Cutting Table Material
Cutting Table Material
(OP)
In our composite department, we use utility knifes and templates to cut our prepreg material by hand. Our cutting tables are currently surfaced by a fairly soft plastic sheet that, after cutting on it enough, starts to leave cuttings of plastic stuck to the material. we are looking for a surface for these tables that will not shred apart like this, but will also not dull our blades. We are of course on a budget as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Matt Stevens
Process Design Engineer
K&N Air Filters
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Matt Stevens
Process Design Engineer
K&N Air Filters





RE: Cutting Table Material
You can buy small sheets of material to try for example from McMaster Carr online.
Chris DeArmitt PhD FRSC CChem
www.phantomplastics.com
Consultant to the plastics industry
RE: Cutting Table Material
An alternative is to use "pizza cutter" type rolling blades rather than razors. For this type of cutter plate glass is often used for the cutting surface.
Razor blades are far more commonly used.
RE: Cutting Table Material
Stanley knife blades are cheap.
RE: Cutting Table Material
RE: Cutting Table Material
I would advise against glass simply because you can get sparks from the blade (not good in a static sensitive environment) and also its easy for the blade to slip on the surface creating a danger to the operator (speaking from bitter experience).