Material Sourcing Support

When it comes to use of plastic thermoforming materials, one of the greatest advantages is that they can be manipulated and alloyed at the polymer level as well as being co-extruded to produce a multitude of variations. Below is a list of the common tests that are performed on each plastic thermoforming material product, a description of what is measured, and how it should be used to assist in material selection.

• 1) Material Application
• 2) Specific Gravity
• 3) Chemical Resistance
• 4) Stiffness
• 5) Hardness
• 6) Tensile strength
• 7) Dielectric strength
• 8) Thermal Conductivity
• 9) CTE (Co-efficient of Thermal expansion)
• 10) Heat Deflection
• 11) Flammability
• 12) Accelerated weathering
• 13) Scratch or Mar resistance