Frame Materials Flashcards
Cellulose Acetate: is it hypoallergenic?
NOT hypoallergenic
Cellulose Acetate: Manufacturing features? (3 features)
Routed - cut from sheets of acetate
Made from cotton linters & acetic acid
Reasonably rigid
Cellulose Acetate: are the sides reinforced?
Fully reinforced sides
Cellulose Acetate: How is it coloured? (3 ways)
Extruded
Laminated
Dyed
Cellulose Acetate: Joints? (3 ways)
Heat inserted
Pinned
Screwed
Cellulose Acetate: Adjusting temperature?
57 degrees
Cellulose Acetate: Adjustment features? (2 features)
Warps easily
Non flammable
Cellulose Nitrate: is it hypoallergenic?
NOT hypoallergenic
Cellulose Nitrate: Manufacturing features? (3 features)
Manufactured by routing
Brittle, yellows and cracks with age
Smells of camphor when filed
Cellulose Nitrate: are the sides reinforced?
Fully reinforced
Cellulose Nitrate: How is it coloured? (1 way)
Laminated
Cellulose Nitrate: Joints? (1 way)
Pinned
Cellulose Nitrate: Adjusting temperature?
Softens at 65 degrees
Flash point 70 degrees
Cellulose Nitrate: Adjustment features? (1 feature)
Flammable!
Acrylic: is it hypoallergenic?
Hypoallergenic
Acrylic: Manufacturing features? (2 features)
Made from PMMA (usually old style looking supra)
Made by routing
Acrylic: are the sides reinforced?
NOT reinforced
Acrylic: How is it coloured? (2 ways)
Laminated front
Extruded sides
Acrylic: Joints? (1 way)
Pinned
Acrylic: Adjusting temperature?
68 degrees
Acrylic: Adjustment features? (2 features)
Rigid and brittle
Excessive heat causes blistering
Cellulose Propionate: is it hypoallergenic?
NOT hypoallergenic
Cellulose Propionate: Manufacturing features? (2 features)
Injection moulded
Light weight
Good elasticity
Cellulose Propionate: are the sides reinforced?
Fully reinforced
Cellulose Propionate: How is it coloured? (2 ways)
Dyed
Lacquered
Cellulose Propionate: Joints? (2 ways)
Injected
Screwed
Cellulose Propionate: Adjusting temperature?
67 degrees
Cellulose Propionate: Adjustment features? (2 features)
Non flammable
Warps easy
SPX: is it hypoallergenic?
Hypoallergenic
SPX: Manufacturing features? (4 features)
Injection moulded (made by silhouette)
Super-polyamide
Flexible
Light weight
SPX: are the sides reinforced?
Fully reinforced
SPX: How is it coloured? (2 ways)
Dyed
Lacquered
SPX: Joints? (2 ways)
Injected
Screwed
SPX: Adjusting temperature?
Softens at 95 degrees
SPX: Adjustment features? (2 features)
Cold glaze
Shrinks if over heated
Optyl: is it hypoallergenic?
Hypoallergenic
Optyl: Manufacturing features? (3 features)
Injection moulded
Light weight
‘Epoxy resin’ - plastic memory
Optyl: are the sides reinforced?
First 15mm reinforced
Optyl: How is it coloured? (2 ways)
Dyed
Lacquered
Optyl: Joints? (2 ways)
Injection moulded
Screwed
Optyl: Adjusting temperature?
80-120 degrees
Optyl: Adjustment features? (2 features)
Heat until floppy - hold in place until cools
Brittle when cold
TR90/Grilamid: is it hypoallergenic?
Hypoallergenic
TR90/Grilamid: Manufacturing features? (3 features)
Injection moulded
High transparency
Light weight
TR90/Grilamid: are the sides reinforced?
Reinforced sides not required