IBS Plexi Glass

Usage areas of Akrilit?

Akrilit – cast acrylic sheet is a polymethylmetacrylate based thermoplastic material. It is produced in several by using
the casting technique.

The thickness of the sheets changes from 2 mm to 40 mm.

Usage and application areas:

Lighting of streets and highways (hard type which is resistant to heat)
Luminous signs
Buildings; ceiling, lighting domes, balcony screens, windbreaks and sun visors
Store decorations
Telephone booths
Manufacture of lampshades and chandeliers
Indoor lighting
Windbreak for cars and yachts
Features of Akrilit

Akrilit has a high molecular weight as a result of its production by the casting method. Therefore it has great physical and mechanial features:

Low specific gravity
Durability and strength against breaking
Perfect resistance to UV rays
High level of light permeability
Bright and colourless cross-section
Bright and hard surface
Resistance to many inorganic chemicals
Perfect embodiment with heat
Perfect workability with all hand tools made of wood
Pliant and flexible
In addition to all these properties Akrilit:

Conducts heat % 20 less than a glass of the same thickness does.
Its light transmitting is % 92 more than the normal glass and it has impact resistance 6 times more than the normal glass.
Its broken pieces are not sharp-edged as glass, that is why it does not cause injuries.
Akrilit can be processed easily. It can be worked in several shapes and can be curved and bent when it is heated approximately to 150°C.
It can be formed by pressure and vacuum.
It maintains its form after having been cooled.
The maximum temperature which it is resistant to is 80°C.
Akrilit is a combustible thermoplastic. It can combust itself at 400°C and inflame at 250°C.
The surface of Akrilit is as hard as the surface of copper which means that it can be scratched when using brush or sandpaper.
Akrilit has a bright appearance in all forms, transparent or colored.
Its resistance to the atmospheric conditions is higher than the resistance of all other plastics.
Therefore it can be used in a wide range of indoors and outdoors under different climate conditions.
At room temperature:

Resistant to hexane, octane, methanol, formaldehyde of %40 and petroleum
Low resistance to butanol, izopropanol and carbon-tetra chloride
Note: Resistant to chloroform, benzene, toluene, xylene, acetone, acetic esters.