ACRYLITE® for Stretching

Stretching improves crack resistance, impact strength and craze resistance. ACRYLITE® 249 is qualified to MIL-PRF-8184F as Type I, Class 2 and is suitable for stretching. It’s improved moisture resistance qualifies it for both Class 1 and Class 2 applications. Edges on billets are rounded and smoothed to make them ready for use out of the box. Our unique formulation stretches and forms easily with lower loads on your stretching machines than material from other suppliers.

materials are particularly suitable for use in aviation
materials are produced in the world’s most advanced acrylic production plant in Weiterstadt, Germany

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Stretched ACRYLITE® Meets Quality Specifications

Stretched sheets of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) from Röhm are now qualified to MIL-P-25690B in sheet thicknesses up to 0.800” (20.3 mm). The qualification attests to the chemical resistance of the material, its impact strength (for example against bird strikes), resistance to cracking and the fulfilment of optical requirements.

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