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Acrylic sheet types
• Cell cast • Continuous cast • Extruded
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Typical cell cast acrylic sheet production facility
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Cell cast acrylic sheet characteristics
• Infinite array of colors and effects • Extremely high optical clarity • Highly durable • Lighter and 5x stronger than glass • Food contact compliant • Exceptional UV and weather
performance • Easy processing and fabrication • Design flexibility
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Monomer storage
Pre- polymerization Syrup
making
Additives: Catalyst
Color etc.
Pouring Cell
assembly
Splitting
Polymerization oven
Inspection Masking
Cell casting process
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Continuous cast acrylic sheet
Continuous cast acrylic sheet production plant
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Continuous casting process
Inspection
Masking Cutting Packing Shipping
Pre-polymerization
MMA monomer
Adjustment
Filtration
De-foaming
Syrup
Stainless steel
Acrylic sheet
Pouring Heating Cooling
MMA to ACRYLIC sheet directly
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Continuous cast acrylic sheet characteristics
• Large production runs
possible
• Excellent thickness tolerance, determined by distance between belts
• High physical and chemical performance qualities - many equivalent to cell cast
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Extrusion process
Inspection
Masking Cutting Packing Shipping
PMMA pellets
Extrusion Cooling
Mirror surface roll
Acrylic sheet
MMA monomer
Polymerization
Dehydration
Drying
Water wash
Polymer pellets
MMA to PMMA to ACRYLIC sheet
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Extruded acrylic sheet production
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Extruded acrylic sheet characteristics
• Good thickness tolerances
• Large production runs possible
• More limited color and finish options • Poorer resistance to crazing when in
contact with solvents
• Lower optical performance and resistance to weathering compared to cell cast
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Acrylic sheet brands
Some well-known acrylic brand names• Lucite®• Perspex®• Moden Glas®• Plexiglas®• Altuglas®• Acrylite®• Acrycast®• BAS Cast®• Akrilit®• Policril®• Akrylon®• Aglas®
Each of these brands can provide rich sources of information on
working with acrylic