
and designs. Altuglas International, makers of
Plexiglas® acrylic sheet, has launched an innovative
online application that allows users to view
Plexiglas acrylic sheet samples right at their
desks. Designers and manufacturers are able to
search the gallery by color, application or product
category, utilizing the power of Adobe® Flash® player to
easily search and compare a growing collection of over 70
virtual Plexiglas acrylic chip samples.
To view Altuglas International’s interactive online chip
sample gallery, visit www.plexiglas.com/chip_gallery.html.
For additional information, contact Tom DeMain,
Atuglas International, 2000 Market Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19103, 215-419-5013, Fax: 215-419-5512, Web:
www.altuglasint.com.
Cubes, Disks, Cabachons
and More Chelsea Plastics Corp. uses unique tumblers to polish
acrylic pieces. They are able to cut sheet, rod and tubes
to custom sizes and have them polished to perfection.
They stock discs,
cubes, cabachons
(half balls) in sizes
from 1/4 to 4 inches.
This enables them to
ship in one or two
days on stock items
and usually within
five working days on
custom orders.
They specialize in
custom small component
parts completely polished, to use in your production. For additional information, contact Shirley Rose,
Chelsea Plastics, 30-02 48th Avenue, Long Island City
N.Y. 10011, 800-524-2435/212-924-4530, Fax: 212-
924-3508.
Polishing & Bending
Edge Finisher Company manufactures and supplies a wide
range of edge polishing and sheet bending equipment for
plastics fabrication.
Their EF200 Diamond Edge Polisher Machine removes
saw marks and produces a clear, polished edge on acrylic
parts up to 3/4” thick in a single pass
through the machine. Their EF2000
model is capable of polishing up to 2”
thick. Both machines accommodate
either single sheet or stacked
material. They also represent the Shannon
line of plastic bending machines.
The HRK125 Linear Heat Table is
a compact, easy to operate, semiautomatic
machine for making
multiple bends in acrylic, styrene,
polycarbonate, foamed
PVC and PET sheet materials.
It has six nichrome wire heating
elements with four separate
temperature controls that can be positioned over and
under the plastic sheets. The wire temperature and heating cycle time can be precisely controlled and the top heating elements automatically lift up away from the workpiece when the cycle time is complete.
EFC provides sales, tooling, resharpening and technical service in the US and Canada. For additional information, contact Brad Whittlesey, Edge Finisher Company, 16 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801, 800-625-5863, Fax: 203-796-7924, E-mail: info@edgefinisher.com, Web: www.edgefinisher.com.
Hardware and Tools for Acrylic
FTM, Inc. has a wide range of acrylic hardware that is specifically designed to meet your fabrication needs. We carry acrylic hinges, hasps, pulls, knobs, keyhole attachments, optical nose piece holders, peg hooks, door catches and wall hangers.
In addition, we sell the largest line of tools and equipment specifically designed for working with acrylic. Our line includes straight line bending equipment, saw blades, solvent applicators, router bits, drill bits (we have the largest selection of plexipoint drill bits available!), flame polishing equipment, vacuum clamping and a complete line of acrylic cleaners, polishes and Split Microfibers. FTM is the “Fabricator’s Source.” For additional information, contact David Geer, FTM, Inc., 327 Industrial Drive, Unit 1, Placerville, CA 95667, 530-626-1986, Fax: 530-642-2602, E-mail: info@123ftm.com, Web: 123ftm.com.
Acrylic Extrusions
For over 10 years, Futurplast Extrusions has been an industry leader and innovator in acrylic extrusion. With 8 conveniently located distribution warehouses in Montreal, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa, Houston, Seattle, New Jersey and Columbus, they offer superior availability and significant savings on shipping cost. Futurplast is a distributor-tributor-committed, one stop shopping
destination for clear and colored
acrylic products, as well as
polycarbonate tubes. No one
stocks more sizes and colors than
Futurplast. They offer tubes up 14”
OD, rods up 3” and a wide range of
stock profiles.
If you cannot find what you are
looking for from your present acrylic supplier, chances are
that Futurplast has it in stock at a location near you.
For additional information, contact Joseph Sorella or
Lisa Houle, Futurplast Extrusions, 3435 Pittfield Blvd., St.
Laurent, QC, H4S-1H7, Canada, 888-812-9075, Fax:
866-388-2955, E-mail: info@futurplast.ca, Web: www.futurplast.ca.
Acrylic Sheets Up to
1/2” Thick
Gemini Incorporated, a world leader in the manufacture of
dimensional letters, logos and plaques for the signage
industry, also extrudes its own sheets of impact modified,
extruded acrylic, in gauges up to 1/2” thick in over 32 different
colors.
Acrylic sheets are available in full sheets measuring 49”
x 98” or in 49”x 49”half sheets. Thicknesses are aproximately 1/8”, 3/16”, 3/8” and 1/2”. Gemini will ship acrylic
sheets on skids, interleaved with protective masking to
prevent scratches.
Gemini produces
some of
the signage
industry’s finest
letters from its
sheets of extruded
acrylic.
Gemini’s 1000W
lasers
polish the edge return of all letters and logos as it cuts
through the material, also providing a superior finish.
Gemini’s acrylic products are designed for outdoor use,
but are beautiful enough for indoors or in any application
where precision is required. For additional information, contact David Welch, Gemini
Incorporated, 103 Mensing Way, Cannon Falls, MN
55009, 507-263-3957, Fax: 507-263-4499, E-mail:
davew@signletters.com, Web: www.signletters.com.
