PLEXIGLAS® Rods & Tubes | Acrylic Sheets

PLEXIGLAS® Rods and Tubes

PLEXIGLAS® rods and tubes are ideally suitable for architectural interior and exterior lighting, contemporary furniture, luxury brand merchandising, store fixtures, P.O.P and trade show displays, industrial pneumatic delivery and conveying systems and decorative architectural features.

PLEXIGLAS® XT rods and tubes

PLEXIGLAS ® XT rods & tubes are the clearest extruded tubes on the market today delivering brilliant quality, superior performance, and durability. PLEXIGLAS ® XT rods and tubes are characterized by their flawless optics, and perfectly smooth surface free of striations. Colored extruded PLEXIGLAS® XT rods and tubes are also available and if additional impact strength is required they can be produced with our acrylic impact modified polymer.

PLEXIGLAS® GS rods

These are made of casted semi-finished products. The rods have polished surfaces.

PLEXIGLAS® LED rods

Create impressive lighting effects by end lighting our PLEXIGLAS® LED rods.

PLEXIGLAS® Satinice tubes

White or frosted satin surface finishes provide excellent diffused light creating a velvety non-glare surface. High-quality, design-orientated applications within the architectural lighting industry can be easily created.

PLEXIGLAS® XT Rods and Tubes

Some examples of PLEXIGLAS® rods and tubes in action

Plexiglas Rods & Tubes Properties & Applications

PLEXIGLAS® Rods & Tubes Features & Benefits

• Excellent light transmission and brilliance
• Outstanding weather resistance
• Easy to fabricate
• High surface hardness
• Light weight – half of the weight of glass
• 100% recyclability
• 11 times more break resistant than glass

PLEXIGLAS® XT rods and tubes exhibit the following features: :

• Excellent surface appearance
• Tight tolerances
• Conformity to food grade specifications (only applies to colorless)
• UV-transmitting

Cast rods have:

• Polished finish
• Higher molecular weight which results in a more solvent resistant product.

Applications of PLEXIGLAS® Satinice

Due to the above characteristics PLEXIGLAS® rods and tubes are ideally suitable for
• Architectural interior & exterior lighting.
• Contemporary furniture
• Decorative architectural features
• Industrial pneumatic delivery and conveying systems
• Luxury brand merchandizing, store fixtures, P.O.P. & trade show displays

Processing

PLEXIGLAS® acrylic rods and tubes can be fabricated like standard PLEXIGLAS®. The following fabricating guidelines for PLEXIGLAS® are available:

• Processing of PLEXIGLAS® (Nr. 311-1)
• Forming of PLEXIGLAS® (Nr. 311-2)
• Joining of PLEXIGLAS® (Nr. 311-3)
• Surface treatment of PLEXIGLAS® (Nr. 311-4)
• Fabricating tips of PLEXIGLAS® solid sheets (Nr. 311-5)
• 100% recyclability
• 11 times more break resistant than glass

Machining

PLEXIGLAS® GS and XT tubes/rods can be cut, sanded, drilled etc. with the appropriate tools. They require high cutting speeds and effective cooling as their low heat conduction can easily lead to overheating and local thermal stress. Excess friction, especially with PLEXIGLAS® XT, can cause melting which leads to a tacky surface and difficulty machining. Drilling should never be performed without using some water-based cooling lubricant (i.e. an emulsion). For eliminating internal stress annealing may be necessary.

Thermoforming

When warming accordingly, PLEXIGLAS® GS (160°C-170°C) and PLEXIGLAS® XT (150°C–160°C) become rubber-elastic. The rods/tubes can then be bent, shaped or thermoformed. When cooled down they will retain the new form. Overheated PLEXIGLAS® XT becomes viscous; therefore special attention has to be taken on obtaining the correct thermoforming temperatures.

Annealing

Annealing serves to remove stress of the material and to improve the quality of bonds i.e. prevent stress cracking. Annealing is done in convection ovens at approx. 80°C for GS and approx. 70°C for XT. The annealing time should be at least 2 hours or longer followed by slow cooling in the switched-off oven.

Round rods – Clear 0F00

Diameter in mm	Length in mm	Weight kg/100 m	Tolerance - Diameter mm	Tolerance - Length mm
15	2000	21.03	±0.2	–0/+100
18	2000	30.28	±0.2	–0/+100
20	2000	37.38	±0.2	–0/+100
25	2000	58.41	±0.2	–0/+100
30	2000	84.12	±0.2	–0/+100
35	2000	114.49	±0.2	–0/+100
40	2000	149.54	±0.2	–0/+100
50	2000	233.66	±1.0	–0/+100
60	2000	336.46	±1.0	–0/+100
70	2000	457.97	1±1.0	–0/+100
100	2000	934.62	±1.0	–0/+100

Round rods – Clear 0A070

Diameter in mm	Length in mm	Weight kg/100 m	Tolerance - Diameter mm	Tolerance - Length mm
3	2000	0.841	±0.2	–0/+40
4	2000	1.495	±0.2	–0/+40
5	2000	2.337	±0.2	–0/+40
6	2000	3.365	±0.2	–0/+40
7	2000	4.580	±0.2	–0/+40
8	2000	5.982	±0.2	–0/+40
10	2000	9.346	±0.3	–0/+40
12	2000	13.459	±0.3	–0/+15
15	2000	21.030	±0.3	–0/+15
20	2000	37.366	±0.3	–0/+15
25	2000	58.414	±0.3	–0/+15
30	2000	84.116	±0.5	–0/+15
40	2000	149.540	±0.6	–0/+15
50	2000	233.660	±0.7	–0/+15
60	2000	336.455	±0.7	–0/+15