Clear Value Acrylic Sheet (Cast) 3mm x 400mm x 300mm
This 3mm Clear (Cast) Acrylic Sheet measures 400mm x 300mm. The surface of the sheet has a high gloss finish. Clear Acrylic sheets will allow light to pass through clearly, enabling objects to be distinguished through the material with virtually no colour bias.
This is a new range of acrylic that has been specifically sourced by Kitronik to help your budget go further! These products represent the start of the Kitronik Value Range where we aim to provide the best value materials in the UK market. This is a good quality cast acrylic, which cuts and engraves similarly to branded materials but which are available at a much lower price!
Note:
Colours may not be consistent between batches so for commercial products, where colour consistency is important, we would recommend picking the name brand product. However, for the majority of uses this value range acrylic is perfect.
Features:
- These acrylic sheets represent excellent value for money.
- High gloss surface.
- Very high light transmission.
- Easily laser cut, drilled and thermoformed.
- These sheets can be used as an alternative to glass as they have very good mechanical properties.
Applications:
Clear Acrylic sheets have many applications such as point of sale, signage, models and display cases, glazing, etc.
Working with Acrylic sheets:
Acrylic is a versatile material that can be cut, drilled, laser cut and thermoformed.
Acrylic is a thermoplastic which means that when it is heated above 140-180°C it becomes flexible. This allows the material to be formed into the required shape or bent. Once the material cools below 85°C it becomes rigid again.
Acrylic sheets are often shaped using a CNC router or laser cutter. The edge of laser cut Acrylic has a pleasing polished look. If you look carefully at the edge of a piece of laser-cut Acrylic you can often see slight vertical lines that are caused by the pulses a laser uses when cutting.
If you want to get a perfectly smooth finish on the edge of a piece of machined Acrylic a polishing technique can be used. Typical polishing techniques include diamond polishing and flame polishing.
It also possible to etch the surface of an Acrylic sheet using a laser cutter. This can produce some very pleasing visual effects.
More detailed information and resources on working with Acrylic can be found in our resource section.
Contents:
- 1 x Clear Acrylic Sheet (Cast) 3mm x 400mm x 300mm.
Dimensions:
- Length: 400mm.
- Width: 300mm.
- Thickness: 3mm (nominal).
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Tolerances:
- The manufacturing tolerance for the thickness of cast acrylic sheets are the stated thickness +/-10% plus +/- 0.4mm. This means a 3mm Acrylic sheet could be between 2.3mm and 3.7mm in thickness.
- Please note that it is possible for there to be slight colour variations between batches.
- The manufacturing process for these sheets can lead to variances in length and width measurements between batches. Tolerances of up to +/- 1.7% are possible. The maximum we have recorded is plus 10mm to a length measurement.
Resources:
- Materials Safety Datasheet.
