Re: New Product Development: Drilling thin laminate question


"Blarg" <ed_neff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Hello everyone,
|
| I am currently working an developing a new house hold product. The
| product is in Patent Pending status.
|
| I am interested in locating a manufacturer (preferably close to
| Atlanta) that has the capability to drill a field of holes in a very
| thin laminate described below: Simply stated, the laminate is "plastic
| coated aluminum foil".
|
| Top Layer: Plastic: 0.85 - 2 mil thickness. I have built prototypes
| using both 0.85 and 2 mil plastic. The source of the 0.85 mil plastic
| is the standard "generic" garbage bag - just to give you an idea
| of the type of plastic I'm using.
|
| Center Layer: 0.93 mil +/- 10%. This is standard heavy duty aluminum
| foil.
|
| Bottom Layer: Same as Top Layer.
|
| In the perfect world, the laminate would be available in roll format.
| Perhaps there is a machine that would pull the laminate from the roll
| while drilling.
|
| Alternatively, the laminate could be cut down into individual sheets
| that could be fed to a machine that would drill each *** ... or
| several sheets could be stacked on top of each other and drilled
| through - it all depends on the drilling machine.
|
| The perfect width of the laminate is 17 inches. The field of holes is
| at least 10 1/2 inches wide, which could run the entire length of the
| laminate. The field of holes is centered, so there is approximately 3
| 1/4 inches of undrilled laminate on each side.
|
| The diameter of each hole is 1/8 inch. The spacing between holes in
| approximately 1/2 inch.
|
| Any thoughts, advice, etc. is sincerely appreciated. I will also be
| happy to answer questions that would not require a non-disclosure
| agreement.
|
| Thanks in advance!

Seems like you need a hole puncher, not an actual drilling.
Hole punchers can make cleaner holes in thin materials like such
drills can get pretty messy on such thin material.

I am sorry to say, I do not know companies that offer such
a service.
It seems it may be up to you.
:(


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