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Alro Plastics Product: Lab 1000 (Specialty)



Size and Availability:

Sheet / Slab stock
- Thickness: 50mm, 100mm, 175mm thick
- Sheet sizes: 500mm x 830mm
- Sheet color: Gray




 
Lab 1000, designed as an aluminum-filled tooling slab, has become widely used as the perfect option for short-run metal / hammer stamping. With the costs of steel and aluminum on the rise, Lab 1000 provides a cost effective way of making your stamping tools for short-run applications. The aluminum additive helps to improve the physical properties, dimensional stability and surface finish of the Lab 1000 boards.


Features:

  • Great dimensional stability
  • Easily bonded and repaired
  • Easy surface finishing
  • Saves money, over steel and aluminum tools
  • Low friction cutting, less wear on tools

Applications:

  • Precise checking fixtures
  • Large & small master molds
  • Prototypes
  • Patterns and molds
  • Stretch press dies
  • Nesting fixtures
  • Metal forming