You can postform plastic laminates READILYECONOMICALLY POSTFORMING adds a new dimension to t h e fabrication of laminated plastics. This im portant advance proved its value for many vital war applications. Now, it enables the laminated plastics industry to meet on fav orable terms the forming1 costs of other materials—creates a wealth of new oppor tunities for the commercial application of laminates. Postforming capitalizes on the latest thermoelasticity of laminated plastics—con verts flat sheets of high- and low-pressure laminates into a vast variety of shapes with simple or compound curves. After heatsoftening, the thermosetting stock is coldformed in wooden, plywood, densified wood, or metal dies or jigs. It can then be readily drilled, sawed, punched, and machined. Finished products are lightweight, dimensionally stable, and have high impact and tensile strengths. The exceptional electrical and mechan ical properties of plastic laminates —their low initial and low postforming costs — oifer designers and manufacturers vast scope for product improvement and production economy. Write Department 81 for further information on thie new postforming technique. And ask, too, for our comprehensive booklet C-l,"Bakelite Laminating Plastics/*
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