Bubblewrap

[Isabo]

Isn't bubblewrap wonderful stuff?
Now there's the next generation bubblewrap available on-line!

http://www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf

[masraum]

awesome!!

[imcarthur]

Now I'm going to be busy all day long . . .

Ian

[cgarr]

Thank you, my Anxiety is in check now!!

[IROC]

How do they make bubble wrap? I've always wondered that...

[kstar]

Originally Posted by IROC

How do they make bubble wrap? I've always wondered that...

So, you work with the world's most intense pulsed neutron beam and your curious about how bubble wrap is made?



Best,

[IROC]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

So, you work with the world's most intense pulsed neutron beam and your curious about how bubble wrap is made?



Best,

Ironic, huh?

[Aerkuld]

I'd guess that they make one sheet with the pockets in by running a sheet of plastic film over a heated mold and then seal a second sheet across the top. I'd imagine that the pocketed sheet could be formed on a large roller of some kind, maybe with a slight vacuum like a vacuum forming machine to pull the film into the pockets. The top sheet could possibly be heated and put on while the other sheet is still hot and the two fuse together?

Just a guess but I have this picture in my mind.

[71T Targa]

Ok, that's kind of fun... but what's up with the creepy voice when you get a new sheet of wrap?

[71T Targa]

Ok, that's kind of fun... but what's up with the creepy voice when you get a new sheet of wrap?

[IROC]

Originally Posted by Aerkuld

I'd guess that they make one sheet with the pockets in by running a sheet of plastic film over a heated mold and then seal a second sheet across the top. I'd imagine that the pocketed sheet could be formed on a large roller of some kind, maybe with a slight vacuum like a vacuum forming machine to pull the film into the pockets. The top sheet could possibly be heated and put on while the other sheet is still hot and the two fuse together?

Just a guess but I have this picture in my mind.

That's what I thought, too. It seems to me that the whole roller/two sheets/etc would have to be in a slight positive pressure environment so that when the two sheets were bonded together (and the "bubbles" formed) that the bubbles would be "inflated" under ambient pressure conditions.

I'll started another thread on how they make spherical bearings. I've always wondered about that, too.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by Isabo

http://www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf

So cool.

[rattlsnak]

Cool! If you clear the board 25 times, you get a neat prize. (pic, work safe)

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

Cool! If you clear the board 25 times, you get a neat prize. (pic, work safe)

You mean to tell me you did that 25 times? Must be a slow day.

[livi]

Oh well. Back to the medical drug cabinet. Think I need something from the Benso class this time..

[Milu]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

Cool! If you clear the board 25 times, you get a neat prize. (pic, work safe)

Clear it 50 times for the non-work safe prize!

[Hendog]

use the space bar to get a fresh sheet without the voice.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Manic mode! Weeeeee!!!!