Extrusion sheets - Plates

Leaf or Plate?

The boundary between these two products is rather informal; it corresponds to a thickness value between 1.5 and 2.5 mm, i.e. the limit beyond which the extruded product can no longer be wound.

However, a sheet is not exclusively delivered in reel format, but can also be delivered in flat format, whereas a plate is always delivered in flat format. However, the length-width dimensions of a sheet delivered in flat format are generally smaller than those corresponding to plate format. Generally speaking, sheet and plate are delivered in dimensions that depend on the final application, since they are intermediate products that will be further processed.

Coils are always intended for thermoforming; their size, which depends on the thermoforming machine, is highly variable, with widths ranging from 50 mm to over 1,000 mm, diameters from 250 mm to 2,000 mm, and weights from 25 kg to 2 t.

Flat-format sheets can be thermoformed or used as printing and decoration substrates.

Plates are thermoformed or re-cut for various applications.