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| Creation of HDEP sheet with just one plate | creation-of-hdep-sheet-with-just-one-plate | Making a hdep sheet can become more complicated as the project progresses, due to the unforeseen events that can occur when handling the plastic in one way or another, but ingenuity helps to find solutions to these dilemmas, reaching a good level of development, even if it is a university project. |
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Creation of HDEP sheet with just one plate
Making a hdep sheet can become more complicated as the project progresses, due to the unforeseen events that can occur when handling the plastic in one way or another, but ingenuity helps to find solutions to these dilemmas, reaching a good level of development, even if it is a university project.
Steps
Step 1: Collecting the plastic
Gathering supplies is easy as we are surrounded by this material. All kinds of containers, lids, toys, etc... are made of hdep.
Step 2: Cut the plastic into smaller pieces.
To be able to melt the plastic it is advisable to first convert it into small pieces of plastic, for this if it is done at home you can use a blender, but if the pieces fly into the blender beaker, you can achieve a good result with a scissors and a lot of force.
Step 3: Melt the plastic
To melt the hdpe you need a temperature higher than 135 degrees Celsius, which is possible to achieve with a hot plate, hair iron, or clothes iron if you don't have a heat gun or something more sophisticated.
Step 4: Outcome
In this way, we will obtain a little homogeneous sheet but which serves to demonstrate and exemplify what an industrial process of plastic transformation can be like, making a simple approach from home.
