Flexible PVC Strip Door – More Versatile Than You Think
It goes by many names: “strip door”, “strip curtain”, “freezer door”, etc. But most people know what a plastic (PVC) strip door is under one name or another. It’s just a door made from clear pieces of plastic that hangs from an open doorway, correct? Actually no – the...
Talking About Tolerances
A major consideration on most parts we work on is tolerances, IE. how far can our fabrication work deviate from the dimensions on the drawing. Several issues keep coming up with tolerances and it’s something you need to actively think about for your application. The...
UHMW vs. PTFE
There are few questions we dread more than the customer asking about a PTFE truck liner. While the error is understandable – in natural form both UHMW polyethylene and PTFE are white colored plastic, if PTFE were ever used as a truck liner the cost would be many 10s...
3 Tips For An Easy Rubber Purchase
Purchasing rubber would seem to be a simple thing: everyone knows what “rubber” is and most people think of it as one hegemonic product where even if different rubber types exist, they’re all more or less similar. That is actually untrue and the rubber family is...