HI ALL,
I HOPE I'M WRONG TOO. A LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR SOLVENT BONDING THESE PLASTICS
IS METHYLENE CHLORIDE A VERY TOXIC BUT NON-FLAMMABLE SOLVENT, COMMONLY USED
IN SOLVENT BONDING & FABRICATION OF ACRYLIC & POLYCARBONATE.HOWEVER BARING
SOME SORT OF HEAT LAMINATION METHOD I DON'T SEE ANY NON-SOLVENT BONDING
AGENTS PROVIDING HOMOGENOUS FINISHED PARTS WHERE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
APPROACH THAT OF THE LAMINATE MATERIAL.
PERHAPS THEY HAVE FOUND A SAFER SOLVENT OR A SAFE WAY OF HANDLING TOXIC
SOLVENTS. I WORKED FOR A TIME IN PLASTICS FAB & WE HAD NO SPECIAL
VENTILATION HOODS OR RESPIRATORS, YET OSHA TESTED THE AIR AT THE
WORKSTATIONS & FOUND THAT THE LEVELS OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE WERE
"INSIGNIFICANT"....WHO KNOWS??? JUST GUESSES...
TEMPEST3D
PHYSICAL TO DIGITAL MODELS
SURFACING & SURFACE MODELING.
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