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Re: Melting Point of ABS (Re: Strengthening Gears)
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 6 Mar 2002 03:48:30 GMT
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IIRC, ABS is a thermoset plastic. The first time you melt it it's workable
at a relatively low temp and solidifies nicely, but heating it again won't
melt it, only deform it and finally burn it : (
-Xanthra47
Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message
news:GsIupy.Kv9@lugnet.com...
> My guess would be 109C may be more likely - I'd be surprised if they could • mold
> it at 109F. I'm guessing my bad experience with the heater was well over • 109F
> (they were quite close to it), and they didn't "flow" anywhere near enough • that
> I'd expect they'd need for molding.
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| (...) My guess would be 109C may be more likely - I'd be surprised if they could mold it at 109F. I'm guessing my bad experience with the heater was well over 109F (they were quite close to it), and they didn't "flow" anywhere near enough that I'd (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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