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Industrial Grade Laminates
Alro Plastics offers a wide range of Industrial Grade Laminates in sheet, rod, and tubing/ Alro Plastics will also make fabricated parts from print. Industrial Laminates are usually made using at least two components such as a reinforcing substrate and a thermoplastic resin binder, then cured with high temperature and pressure. The reinforcing substrate can be glass cloth, glass mat, filaments, canvas cotton fabric, linen cotton fabric, paper, graphite fabric, and others. The thermoplastic binder resin that binds the layers together can be epoxies, melamine, phenolics, polyesters, silicones, and others.
Micarta (Phenolic) is a trademark of Norplex-Micarta industrial high-pressure laminates. Common uses of modern high-pressure laminates include electrical insulators, printed circuit board substrates, and knife handles.
Electrical Standards for Industrial Grade Laminates
Industrial Laminates also have their own set of standards which are determined by NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association). NEMA standards are set and minimum values are published. Below are some of the most commonly used NEMA thermoset laminate grades:
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