Form it once, form it twice.
Forming an 18-in.-deep part that's 22 in. square requires an unusual procedure for custom former Kintz Plastics in Howes Caverns, N.Y. To produce the panel for in-store photographic processing photographic processing, set of procedures by which the latent, or invisible, image produced when a photographic film is exposed to light is made into a permanent visible image. kiosks, Kintz mounts two molds--one male, one female--on a three-station rotary Rotary can refer to: - Rotary engine, a type of internal combustion engine from the early 20th century
- Rotary Woofer, a type of loudspeaker capable of very low frequency sound
- Rotary International, a service organization
- Rotary milking shed
machine. First, Kintz stretches the sheet over the male tool using positive air pressure and a temperature-controlled plug assist. This ensures good material distribution and minimizes risks of thinning in the deep-draw part. Then the skin is transferred to a female mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. and vacuum formed, yielding a panel with a 2.75:1 draw ratio but uniform thickness and excellent corner integrity. The female tool has movable walls and base to achieve 0.5-in.-deep undercuts. The sheet is Kydex acrylic-modified PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.
PVC
in full polyvinyl chloride
Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. from Kleerdex in Aiken, S.C. Kintz: (518) 296-8513, www.kintz.com
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