What Are Plastic Extrusions Used for?
Plastic extrusions are used across a wide range of functional applications. Thanks to their extensive flexibility, plastic extrusion products can support everything from sealing and protection to structural support and finishing and can be designed to various environments, requirements and visual outcomes. Take a look below at some of their most common uses that Nenplas supports.
Real-World Uses
Popular Plastic Extrusion Applications
Plastic extrusions are used across a vast range of products and industrial sectors where performance, durability and consistency are needed as well as high levels of customisation. These components are made by shaping plastic into continuous, uniform profiles which allows them to be produced for a wide variety of purposes e.g. protection, finishing, support, containment and more, in both simple and complex installations.
They are often used to improve the appearance of boards, panels and sheet materials as well as to support movement and alignment in sliding systems and protect edges or joints. Their versatility makes them suitable for multiple environments and performance needs which is why they are both a practical and popular solution across many use cases.
Plastic Extrusions for Boards and Panels
- Capping and binder profiles designed to secure exposed edges
- Trims, edging and joint profiles including lipped edging and T-edging for colourful and protective board finishes
- Scotias, covers and clip systems providing protective and decorative seals at wall, ceiling and worktop joints
- Two-part clip system joint covers and butt and corner joints available in a variety of lengths
- Decorative and functional trims, including profiles with plain, woodgrain and metallic finishes
Sliding, Guiding and Movement Applications
- Single and double channel sliding tracks for doors, panels and shelf systems
- Runners and guide profiles for controlled movement / alignment
- Channels, rods and tubes for runner or display systems
Protective, Structural and Containment Applications
- A versatile range of PVC angles to protect exposed corners or edges
- Cable management and concealment profiles for offices and more
- Decking/fencing profiles for outdoor usage
- Building product profiles covering everything from drylining beads to soffit ventilation
Designed Around Your Needs
Plastic Extrusion Products Designed to Application Requirements
Nenplas specialises in manufacturing plastic extrusion products designed to specific application requirements. We’re able to produce profiles in a wide range of shapes and sizes with the flexibility to adapt plastic extrusion designs to various functionalities and end-use environments. We are able to produce extrusions to support both simple and more complex, multi-functional designs.
Our profiles can be manufactured to various performance needs including durability, impact and heat resistance with multiple options for finishes and colours to suit all your practical and visual requirements. Nenplas products are developed with end application in mind with fit and long-term use being considered throughout development.
We can modify profiles and dimensions to suit custom uses and take full ownership of the manufacturing process from concept to production-ready profiles to ensure the final product fits your intended application.
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Plastic Extrusion Applications FAQs
Products commonly made by plastic extrusion include pipes, tubing, films, sheets, window frames, wire insulation, weather stripping and various other structural and/or decorative profiles. We at Nenplas are able to create custom profiles specially designed for any purpose or application.
Absolutely. Our extruded profiles can be designed to suit a wide range of applications and end-use environments and we’re able to tailor designs for requirements such as impact and weather resistance, colour matching, specific finishes, etc.
Yes! Nenplas are able to design and manufacture extrusion profiles suitable for both internal and external installations using materials designed to offer long-term stability in your specific end-use conditions. We can tailor finishes and formulations to support various demands e.g. resistance to moisture, temperature variation, etc.
We can absolutely design extruded products to maintain performance under frequent contact and/or movement for applications involving sliding, repeated handling, etc. Nenplas focuses on consistency and profile integrity over time so you can get the most out of your extrusion and offers options to support durability and wear resistance depending on use requirements.
We have an application-based approach when developing and manufacturing extruded products supported by collaboration across in-house teams to make sure profiles are suited to intended use. We tailor shapes, dimensions and finishes to your requirements and can support different levels of project complexity.