Plastic Sheet Line Bender

Place a sheet between the heating bars to soften it.

Plastic sheet line bender.

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. You can also use many acrylic bender heaters to heat more bents at the same time. Turn the sheet of acrylic over on the heating element every 30 60 seconds in order to avoid damaging it. Wear gloves as you do this to avoid burning your hands.

Heating time varies between 30 seconds and 12 minutes based on material type and thickness. 30 products per page. We have a wide range of acrylic strip heaters and line benders below. Set the sheet of acrylic across the rests on the strip heater and turn it on.

Popularity sales average rating. This is the same strip shown in the jig where the heat was applied too far away from the bend line and applied unevenly. V groove attachment creates sharp nonradius. 15 products per page.

Techspan supply a wide range of line benders for bending of plastic sheet. Maximum bending width 1220mm 48. Acrylic plastic pvc plexiglass. 45 products per page.

Twisted bends caused by uneven pressure when bending sheet acrylic. 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. Use wood or metal supports not included under the sheet during heating. The photo on this page shows a test strip of sheet acrylic which did not bend evenly along the line of the jig.

These benders are compatible with plastics such as acrylic polyethylene polypropylene polycarbonate pvc cpvc abs and kydex.