HIPS Sheet Rod

HONY®HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene), also known as PS (Polystyrene), is an amorphous thermoplastic material, used in lower heat applications. It is categorized as a standard material, and offers ease of processing, high impact strength, and stiffness.

HIPS is a versatile cost-effective material engineered from tough polystyrene resins. It is often specified for low strength structural applications when impact resistance, machinability, and low cost are required. It has excellent dimensional stability and is easy to fabricate – it can be guillotine cut, die-cut, punched, and also painted and glued, properties that make it a popular option for machining pre-production prototypes. Natural (translucent white) HIPS is FDA compliant for use in food processing applications.

High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) can be assembled with mechanical fasteners, solvents, or adhesives. Printable grades of polystyrene can be decorated using a variety of printing methods including offset lithography, screen-printing, and digital printing. It is also used as a substrate to mount graphics such as plotter vinyls/films.

HIPS is ideal for producing signs and displays; it is one of the lower cost materials available and contains many of the properties desired by lithographic, screen and digital printers.

While general purpose polystyrene is lightweight, clear, and brittle, HIPS benefits from rubber additives to make it much more is much more flexible and improve its impact strength. Though it has an opaque appearance, it can be painted, labeled, and designed with ease.

HIPS offers the following qualities:

• Low cost
• Easy to manufacture
• High impact resistance
• High melting point
• Highly customizable
• Easy to recycle
• Food-grade compliant

What Is HIPS Used For?

Because it`s inexpensive, durable, and easy to customize, HIPS is a reliable plastic used in a huge amount of goods, including:

• Food packaging, including disposable trays, coffee cups, and yogurt cups
• Toys
• Bicycle components
• Television and computer houses
• Automotive instrument panels and gas tanks
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