UNSW Making

Hot Wire Strip Heater / bender

Strip heaters are used to produce straight line bends in acrylic and other thermo-plastic sheet materials.

 

CR Clarke 1000S Manual (PDF)

Strip heaters are used to produce straight line bends in acrylic and other thermo-plastic sheet materials.

 

CR Clarke 1000S Manual (PDF)

Required Badge

No badges are required to use this machine.

Suitable Materials

  • Acrylic
  • Perspex
  • Thermoplastics

Process

  • Bending
  • Forming

Machine Locations

Makerspace Facility Make Model Work area Number of machines
Design Futures Lab Polymers Workshop CR Clarke 1000S 1000mm Width 1