Curved Plexiglass Sheets

Set the sheet of acrylic across the rests on the strip heater and turn it on.

Curved plexiglass sheets.

Set up plastic or acrylic sheet in a simple bending jig. Plexiglass sheet is a glazing signage sneeze guard window or display material that is strong moisture resistant is more clear than glass. Multiple sheet sizes are available from stock. Plexiglass can also be heat formed without loss of optical clarity.

Plexiglass sheet extruded acrylic plastic sheet is available in cut to size sheets full sheets or standard basic sizes. Acrylic sheets are virtually unbreakable giving them a distinct advantage over glass in terms of safety and security. Wear gloves as you do this to avoid burning your hands. Use long thin 1 inch or so in width test strips to practice your technique and learn how your particular heat source affects your chosen thickness of plastic.

Turn the sheet of acrylic over on the heating element every 30 60 seconds in order to avoid damaging it. To set up your plastic or acrylic sheet to bend simple curves for your miniature and model projects you need to first remove the protective covering from the material you wish to bend. Acrylite br is a transparent cell cast acrylic sheet that meets ul752 level 1 requirements which is the specification used to identify a material s level of bullet resistance. The recommended radius of curvature should be a value greater than 180 times the thickness of the sheet for plexiglas g sheet and 300 times the thickness for plexiglas mc sheet see table below recommended minimum radii of curvature for cold formed plexiglas sheetnominal sheet thickness recommended.

A wide variety of curved acrylic sheet options are available to you such as processing service material. A wide variety of curved plexiglass options are available to you such as cutting moulding. 4x8 4x10 4x12 6x10 8x10 in clear. Cold forming plexiglas sheet can be cold formed bent at room temperature in a smooth arc and held to a radius by forcing the material into a curved channel support.

About 8 of these are plastic sheets. Be sure that the marked line is above the heating element.