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Open Cell Foams
7th November 2011
Open Cell or Semi-Open Cell Foams or Sponges Open-cell foam is created when the cell walls, or surfaces of the bubbles, are broken and air fills all of the spaces in the material. This can occur during the foaming process or as a secondary process such as “Crushing” the foam to physically burst the bubbles or by Reticulation – Thermal Reticulation a process which explodes out the cell windows or Quenching, which chemically etches out the cell windows. Typical open cell foams are Polyurethane foams, Melamine foams, open cell natural sponges and semi-open cell PVC foam, PVC/Nitrile, EPDM or latex foam. All of these foams..........
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What is the difference between foam and sponge
7th September 2011
What is FOAM or Sponge? The definition of a Foam: Foam is a substance where air or gas bubbles are trapped inside a solid or liquid. Examples are froth on beer, shaving foam. Foam plastics or rubbers The definition of a Sponge: Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera, characteristically having a porous skeleton composed of fibrous material or siliceous or calcareous spicules and often forming irregularly shaped colonies attached to an underwater surface. Natural sponges are in this class. Porous plastics, rubber, cellulose, or other material, similar in absorbency to this skeleton and used for the same purposes. As is..........
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Why Choose Intec Foams
19th August 2011
Why Choose Intec Foams? If you type the word foam into any Search Engine you will be overwhelmed by the number of companies advertising on the Internet, many of whom supply a bit of foam for your furniture or caravan, or who supply/sell foam mattresses like Bed Shops. Dig a little deeper and you will find company’s who manufacture foam or sell sheets or blocks of foam, and a little further you will find more specialised conversion companies like Intec Foams who can create or engineer bespoke foam products. Intec Foams can offer a wide choice of 100’s of foam grades, densities, colours,..........
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