Acrylic pipe 60/56 will bring unsurpassed individuality to your interior design.
The areas of application of these products are not limited and directly depend on the breadth of imagination and the uniqueness of user solutions. In addition, they are easy to use, easy to cut, bend and shape.
Acrylic pipes are widely used:
in various advertising projects;
in interior design, architectural solutions;
in the manufacture of various containers, aquariums;
production of commercial, industrial and advertising equipment.
To create unique designs, acrylic pipes are tinted with colored films, filled with water, turning into air-bubble columns, from which neither children nor adults can take their eyes off.
Plexiglas tubes and rods are acrylic material, made from polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by rearrangement polymerization and without chemical modification. Extrusion rods and pipes are semi-finished polymer products.
Acrylic pipes are becoming more and more popular due to:
excellent transparency;
high impact resistance;
lightness in comparison with glass;
resistance to adverse natural and UV influences.
acrylic properties
Granular polymethyl acrylate is the raw material from which the usual acrylic is subsequently obtained. The process of converting plastic is quite simple - it consists in the polymerization of acetylene with the addition of a special catalyst (nickel) and carbon monoxide molecules (carbon monoxide or CO).
This type of plastic is quite light, its weight is slightly more than the weight of water.
Like most relatives, it does not allow moisture to pass through.
The density of the acrylic material is 1.19 g/cm3.
It is a chemically inert material, insensitive to aggressive media, except for certain organic solvents. In addition, it is considered environmentally friendly.
It produces a beautiful glossy surface that can be easily polished.
It has a high coefficient of thermal expansion - it “grows” by about 5 mm (per 1 m of the product) when the temperature rises by 60 °C.
Ignition temperature - 460 ... 635 ° С (a large run-up is explained by various additives introduced mainly into the material).
The softening limit coincides with the boiling point of water, which significantly limits the possibilities of its application. So, acrylic pipes are not used when installing gutters, where it is planned to drain hot liquid.
It is brittle under normal conditions (room temperature), which is compensated by increased ductility. Therefore, its anti-shock properties are eight times higher than those of ordinary glass.
Transparent acrylic pipe features:
wall thickness (1…5 mm);
diameter (5…650 mm).
Based on the required section and operating conditions, they can be manufactured using the following technologies:
Extrusion.
Centrifugal casting.
According to the first principle, the production of thin products (section 4 ... 50 mm) has been sharpened.
Extrusion is understood as punching (pressing) through special molding devices of softened plastic. The specified diameter is obtained in the process of vacuum calibration - the semi-finished product (blank) is pressed against the walls of a special device using high pressure. As soon as the mass hardens, a transparent polycarbonate pipe appears, characterized by:
exact geometric dimensions;
uniform wall thickness, regardless of length (standard length - 2 ... 4 m);
increased resistance to ultraviolet radiation and sudden changes in temperature;
high impact resistance;
crystal clear (transparency).
Centrifugal casting consists in the high-speed rotation of the molten raw material, poured into a special mold (of a given diameter), the configuration of which is copied (repeated) by the frozen plastic, since it is “smeared” along the mold walls under the action of centrifugal forces. In a similar way pipes of the increased section are made. They differ:
reduced indicators of internal stress;
increased plasticity of finished products.
Acrylic pipe looks very presentable in any area of its application.
Advantages of plexiglass
Products have the following advantages:
smooth glossy surface;
long-term operation in various weather conditions (bad weather or exposure to direct sunlight), which does not affect the appearance;
amenable to polishing and engraving, drilling and cutting;
possibility of thermal forming of rods.
All this determines the scope of their use in the following industries:
Medicine - all kinds of tubes that allow you to control the supply of medicines or food. Especially appreciated is the fact that acrylic does not react with drugs.
Chemical industry - laboratory instruments.
Food industry - packaging that preserves the original taste and nutritional value of any product (various food containers).
Furniture industry - all kinds of accessories (fittings and decorativeelements), stair railings and pipe lamps (often filled with tinted oil or water), a counter or bar counter, shop fittings or exhibition stand, a stand for household appliances or exhibition samples.
As a result, the available characteristics of acrylic products determine for them an exclusively decorative field of application:
Acrylic tube serves as the starting material for the manufacture of decorative lamps. In this case, water is used as a filler, to which oil or other similar liquid can be added for touch-up.
Exhibition stands are often made from products with a large cross section, where bulk and fine-grained materials are demonstrated.
Clear acrylic tubes, along with colored tubes, are an excellent material for a variety of coasters used at trade shows for household and other appliances. Decorative furniture and fittings are also made from them.
The frosted acrylic tube acts as a base for illuminated advertising signs. If you pass an LED strip through it, outwardly it will look no worse than a fluorescent lamp. In addition, this will significantly save finances, since it is much faster and not so expensive to do it: even an inexperienced person can bend an acrylic tube heated by hot air. As for passing an LED strip through it, this task is even simpler: the power consumption of such a lamp will be an order of magnitude less than when using a fluorescent lamp.
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