Description
Translucent polypropylene is a very popular material for making covers for brochures, folders, student term papers or presentations. The somewhat rough surface does not show fingerprints and lends it a kind of restrained elegance. It is very easy to make a folder out of PP film by simply cutting and folding it. When used as a hinge joint, it is practically indestructible. These sheets of polypropylene can also be used as packing material and for decoration.
Light objects or lamps made from translucent polypropylene sheets are especially beautiful: the material allows a great deal of light through and gives off an elegant glow. When constructing a lamp, care should be taken to ensure that it has enough ventilation and that there is sufficient distance between the film and the light (heat) source because polypropylene's heat resistance is limited.
Polypropylene sheets can be cut especially well using a guillotine paper cutter or fly cutter, but good results can also be obtained with a blade and straight edge. The sheets can be stamped using normal punching tools. A groove for a hinge or fold should be made with a round grooving knife on an even, solid substrate.
The mass per unit area of the 0.5 mm thick film is 455 g/m; for the 0.8 mm film, it is 728 g/m; and for the 1.2 mm film, it is 1092 g/m.