• range of materials and finishes available
• clear hard-coat and/or non-glare finish available
• windows cut from coated sheet eliminating variations which apply to dip or spray coatings of mouldings
• colour-tinted materials can be provided if required
• easy to change print design or profile
• screen printing on panel sizes up to 500 mm x 300 mm
• high quality, low unit cost
• good colour density
• Multi-colour design
• Windows routed to accuracy ± 0.07 mm
• Positional registration with print ± 0.15 mm
• Supplied cleaned, checked on low tack or pre-cut gasket sheets
• Low initiation costs for any design
• Short lead times

We are able to produce machined windows from either acrylic or polycarbonate sheet.
The principle advantages and benefits of each are outlined below:

Acrylic

• Very good quality cast sheet with excellent optical qualities
• Available in a good range of standard thicknesses, and any thickness can be made to order. (ie: We use 0.8 mm, 1.0 mm, 1.5 mm, 2.0 mm and 3.0 mm and 1.2 mm).
• Coatings, both clear hard-coat and non-glare are of excellent and very uniform quality.
• Material has good surface hardness even without coatings and is therefore easy to handle and clean.
• Good range of tinted colours as standard, again, anything available as a special.
• Printing and machining properties are very good.

KRD Polycarbonate

• based on standard extruded Makrolon or Lexan PC sheet.
• coatings are flow coated and are of good quality - much better than that generally available in spray-coated form
• PC has a much better impact strength than acrylic
• PC without coatings, has low scuff resistance, which leads to handling difficulties
• PC can be ITO coated without extra treatment
• PC has some fire retardancy, even in thicknesses less than 3 mm, which acrylic does not
• Lower cost than comparable acrylic materials, but after printing plus higher machining cost the price advantage is less marked.