Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Plastic & UV - Materials Question

Off hand use a heavy carbon filled (black) material. Polyethylene
should be ok if black,
Black Polypropylene should be ok too. Polycarbonate mey be better.
This will be true for intense sunlight exposure . With a
uv lamp ? Sorry this is all I have in my head.
Jesse

John wrote:

> Folks,
> have recently made a prototype holder for a UV lamp, its is one of these
> anti bacteria units. Used gray PVC, but after about 30 hours it became
> brittle, well customer dropped and it fractured into many bits!
> Can anybody recommend a material for this application, one for machining
> a prototype, and if possible for injection moulding when in production.
> Personally was thinking of HDPE or PP they are chemically pretty stable.
>
> any suggestions
>
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