Acrylic Sheet Bender Strip Heater

Use wood or metal supports not included under the sheet during heating.

Acrylic sheet bender strip heater.

Bending material before it is thoroughly heated will result in stress crazing small internal fractures along the bend. Wear gloves as you do this to avoid burning your hands. Place a sheet between the heating bars to soften it. This is the same strip shown in the jig where the heat was applied too far away from the bend line and applied unevenly.

You can also use many acrylic bender heaters to heat more bents at the same time. Shop manufacturer direct plastic bending strip heaters by briskheat plastic bending strip heaters produce a radiant line of heat for controlled bending to quickly soften acrylic sheets providing easy bending 1 614 294 3376. Acrylic strip heater an acrylic plastic sheet can be placed on these heavy duty strip heaters until it is soft and pliable enough to bend to the desired form. Capable of heating sheets up to 1 2 thick.

Quickly soften acrylic sheets for easy bending perfect for making face shields sneeze guards plastic photos frames arts and crafts and custom workshop fabricating. Twisted bends caused by uneven pressure when bending sheet acrylic. Instructions for building strip heaters and forming acrylic sheet are included on the back of the package or downloaded from the links below. The heating element is 1 2 wide x 36 long and wired with a 2 prong 110 volt plug.

We have a wide range of acrylic strip heaters and line benders below. Easy to use this professional grade acrylic strip heater is great for everything small jobs to high volume production. V groove attachment creates sharp nonradius. Turn the sheet of acrylic over on the heating element every 30 60 seconds in order to avoid damaging it.

Be sure that the marked line is above the heating element. If you require more information regarding strip heaters line benders and hot wire heaters or if you like to discuss your requirements regarding bending acrylic hips abs or any other thermoplastic please do not hesitate to contact us or you want to know more about us click here. These benders are compatible with plastics such as acrylic polyethylene polypropylene polycarbonate pvc cpvc abs and kydex. Manual 48 4ft acrylic plastic strip bender light box pvc bending machine heater bender 1 6mm thickness 110 220v 4 2 out of 5 stars 6 249 00 249.

The photo on this page shows a test strip of sheet acrylic which did not bend evenly along the line of the jig. Power 1500w power supply ac110v 220v 50 60hz. Heating time varies between 30 seconds and 12 minutes based on material type and thickness. Maximum bending width 1220mm 48.

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