Acrylic Sheet Heat Bender

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.

Acrylic sheet heat bender.

V groove attachment creates sharp nonradius. Call us at 800 922 0977. Use wood or metal supports not included under the sheet during heating. Bending fixtures bends cooled at any set angle.

Maximum bending width 1220mm 48. Bending shaping plastic with hot air gun heat gun. Silicon heaters blankets economical options for bending plastics. Place a sheet between the heating bars to soften 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. Acrylic pvc plastic strip heater 110v bending machine 24 inch 60cm manual hot heating bender tool 1mm 6mm thickness for sign making 4 0 out of 5 stars 3 119 99 119. Plastic bending machine is widely used in school technical courses building model decoration engineering sign making display case market shelves advertising light box artware making etc. As the acrylic heats up move the heat gun from side to side and steadily push on it with a piece of scrap wood to help it bend.

These benders are compatible with plastics such as acrylic polyethylene polypropylene polycarbonate pvc cpvc abs and kydex. If the thickness of acrylic sheet is beyond 6mm you can use two heaters heat the top and bottom of the sheet at the same time or you need to cut a slot on the sheet. Featuring the top brands in plastic bending equipment. Trays bars single bends made easily.

Then aim a heat gun at the point on the acrylic you want to bend. Even heat many sizes to choose from. Power 1500w power supply ac110v 220v 50 60hz. When using these makeshift methods bend the acrylic against the edge of a piece of wood or metal for straight clean corners.

Heating time varies between 30 seconds and 12 minutes based on material type and thickness. Tutorial for how to. Preparing hot air gun w. It is our mission at abbeon to provide project solutions and outstanding customer service.

Abbeon industrial plastic working equipment precision instruments. Ideal for perspex acrylic plexiglass polycarbonate. You can also use many acrylic bender heaters to heat more bents at the same time. If you need to make further bends let the first bend cool before continuing so you don t lose it.