Acrylic Cements
WELD-ON® Assembly Adhesives has long been the industry
standard for bonding acrylics by creating strong and
attractive bonds since 1954. WELD-ON
#3 and #4 use capillary action to penetrate
the joint resulting in a strong solvent
weld. WELD-ON #16 is a thickened
version of #3 and #4 for application
requiring gap filling. WELD-ON
#40 and #42 are specifically
designed to create strong and
bubble free joints when bonding
thicker acrylics or high quality
museum cases.
In addition to this proven line of acrylic solvent cements,
WELD-ON® – by IPS® Corporation – offers a full line of
assembly adhesives for bonding all types of plastic and
metal substrates. For additional information, contact John Clagett, IPS
Corporation, 455 W. Victoria Street, Compton, CA 90220,
877-477-4583/919-593-2412, Fax: 310-898-3390,
E-mail: info@ipscorp.com, Web: www.ipscorp.com.
Frosted Acrylic Tubing
Now Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., offers extruded
“Frosted” Acrylic tubing available in GP and Impact-
Modified grades in a wide range of custom sizes. Extruded
from pre-colored extrusion-grade formulas, this material
offers superior light
diffusion over tubing
extruded from resins
where the pigment is
added at the line.
Frosted tubing is
offered in a white
translucent color,
with a textured surface,
creating a “finished”
look to
go along with it’s light transmission properties.
Offered in tube sizes from less than ½” up to 8” in
diameter, Petro Extrusion can quote to your specific
size, thickness and length requirements. Call
for a sample. For additional information, contact Bob
Petrozziello, Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc.,
P.O. Box 99, Garwood, NJ 07027, 800-229-
3338/908-789-3338, Fax: 908-789-0434, Email:
rpetro@petroextrusions.com, Web:
www.petroextrusions.com.
Acrylic Shapes &
Profiles
Plastifab Industries is one of North America’s most
diversified plastic extrusion companies. One of it’s
prominent product lines is standard stock shapes
and custom profiles in acrylic (PMMA).
Utilizing the highest
quality raw materials,
Plastifab’s extruded
acrylic shapes offer
extraordinary transparency,
color fastness,
exceptional durability
and outstanding
weatherability. The
combination of shape,
colors and textures
challenge the limits of
design, creativity and
innovation.
Plastifab’s acylic
product line incorporates
rod (1/8” through
3” diameter) and
extruded acrylic tube
(up to 12” OD) as standard
offerings in clear,
vast array of colors and
textures. An extensive
range of standard profiles
such as J-Bar, U Channel, U Angle, L & W shapes are
also available.
With extensive capabilities to produce custom profiles
and with the most comprehensive family of standard stock
shapes, Plastifab is your choice for acrylics. For additional information, contact Mario Di Iorio,
Plastifab Industries, 8115, Lafrenaie Street, Montreal,
Quebec, H1P 2B1, Canada, 800-361-4774/514-325-
9840, Fax: 514-325-5222, E-mail: infoprod@plastifab.ca, Web: www.plastifab.ca.
Cutting Tools for Acrylic
Onsrud Cutter LP, the leading supplier of CNC router tooling,
has introduced a line of cutting tools designed for
acrylic sheet materials.
The 63-500 series of solid carbide spiral
“O” flute tools will produce a superior edge
finish on either cast or extruded acrylic plastic.
This is especially important in plastic
products such as exhibits, signs or P.O.P. displays
where the public constantly views the
finished edge of the product.
Onsrud Cutter is the only cutting tool facility
in the United States that manufactures
high-speed steel, carbide tipped, solid carbide,
diamond coated and PCD CNC tooling.
Onsrud manufactured their first router bit in
1920. For additional information, contact Leslie
Banduch, Onsrud Cutter LP, 800 Liberty
Drive, Libertyville, IL 60048, 847-362-1560, Web:
www.onsrud.com.
Light Diffusing Acrylic Sheet
Plaskolite’s OPTIX® LD light diffusing acrylic sheet exhibits
unsurpassed performance when used in combination with
many of today’s light sources, including neon, florescent
and LEDs. It can be easily fabricated and eliminates visible
hot spots and luminance fluctuations without adversely
affecting the light transmission properties and now is
offered in SG-05 Medium Impact.
Available in most popular sign colors, in various sheet
sizes and with custom color matching available.
Plaskolite is the largest privately owned U.S. manufacturer
of continuously processed acrylic sheet products. For additional information, contact Johnda Baldwin,
Plaskolite, Inc., P.O. Box 1497, Columbus, OH 43216,
800-848-9124/614-294-3281, Fax: 877-538-0754,
E-mail: plaskolite@plaskolite.com, Web: www.plaskolite.com.
Ice-like Acrylic
New Acrylic R-Cast™ Ice product simulates real ice, opening
the door to more architectural applications. The
launch of this product
makes Reynolds Polymer
Technology one of the first
companies to offer this texture
in a completely randomized,
non-repeating surface.
“This new and innovative
product will excite and challenge
both architect and
designer. The R-Cast™ Ice
product is an ideal material
to be used within the hospitality and entertainment markets,”
said Roger Reynolds III, CEO. “Because each sheet
of ice is truly one-of-a-kind, formable and can have a phenomenal
impact with special lighting effects, it’s perfect for
projects like restaurants, hotels or nightclubs.”
R-Cast™ Ice is available in
halfinch
and
one inch
thicknesses
and in
sheets
as
large
as 4’
x 8’,
and can be fabricated into custom
shapes. For additional information, contact
Julie Hober, Reynolds Polymer
Technology, 607 Hollingsworth
Street, Grand Junction, CO 81505,
970-241-4700, Fax: 970-241-
4747, E-mail: juliehoberreynoldspolymer.com, Web: www.reynoldspolymer.com.
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