What is polycast acrylic?
Polycast® is a cell-cast, clear acrylic sheet from Modern Plastics. Polycast® clear acrylic sheets offer clarity equal to optical glass, and display excellent impact resistance and good weathering properties.
What is continuous cast acrylic?
Continuous cast acrylic is a high-quality acrylic sheet with the added value of having a much tighter thickness tolerance vs. cell cast. Continuous cast acrylic is very beneficial if you need the high molecular weight of cast sheet plus the added thickness and width benefits of continuous cast.
How is continuous cast acrylic made?
Acrylic Continuous Cast Sheet is created by pouring polymerized acrylic onto steel platforms, then continually heating and cooling it between highly polished steel plates to control curing. This produces an exceptionally clear and stable final product.
Is cast acrylic plastic?
How Is Cast Acrylic Made? Acrylic is a synthetic plastic created by a chemical reaction between a catalyst and a monomer, resulting in a lightweight and transparent plastic product. Acrylic has higher optical clarity than glass and is as much as 10 times more shatter resistant than glass.
What are the three types of acrylics?
Types Of Acrylic Plastic Sheet
- Cast Acrylic Sheet. Cast acrylic sheet combines clarity with strength.
- Continuous Cast Acrylic Sheet.
- Extruded Acrylic Sheet.
- Sign Grade Acrylic Sheet.
- Marine Grade Acrylic Sheet.
- Acrylic Mirror Sheet.
- Acrylic Shapes.
- Specialty Acrylic Sheet.
What is the difference between acrylic and cast acrylic?
Cast Acrylic is the highest quality acrylic; more expensive than Extruded it offers the best optical clarity, greater thermal stability and higher resistance when exposed to solvents. The surface finish, flatness and optical properties of Cast Acrylic sheets are all superior to those of Extruded Acrylic sheets.
Is cast acrylic stronger than extruded?
With a slightly harder surface than Extruded, Cast acrylic has a less consistent sheet thickness with up to a +/-10% variation possible across the sheet; it is thermo-formable and can be reworked hot, which is not always possible with Extruded sheets.
Is mirrored acrylic cast or extruded?
Acrylic mirror is produced from extruded acrylic sheet and has all of the benefits of being so. It’s economical high quality material with a narrow thickness tolerance.
Is extruded or cast acrylic better?
Cast Acrylic is the highest quality acrylic; more expensive than Extruded it offers the best optical clarity, greater thermal stability and higher resistance when exposed to solvents.
Why choose Spartech polycast™ specialty acrylic sheet?
When you struggle to find the specialized acrylic sheet you need, Spartech Polycast™ Specialty Acrylic Sheet is your solution. Spartech can modify Polycast acrylic sheet to change certain physical, chemical or optical properties to help meet your requirements, including the introduction of sensitive dyes and other additives.
Why choose polycast™ cast acrylic?
Learn more When demanding jobs and environments require both functionality and high levels of visual quality, Polycast™ cast acrylic sheets, rods and tubes deliver optical clarity and durability.
Can polycast be used for manufacturing medical devices?
Manufactured in line with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations, Polycast medical grade rods and sheet are ideal for anatomical implants, intraocular lenses, and spacers for orthopedic prostheses. Based on biocompatibility test results, Polycast acrylic as supplied is suitable for manufacturing medical devices.
Why polypolycast for PVHO?
Polycast is the major supplier of acrylic sheet to the PVHO market. This highly critical application utilizes our expertise in producing optically superior sheet in thick sections. Sheet thicker than 4.500” is available as composite casting.