Plastics that once heated can be formed into a variety of different shapes, using technique like blow moulding, injection moulding and vacuum forming.
Once the polymer has cooled down, the shape remains permanent. The same shape can then be reheated, softened, shaped and cooled many times over and over again. We call this the Thermoplastic Heating Cycle. These materials can be easily recycled.
Thermoplastics are used in a wide range of graphic products, from Styrofoam models to signs in the high street and injection moulded casing on many electrical products such as games consoles.
Polymers have a number of advantages over metal casings.
- less expensive to produce in large quantities
- thermoforming processes can produce more intricate shapes
- non conductive
- excellent heat proof properties (for when games consoles get warm)
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