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Acrylic domes are everywhere, you just don’t realise it yet!

Acrylic domes are a part of everyday life, but they are often an important component of an eye-catching design or practical appliance. Their strong structure helps with many products, allowing for protection and security for a range of sizes that may need to remain in position for a long time.

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Polycarbonate domes are more important than you might think…

In need of keeping a display safe and secure? Then a polycarbonate dome from Talbot Designs could be the ideal product for you. Backed by over 70 years of experience, we are proud to offer an industry gold service if you require a dome.

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The Benefits of Using Talbot Designs for Your Next Project

Are you planning a design project that uses plastic or acrylic? At Talbot Designs, we have been designing acrylic domes for more than 70 years. There are many benefits to using our services.

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Custom acrylic display domes for your latest project

Looking for a custom made acrylic dome? At Talbot Designs, we create and supply plastic and acrylic display domes. Manufactured to industry gold standard, look no further than our bespoke designs.

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Using A Plastic Dome Display from Talbot Designs

Do you need a plastic display dome? Here at Talbot Designs, we provide a wide range of acrylic and plastic domes. While we offer bespoke acrylic and plastic fabrications, the domes we provide also come in 27 standard stock sizes.

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Why you should use Talbot Designs

At Talbot Designs, we provide a wide range of bespoke acrylic and plastic fabrications. But why should you choose us for your next project? This blog details why and gives an insight into the story behind the designs we produce.

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How Can Display Domes Benefit Your Business?

Display domes have various uses that can benefit your business. Whether you want to use them as a marketing tool, a security measure, or as a unique furnishing, their application will guarantee business growth.

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FAQs: Vacuum Forming

There are two main types of plastic; thermoset and thermoplastic, the latter being the softer material, which makes it the perfect application for vacuum forming.

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Applications of the Vacuum Forming Process

A lot of  plastic products that you come across in your day-to-day life will have been made via the process of vacuum forming. This simple plastic fabrication technique comes hand-in-hand with a number of advantages and it has become an increasingly popular technique in a wide range of different industries.

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Methods Of Plastic Fabrication

In your day to day activities, you are surrounded by products that are the result of plastic fabricationPlastic fabrication is readily used for various types of items and is now more frequently used compared to the likes of glass or metal.

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Acrylic vs Polycarbonate Domes

Acrylic and polycarbonate are often recognised as direct competitors, due to their similar appearance and both being a popular choice of the material when it comes to manufacturing domes.

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Types of Acrylic

Acrylic is known around the globe for its durable and well-made structure. It, in fact, outranks polycarbonate in terms of its ability to withhold heavy loads, though it is not as impact resistant. Actually, it is an excellent substitute for glass and can be found to be up to 17 times as durable as traditional glass.

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An Introduction to Acrylic Fabrication

Spare a moment to look around in your day-to-day life and, the chances are, you will notice quite a lot of items that are constructed from plastic. This robust and durable material has changed the world in so many different ways and the process of acrylic fabrication is now used to create an almost infinite number of different products – from the plastic bottle you drank from at breakfast to the keyboard you are typing on right now. It might be a technical-sounding term, but in reality, acrylic fabrication is a fairly simple process and it can be used to make just about everything.

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Vacuum Forming: How It Works And Its Main Advantages

Vacuum forming is one of those things that you’ve probably heard of, but you’re not really sure what it is or how it works. Yet look around in your daily life, and we guarantee, you will see vacuum formed products everywhere. From the traffic light housing you see on your way to work to the plastic bottle you drink from at lunch, these products are all made using a simple vacuum forming process. It is one of the most diverse and versatile plastic fabrication techniques on the market – transforming a single sheet of plastic into just about anything you could possibly want or need.

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Why Choose Talbot Designs for Plastic Fabrication?

When you are looking for a business which can provide industry-leading plastic fabrication and other fabrication services, look no further than Talbot Designs. With decades of experience as the UK’s leading supplier of plastic fabrication, we can work with you to create a high-quality result on any project, and we have the history to back it up – previous projects have included work in industry, retail, art installations, with internationally-touring musicians, and at world-famous events like the Chelsea Flower Show.

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A Beginner’s Guide To CNC Machining

CNC machines are used extensively on a day-to-day basis, across a diverse range of industries. In fact, anything that needs to be designed and engineered in a precise way is likely to involve the use of a CNC machine. It is a tried and tested method of fabrication, dating way back to the 1960s; however, if you are new to the industry, it can be difficult to understand exactly how it works.

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Top 3 Advantages Of Using A Plastic Dome

Plastic domes are hemispherical structures, constructed with polycarbonate or acrylic materials to form durable and eye-catching fixtures, which can be customised and fitted to benefit a wide selection of industries.

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BLOOMBERG PROJECT – As experts in our field, we were called in to assess and repair some large water tanks at the Bloomberg Project site in the city. Our team spent over a week inside the tanks, cleaning, filling, buffing, polishing, sanding and generally making the tanks fit for use. The challenge was that the tanks had some very deep lensing effect depressions and we needed to enlarge these depressions to reduce the lens effect without jeopardising the integrity of the tanks. Our team worked professionally throughout the whole project and the client who had very exacting standards said that we had showcased the work well and portrayed the company in a very professional manner. Nothing less than we always expect.