Steve King and Paul Meek
have formed Emkay Plastics Ltd and is Rohm’s agent for the distribution
of Rohacell IG foam in the UK and are the third company to offer this
service and the second outside Germany where Rohacell is produced.
Emkay Plastics
have invested in a state of the art horizontal band saw, which is the
only one of its kind in the UK. Which enables Emkay Plastics to cut
Rohacell IG foam blocks to various thicknesses and sizes to a tolerance
of +/-0.5mm depending on customer’s requirements. The blocks in
their raw form are 2600 x 1300 and vary in thickness depending on grade,
which are then de-skinned and trimmed to a standard size of 2500 x 1250mm.
Once this has been done the blocks are ready to be cut to order in sheet
format. Typically customers may order 1.0mm thick sheet in a 1250 x
625mm format to a 100mm thick sheet in a 2500 x 1250mm format. Emkay
Plastics can currently offer the following grades from stock 31,51,71
and 110IG and 51 IG Ultra Fine.
With Rohacell
IG stock in its raw block form now held at Emkay Plastics factory in
the UK this now means delivery time has been dramatically reduced from
a typical eight to ten weeks delivery time from Germany to a next day
service from Emkay Plastics, thus pleasing both Rohm’s UK customers
and taking the strain off Rohm’s own cutting plant in Darmstadt
therefore helping speed up deliveries around the globe.
Rohacell
serves as core material for structural composites. Whether employed
for prepreg, SMC or RTM techniques, they allow curing temperatures of
up to 160c and pressures of 0.7 Mpa, Rohacell also offers the additional
advantage of being thermo formable.
Rohacell
is a closed-cell rigid foam plastic based on PMI (polymethacryl-imide),
which does not contain any CFC's. Used widely in the aircraft aerospace
industries, boat building, sports equipment and Architectural Model
making industries. It has also been used for the masts in the Team Phillips
Global Challenge catamaran, and is widely used by Formula One Grand
Prix Teams.
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