Gallery, Projects and General > The Design Shop

Insulation material advice

(1/5) > >>

RobWilson:
Hi Lads

After a bit advice , I am looking to builds a small heated press  :dremel:   . what would be best for an insulating layer .



Rob

Joules:
Kapton tape as used by the 3D printing people, its good to +400℃ and available on a roll.

Sorry, is that electrical insulation or thermal ?

For thermal you can get a foil backed ceramic paper, its used on model jet engines.

BaronJ:
Hi Rob,

As Joules said Kapton tape is both a good electrical insulator and will conduct heat readily.  If its thermal insulation you need, an air gap would be as good as any.

I used to have a similar press that I built, that I used for embossing plastics and some other materials.  I used an 8" solid hotplate from an oven hob along with a washing machine thermostat to control the temperature.  It worked very well.  The clamp handle was made from wood, but the base was the part that suffered from the heat.  Its not too long ago that I disposed of it.
 

awemawson:
I've got some thick - perhaps 1" - very dense asbestos sheet used to box induction furnaces, but I don't suppose that the hse police would like that  :lol:

BaronJ:
Hi Andrew,

I thought that, that kind of insulation was mostly cement.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page