Description
Translucent polypropylene is a very popular material for making covers for broshures, folders, student term papers or presentations. The somewhat rough surface does not show up fingerprints and lends it a kind of retrained 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 indefatigable. These sheets of polypropylene can also be used as packing material and as decoration.
Light objects or lamps made from translucent polypropylene sheets are especially beautiful: the material allows a great deal of light through it and gives off an elegant glow. When constructing a lamp, care should be taken that it has enough ventilation and that there is enough distance betwen the film and the light (heat) source because polypropylene's heat-resistance is not unlimited.
Cutting polypropylene sheets can be done especailly well using a guillotine paper cutter or fly cutter, but good results can be obtained with a blade and straight edge as well. The sheets can be stamped using normal punching tools. Making a groove for a hinge or a fold should be done with a round groove knife eotkinh on an even, solid substrate.
The mass per unit area of the 0.5 mm thick film is 455 g/m; of the 0.8 it is 728 g/m; of the 1.2 mm it is 1092 g/m.