He mau pepa palaki paʻa a māmā nā pepa polystyrene i hana ʻia mai nā monomers styrene polymerized. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia lākou i ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka insulation, ka hōʻailona, a me ke ʻano hoʻohālike ma muli o ko lākou versatility a me ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana. Loaʻa i nā mānoanoa a me nā hoʻopau like ʻole, lawelawe nā pepa polystyrene i nā hana kalepa a me nā ʻoihana.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale nui ʻia nā pepa Polystyrene i ʻelua ʻano: General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS) a me High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS). Hāʻawi ʻo GPPS i ka mōakāka maikaʻi loa a me ka paʻakikī, e kūpono ai no nā noi moakaka. ʻOi aku ka paʻa o HIPS a kū i ka hopena, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka hoʻopili ʻana a me nā hōʻikeʻike huahana.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā pepa polystyrene ma nā ʻoihana e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana, a me nā hana lima. He mau mea maikaʻi loa lākou no nā hōʻikeʻike ma ke kahua kūʻai, nā kumu hoʻohālike hale, a me ka uhi ʻana i ka paia. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia lākou i nā kaʻina hana thermoforming no ka hana ʻana i nā huahana plastik i hoʻohālikelike ʻia.
ʻAʻole kūpaʻa maoli nā pepa Polystyrene i ka UV a hiki ke pala i lalo i ka wā e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ai ka lā. No nā noi waho, ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā ʻano UV-stabilized a i ʻole i uhi ʻia. Me ka ʻole o ka pale ʻana, hiki i ka mea ke lilo i mea palupalu a hoʻololi i ke kala i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa.
ʻAe, hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā pepa polystyrene, ʻoiai ke hilinaʻi nei nā koho hana hou i nā hale kūloko. Hāʻule lākou ma lalo o ke code resin plastic #6 a koi i ka hana kūikawā. Hoʻohana hou ʻia ka polystyrene hana hou i nā mea hoʻopili, nā huahana insulation, a me nā lako keʻena.
ʻO ka Polystyrene Impact Kiʻekiʻe (HIPS) i manaʻo ʻia he palekana no ka meaʻai ke hana ʻia e hoʻokō i nā kūlana hoʻoponopono. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia no nā pā meaʻai, nā poʻi, a me nā ipu. E hōʻoia mau i ka kūlike o ka mea me nā lula FDA a i ʻole EU ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā noi meaʻai.
Hiki ke ʻoki ʻia nā pepa polystyrene me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana like ʻole e like me nā pahi pono, nā mea ʻoki uea wela, a i ʻole nā mea ʻoki laser. No nā lihi pololei a maʻemaʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā pepa mānoanoa, ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi ʻoki papaʻaina a i ʻole CNC router. E hahai mau i nā hana palekana a hoʻohana i nā mea pale i ka wā e ʻoki ai.
ʻAe, hāʻawi nā pepa polystyrene i ka paʻi maikaʻi loa a hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka paʻi pale a me ka paʻi kikohoʻe. ʻAe pū lākou i ka hapa nui o nā pena solvent-based a me nā acrylic me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o ka ʻili. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau mua ʻana i ka ʻili hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hoʻopili a me ke kūpaʻa.
Hōʻike ka Polystyrene i ke kūpaʻa kemika waena, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wai, nā waikawa, a me nā waiʻona. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole ia e kūpaʻa i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe e like me ka acetone, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe a hoʻololi paha i ke ʻano o ka mea. E hōʻoia mau i ka launa pū ʻana me nā kemika kikoʻī ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana.
Hiki i nā pepa polystyrene ke kū i nā mahana ma waena o -40°C a i 70°C (-40°F a i 158°F). I nā mahana kiʻekiʻe aʻe, hiki i ka mea ke hoʻomaka e pelu, palupalu, a hoʻololi paha. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia lākou no nā wahi wela kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā hana e pili ana i nā lapalapa ahi.