If you're ever watching us from the comfort of your lounge chair and you go to reach for the handle, we know where that handle was made. That drink holder beside you?.. we know where that was made too. The folks at Polyform, Incorporated in Meigs County stand ready to outfit your lounge chair, sofa or vehicle..You probably could not enjoy the comfort of your lounge chair or sofa, without products made by Polyform, Incorporated. "We make injection moded parts and thermoform parts, and sell to the home furnishings industry," says company president Jim Pitt.Handles to raise and lower seat backs.. And legs, cup holders and magazine holders for sofas and chairs. So how does Polyform make the handle on your lounge chair? It starts with grandules of high-impact polypropylene. "We vacuum that into a hopper and melt it through heat and friction," says Mr. Pitt. The mixture is then pressed into the molds as a hot liquid, Ice water that is running alongside the mold then cools it very fast. It's a set mold at that point.. 30 seconds after it starts, the machine then drops them out, six at a time. The excess is then recycled.To make storage compartments for sectional sofas, John Johnson, Junior grabs a sheet of polypropylene, and puts it onto a thermo-former. It's heated for just over a minute, then pulled over the molds When it cools down, John separates them, trims off the excess, and they're off to inspection. On the other side of themachine, Brett Carter is making the same ...
Polyform: Made in Meigs County
on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Polyform: Made in Meigs County Tube. Duration : 2.43 Mins.
If you're ever watching us from the comfort of your lounge chair and you go to reach for the handle, we know where that handle was made. That drink holder beside you?.. we know where that was made too. The folks at Polyform, Incorporated in Meigs County stand ready to outfit your lounge chair, sofa or vehicle..You probably could not enjoy the comfort of your lounge chair or sofa, without products made by Polyform, Incorporated. "We make injection moded parts and thermoform parts, and sell to the home furnishings industry," says company president Jim Pitt.Handles to raise and lower seat backs.. And legs, cup holders and magazine holders for sofas and chairs. So how does Polyform make the handle on your lounge chair? It starts with grandules of high-impact polypropylene. "We vacuum that into a hopper and melt it through heat and friction," says Mr. Pitt. The mixture is then pressed into the molds as a hot liquid, Ice water that is running alongside the mold then cools it very fast. It's a set mold at that point.. 30 seconds after it starts, the machine then drops them out, six at a time. The excess is then recycled.To make storage compartments for sectional sofas, John Johnson, Junior grabs a sheet of polypropylene, and puts it onto a thermo-former. It's heated for just over a minute, then pulled over the molds When it cools down, John separates them, trims off the excess, and they're off to inspection. On the other side of themachine, Brett Carter is making the same ...
If you're ever watching us from the comfort of your lounge chair and you go to reach for the handle, we know where that handle was made. That drink holder beside you?.. we know where that was made too. The folks at Polyform, Incorporated in Meigs County stand ready to outfit your lounge chair, sofa or vehicle..You probably could not enjoy the comfort of your lounge chair or sofa, without products made by Polyform, Incorporated. "We make injection moded parts and thermoform parts, and sell to the home furnishings industry," says company president Jim Pitt.Handles to raise and lower seat backs.. And legs, cup holders and magazine holders for sofas and chairs. So how does Polyform make the handle on your lounge chair? It starts with grandules of high-impact polypropylene. "We vacuum that into a hopper and melt it through heat and friction," says Mr. Pitt. The mixture is then pressed into the molds as a hot liquid, Ice water that is running alongside the mold then cools it very fast. It's a set mold at that point.. 30 seconds after it starts, the machine then drops them out, six at a time. The excess is then recycled.To make storage compartments for sectional sofas, John Johnson, Junior grabs a sheet of polypropylene, and puts it onto a thermo-former. It's heated for just over a minute, then pulled over the molds When it cools down, John separates them, trims off the excess, and they're off to inspection. On the other side of themachine, Brett Carter is making the same ...
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