What are the uses of acrylic
Update:14-03-2022
Acrylic products include acrylic sheets, acrylic plastic pellets, acrylic light boxes, signboards, acrylic bathtubs, acrylic artificial marble, acrylic resins, acrylic (latex) paints, acrylic adhesives, and other products.
Acrylic products commonly seen by people are acrylic products assembled from raw materials such as acrylic pellets, sheets or resins through various processing methods and with various materials and functional parts. As for the commonly heard acrylic fiber, acrylic cotton, acrylic yarn, acrylic nylon, etc., it refers to the man-made fiber polymerized from acrylic acid and has nothing to do with acrylic products.
Among them, the acrylic sheet that people often say is the polymethyl methacrylate (Polymeric Methyl Methacrylate (PMMA) sheet, which is polymerized by "methyl methacrylate monomer Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)". Or extruded from acrylic pellets through an extruder. In the past, the plate was commonly known as plexiglass. Acrylic comes from English acrylic, which means PMMA board made of organic compound MMA, its transparency and light transmittance are like glass. All sheets made from transparent plastics such as PS, PC, etc. or from inferior recycled MMA are collectively referred to as plexiglass. In order to distinguish, the PMMA board made of high-quality pure material MMA is named acrylic board to distinguish it from the general plexiglass board.
Application:
1. Advertising application: acrylic products, light boxes, signs, signs, cosmetics and other display racks
2. Architectural applications: shop windows, soundproof doors and windows, lighting covers, telephone booths, etc.
3. Transportation applications: doors and windows of trains, cars and other vehicles.
4. Medical applications: baby incubators, various surgical medical instruments.
5. Civilian products: sanitary facilities, handicrafts, cosmetics, brackets, aquariums, etc.
6. The latest application: acrylic furniture.