Is anyone making car or boat parts out of HDPE plastic?
Hovercraft Application..................
http://www.hovpod.com/NewHovPodSPX.html
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The new process uses a Structural High-Density Polyethylene Material, which incorporates an enclosed cellular matrix buoyancy component. The material has been used for Formula 1 Race crash barriers in the past, due to its superior impact properties. It is lightweight, and very strong.
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Dimensions, Operation, Construction & Performance
http://www.hovpod.com/technical/specification.html
If anyone has more detail than is posted on their website, please post it.
My HDPE questions:
1. Is this a cast material or only a sheet material?
2 Can it be machined
3. How do you glue it, do you have to seal it or paint it?
4. Same density all the way through?
5. Ideal thickness?
6. Will it hold a screw?
7. What does salt water do to it?
9. If near an exhaust system will it melt or deform?
10. If you make a car bumper out of it will it shatter like glass on impact?
Example:
http://www.hovpod.com/workpod/workpodcharacteristics.html
SOME APPLICATIONS HERE:
http://www.redwoodplastics.com/index.php?content=hdpe_and_ldpe
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TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Industrial Containers, Houswares, Pails, Food Containers, Marine Ladders, Marine Steps, Fish Boxes, Cabinet Tops, Tote Boxes, Wire Insulators, Fuel Tanks, Trash Containers, Dump Carts, Pallets, Highway Barriers, Cheese Molds, Cutting Boards...etc.
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