SPORTS AND RECREATION FOAM MATERIALS
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SPORTS AND RECREATION FOAM MATERIALS
SPORTS CHAMPIONS: GENERAL PLASTICS’ RIGID AND THERMOFORMABLE POLYURETHANE FOAM
On the water, on the ice, or on the street, LAST-A-FOAM® is at the core of top performance. Its excellent strength-to-weight ratio and material properties make it superb in recreational applications. LAST-A-FOAM® serves as structural core material in portable dance floors and in sports flooring used above ice rinks. Their light weight, coupled with their ability to absorb and harness energy, also makes our HDU foam cores a most valuable player in high-technology sports equipment. They are selected for climbing holds, kayak and SUP paddles, surfboards, skis, snowboards, fly fishing rods, skimboards and even pickleball paddles.
In particular, LAST-A-FOAM® FR-4300 heat-formable foam is well-suited to composite panel cores and other structures with compound-curved surfaces or other details made with low heat-forming methods. Even though this high-density foam is heat-formable, it is easily bonded, solvent-resistant, and accepts a variety of adhesives and coatings.
APPLICATIONS
- Composite Panel Cores
- Kayak and SUP Paddles
- Climbing Holds
- Hockey Blades
- Pickleball Paddles
- Surfboards
- Skimboards
- Snow and Water Skis
- Snowboards
- Fly-Fishing Rods
- Portable Dance Floors
- Sports Floors over Ice Rinks
ADVANTAGES
- High strength-to-weight ratio
- Absorbs and harnesses energy
- Supports low-cost heat-forming methods
- Easily bonded
- Solvent-resistant
- Takes many adhesives and coatings
RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS
- FR-3700 Performance Core Series
- FR-4300 Thermoformable Board Series
- FR-6700 Aerospace Grade Series
- FR-7100 Multi-Use Core and Modeling Board Series
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RIGID & FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM AND BUILD-TO-PRINT COMPOSITE PARTS
For over 75 years, we have focused on meeting the exacting requirements of engineers and design teams in diverse industries. Our premier LAST-A-FOAM® closed- and open-cell polyurethane foam products provide a high strength-to-weight ratio and extraordinary versatility, with absolute consistency from order to order, guaranteed.
Whether you need high-temperature tooling boards, molded parts or submersible foams, expect identical quality, uniformity, stability and weight for the density you specify – every time.
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