Recent content by maxvl

Hi all, I'm looking into flexible packaging and hot sealing of laminates in particular. I'll use the example of a paper-aluminum-PE laminate. I'm aware that there are multiple ways that these seals can fail when you try to separate them. I've added an example where it fails at the weld, but...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the quick replies. If I'm correct, the milled products were estimated at almost 1,5 EUR (1,96 USD), which seems unreasonably high. We're aiming at 0,15 EUR (0.2 USD)but any price reduction is welcome. Right now, we're considering laser etching, as the machining time can...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking for a suitable production method for a new product. The product itself is quite simple; it is a token with two holes and a short text message on the surface. It has both a front and a back print. Attached you will find some pictures. The current material...

I'm wondering what would be the best material, and whether there are coatings preventing discoloration. PC would be my personal choice for this product as it seems the most widely used transparent plastic for kitchen appliances etc., I do see quite a few measuring bekers that crack. Is it...

Hi all, Thanks for the in-depth discussion. I've messed around with some silicon and made a quick and dirty prototype that luckily suggests that the desired behaviour is quite easy to obtain. I'm going ahead and order a prototype for my total product. I can make some final adjustments...

Thanks for the replies. I had contacted a silicon supplier, but they're not very helpful, so far. I'm going to try and make some mock-up models with a sugru substitute (silicone chaulk and corn starch). And later maybe some higher quality parts with casting silicon. Thanks for the description of...

Is there no one who can help me with this, or did I use the wrong forum? Max

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Dear forum members, I am working on a silicone part for a new product. You should be able to push it down, and then it should stay there, until you pull it back up. I have no clue how to choose the exact shape and wall thickness, so that it is easy to do this with one hand, maybe I should have...

Hi everybody, thanks for the replies. Thanks for the tea making tips, although I do hope you don't use boiling water on a nice Pi Li Chun . I thinks I'll have to look into an electronic timer and maybe contact some factories and see if they can make my custom mechanical timer. Someone said...

Hi fellow forum members, I'm an Industrial Designer and I'm currently designing a product that will include an integrated timer for preparing tea. Since cost is important here, according to me, a safe bet would be a mechanical spring wound timer as you see in kitchen timers. However, I'd like a...

I'm designing a waiting booth (for on a train station) with cruved backplates and roof. I chose polycarbonate as the material for these because of its strength and transparency. The problem hwoever is that it's not scratch and uv resistant standard. I was wondering where I could find the price...

I am designing a waiting booth with a curved "back plate" of 4 meters wide and 2.8 meters high attached to a frame on all four sides. According to my calculations, Polycarbonate or Acrylic is too weak to withstand strong wind without an additional vertical beam halfway. Glass might be suitable...