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Line bending

What Does A Strip Heater Look Like?

The strip heat has a a thin opening at the and two metal rest for the plastic on either side. There is a mains lead one side of strip heater and a dial to ajust the heat on the front as well.

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How Do You Use a Strip Heater

  • Wait unitl the strip heater reaches the optimum temperature
  • Place fold line on plastic into position and turn to prevent burning
  • Wait until the plastic softens
  • Bend the plastic
  • Wait until plastic has cooled
  • Repeat the process for other fold

What is Line Bending

Advantages & Disadvantages

Line bending involving using a strip heater to melt a strip of thermoplastic sheet material, like acrylic. you do this by holding the thermoplastic over the strip heater.

Advantages

  • Low cost
  • Suitable for small batch and one-off production

Disadvantages

  • Even with the use of jigs it is still not as accurate as other processes
  • Not suitable for mass production
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