Many traditional resin suppliers do not offer Polycarbonate resin that allows production of sheet that meets Mil-P-88310. In order to supply a large customer that had a demand for this product, HighLine was able to utilize their industry contacts and work with a specialist polycarbonate resin supplier to develop an aerospace grade product that meets […]
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A customer was receiving requests from a potential customer about specifications Mil-P-46144C and A-A-59502. They were at risk of not getting the business as their competitor was making false claims about the specifications. HighLine was able to go through the specifications in detail and provide a comprehensive overview of the specification that enabled them […]
A potential customer had secured a contact to produce helicopter windows for their nation’s military. The specification for these windows had requirements for stripping out certain wavelengths of light while also allowing for good visibility in both the visual and night vision goggle wavelength ranges. The customer also did not have experience in thermoforming polycarbonate […]
A major industrial customer had significant variation in demand for their product throughout the year. This variation led to problems in monthly demand forecasting even though their annual demand was very consistent. On occasion the customer had run out of polycarbonate sheet due to unexpected high demand, which had led to lost orders. HighLine was […]
An industrial customer needed to laminate another substrate to the surface of clear PET-G sheet. Over many years the PET-G sheet supplied by distribution had been inconsistent for flatness, squareness and dimensional tolerance. These problems meant that the sheet often caused problems in their laminating equipment. The producer of the sheet had promised improvements many […]
An industrial product manufacturer needed clear PET-G sheet with a thickness tolerance of +/- 0.005%. Local distributors were only able to guarantee a thickness tolerance of +/-10% as they were not able to obtain product with a tighter tolerance from their suppliers. HighLine carried out trials over a number of production runs to verify that […]
A thermo-former of tight tolerance polycarbonate parts needed consistent shrinkage in both the extrusion direction and the cross direction in order to accurately form parts. They had been experiencing shrinkage in the range of 0% to 8% from polycarbonate purchased from distribution. To account for the wide range of shrinkage, oversized sheets had to be […]
A government contract in the energy sector required clear polycarbonate sheet with a thickness of 0.80”. Normally sheet of this thickness can only be produced by compression molding with extrusion being limited to less than 0.60” thick. For this application compression molding was not an option as the sheet needed a very tight thickness […]
A custom lighting manufacturer needed a PET-G sheet with the ability to diffuse LEDs uniformly. They needed the same diffusing properties over a range of thicknesses and also needed a custom white color throughout the sheet. Within six months HighLine was able to develop the product, get it approved by the customer and start supplying […]
A manufacturer of industrial parts contacted HighLine about developing a clear polycarbonate sheet with a custom blue tint. They had been buying polycarbonate sheet from distributors and the tint of the sheet varied from lot to lot. As a result, the tint of product that they supplied to their customers also varied from shipment to […]