Environmentally Friendly Fluted Plastic Sheets for Multi-purpose Applications
Advantages of the fluted plastic sheets
The fluted plastic sheets are made from the PP (polypropylene ) or PE (polyethylene, or called polythene) resin which is the recyclable material.
The sheets are hollow inside with two surfaces connected by ribs as the pictures below.
The advantages of the fluted plastic sheets are as follows.
- Water, moisture, and most chemicals resistant
- Lightweight, the weight is lighter than PVC board, wood board, paper cardboard
- Sturdy and durable
- Can be cut to any size with common tools
- Reusable for multiple applications, from the temporary floor and wall covering protection, countertop protection to making corrugated plastic boxes
Physical & Chemical Properties
The general physical characteristics of the fluted plastic sheets is as follows.
| Thickness |
2mm |
3mm |
4mm |
5mm |
6mm |
7mm |
| Density GSM |
300-600 |
350-800 |
600-1300 |
800-1500 |
900-1800 |
1000-2000 |
| Color |
any color available |
any color available |
any color available |
any color available |
any color available |
any color available |
| Surface Tension *(dyne/cm) |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
| breaking strength |
along the flutes |
>160 N |
>170 N |
>190 N |
>200 N |
>210 N |
>220 N |
| across the flutes |
>140 N |
>150 N |
>160 N |
>170 N |
>180 N |
>190 N |
| ultimate elongation |
along the flutes |
150% |
150% |
150% |
190% |
190% |
190% |
| across the flutes |
40% |
40% |
40% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
* for polypropylene material
The fluted plastic sheet has the inert chemical property with the neutral PH value of 7. The material of the sheets is non-toxic, odorless. These characteristics let the sheets be the perfect material to make plastic boxes to store foods.
Unlike the paper cardboard which loses its rigidity when absorbing the water, the fluted plastic sheets are water and moist repellent which is suitable for the applications which need against the wet environment, such as fruit & vegetable plastic boxes which need put into refrigerated storage house, the greenhouse roofing, etc..
The fluted plastic sheets are not only repellent to the water, but also resistant to oils, almost all organic solvents at room temperature. This property lets them be the protection material widely used in many industries, such as automobile manufacture, machinery manufacture. Normally, they use plastic boxes with PP or PE material dividers to storage the automobile or machine components.
The boxes which are made from fluted plastic sheets can be washed up for reusing many times. And these boxes can be re-melted to make new sheets when broken. So they are recyclable, and environment-friendly material.
Applications of the fluted plastic sheets
With these properties, the fluted plastic sheets are extremely versatile, and could be used for many different purposes. The popular appications are as follows.
1. to make corrugated plastic boxes in many industries, such as machine components boxes, moving boxes, fruit & vegetable boxes, drilling core box etc.
2. to make plastic layer pads ( plastic dividers sheets) for bottles/cans transportation
3. as the temporary protection sheets for wood or marble floor during decoration
4. can be printed as yard signs
5. as roofing sheets for greenhouse, livestock house, dairy barns
6. tree guard
Our factory can offer customized fluted plastic sheets according to your needs. Welcome send inquiry to us.
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