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Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Polypropylene
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Amorphous Polyethylene Teraphalate (APET)
Specialty Grades

Flight's Polypropylene is the hardest wearing of the polyolefin range offered. Excellent chemical resistance combined with a low co-efficient of friction makes this plastic ideally suited to many applications.

Polypropylene exhibits an ability to withstand constant machinery vibration. It is also suited for packaging applications involving foodstuffs and liquids as it is impermeable to water and will not taint sensitive substances.

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Flight Polypropylene is available in:

  • Most colours
  • Four embossing patterns
  • Sheet or roll form
  • Flame retardant and UV stabilised grades

Physical properties of Polypropylene

  • Good stiffness and rigidity especially at low temperatures
  • Good abrasion resistance and tough, hard wearing finish
  • Readily vacuum formed or fabricated
  • Can be welded
  • Exceptional resistance to environmental stress cracking
  • Internal hinge - good ability to form a hinge which will not crack when bent
  • Suitable for use in microwave ovens
  • Long term or frequent exposure to ultra violet light is not recommended unless coloured black or with cadmium pigments. UV stabilisers can be added
  • Polypropylene is flammable and can float on water

Chemical properties of Polypropylene

  • Impermeable to water - easily cleaned - will not stain
  • Non toxic - USFDA approved for food applications
  • Resistant to brine, acids, bases caustic soda, bloods and fats

Common Applications

Wall Cladding
Coolstores, meat/poultry/fish preparation rooms, butcher shops, bakeries, wineries, dairy sheds, breweries, truck linings, shower walls, tunnel linings.
Industrial
Cutting boards, tank linings, drip troughs, freezer trays, vats and storage bins.
Other
Plant pots, seed chutes, toys and playground equipment. 

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