City Plastics, a plastic fabrication company is privately owned and operated and is specialised in thermoplastic fabrication, working with thermoplastic material.
City Plastics offers certain cut to shape and size services including band saw cutting, circular saw cutting, milling, lathe machining, drilling and punching, hot air welding, heat bending, vacuum forming, gluing, brake forming.
Band saws are used for trimming irregular shapes. Band saws are run at 2,000 feet per minute and they have 3-15 teeth per inch. Large tooth blades are used to cut thick plastics. Brake forming and cold bending are used to make simple and curved bends. Brake forming is usually done on standard sheet metal brakes.
Gluing by City Plastics is mostly solvent bonding and two common methods used in gluing are edge dipping and needle applicator capillary action. Both these methods depend on pressure, curing and smooth edge preparation.
City Plastics provides other specialised thermoplastic fabrication services to various sectors like building, marine, displays, photographic, automotive, industrial, lighting, office and so on.
Building sectors are offered hand rails, roofing, roof lights, barrel vaults, ducting and entrance mats from City Plastics. Office sectors include note, coin, stationary trays, computer stands and custom furniture. Lighting sectors are supplied with pelmets, prismatic diffusers.
City Plastics services windscreens, windows, hatches, storm boards, aluminium frames for marine industries. Automotive sector applications of City Plastics products and services include bubble windows, bug deflectors, headlight covers and weather shields. Industrial sectors are supplied with sinks, tanks, ducting, tank liners and safety guards.