Foam Fabrication Services

Foam fabrication services manufacture foam products from foam cores, foam plastic, cushioning foam, acoustic foam, polyester foam and polyurethane foam. They also fabricate products from polyethylene (PE) foam, cross-linked polyethylene foam, polystyrene foam, and expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam. Polyethylene is a closed-cell, expanded, extruded, flexible plastic foam that is used mainly as a protective packaging material because of its predictable shock absorbing qualities. The compression or firmness of PE foam is directly related to its density. Most polyethylene foams are available in densities ranging from 1.2 lbs. per cu. ft. to 6.0 lbs. per cu. ft. Cross-linked polyethylene foam is made by adding ingredients to standard polyethylene foam to produce a finer (smaller) celled product. Open-porosity foams are suitable for filtration applications. Closed-cell foams are useful for buoyancy and flotation applications. Rigid, reticular, syntactic, and flexible or soft foams are also available. Reticular foams have a very open structure and a matrix of thin material strands. Syntactic foams consist of rigid microspheres or glass micro-balloons that are held together by a plastic or resin matrix.

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