Methacrylate in Plates for professionals

ACRYLIC SHEETS

Methyl Acrylic is the organic compound from which polymethylmethacrylate is obtained, also known as PMMA or acrylic glass. Some trademarks have also given the material names such as Plexiglas or Vitroflex®. The latter emerged as a product manufactured in Spain with technology imported from Germany at the end of the 50s. At the same time, the technology was already exported to Chile, where the first methacrylate factory with totally Spanish technology was set up. Its most frequent presentation in the plastics industry is in granules ('pellets' in English), in sheets or plates, tubes or rods. The granules are for the injection or extrusion process, the sheets for thermoforming or machining, as well as the tubes and rods.

TYPES

Its most frequent presentation is in flat sheets or sheets obtained by extrusion or casting process. Acrylic is half the weight of glass, it is much more transparent (it can be colorless, colored, translucent or opaque). It is easily molded when hot, withstands up to a constant temperature of 90ºC, withstands the passage of time and exposure to the outside and solar radiation very well, and can be polished, ground, drilled or machined with simple tools.

Acrylic is an ideal product to manufacture a wide variety of elements and where we combine, always preserving its great rigidity and resistance: design, color, shape, resistance to breakage and high optical quality.

We have a wide variety of methacrylate versions for exterior, interior, anti-abrasion use, suitable for food use, with improved impact; in addition to multiple colors and customizable finishes: mirror, smooth, gloss, matte, textured, machined ...
All our products are endorsed by the CE certificate.
At Polimer Tecnic we distribute:

cast acrylic sheets
extruded acrylic sheets
anti-abrasion acrylic sheets
mirror acrylic sheets
metal acrylic sheets
very thick acrylic blocks

PROPERTIES OF ACRYLIC IN SHEETS

About 93% transparency. It is the most transparent of plastics.
High impact resistance, more than ten times that of glass
Resistant to the weather and ultraviolet rays.
There is no appreciable aging in ten years of outdoor exposure.
Excellent thermal and acoustic insulation.
Lightweight compared to glass (about half), with a density of 1,2 kg / dm3 it is only slightly heavier than water.
Hardness similar to aluminum: scratches on metal objects, but acrylic is very easily repaired with a polishing paste.
Easy to burn, it does not go out when removed from the fire. Its gases have fruity and crackles on burning smell.
It does not produce any toxic gas when it burns, so we can consider it a very safe product for elements close to people like wood.
Great ease of machining and molding.
It is sold in rectangular sheets between 2 and 120 mm thick. It exists with various degrees of resistance (in about twelve different qualities) and numerous colors.
Its surface is protected with a polyethylene film to avoid scratching when handling it.
It can be cold machined but not bent. To bend it you have to apply local heat or heat the whole piece. The latter is a complex industrial process that requires specialized machinery and molds.

APPLICATION AREAS

Car industry
Lighting
Cosmetics
Shows
Construction
Decoration and optics

ADVANTAGES OF ACRYLIC IN SHEETS

Better transparency and less brittleness than glass.
Better transparency and resistance to the elements compared to other plastics.
Easy molding and its possible repair in case of any superficial scratch. MMA is not toxic if fully polymerized. Its component is MMA (methyl acrylic monomer) if it is in liquid phase
The acrylic sheets are the polymeric material with the best recyclability, closing a complete product cycle, being able to obtain again the raw material with which it was made with a simple thermal cracking process. We can obtain the original material again without having to reprocess the remnants into by-products as is usually the case in all plastics.

If you need more information about acrylic sheets online or want to know our prices, do not hesitate to contact us.