Wanted: Infrared Ovens
Samuel Feehan
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Title:
Wanted: Infrared Ovens
Creator:
Samuel Feehan
Date:
12/17/2007
Text:
Hello All
Our company is looking for an infrafed oven preferably a PDQ, but will also consider Wetzel. Please reply if you are interested in selling a used oven.
Thanks
Samuel Feehan
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From: Randy McFarland ( <Email Address Redacted> )
Date: 4/24/2003 10:17:33 AM
Subject: FW: Heating thick plastic in oven ALL RESPONSES
Original Question:Hi List members- After first doing a search on ovens on OandP.com, I have thisquestion: With our convection Endolite and our Dri Clime infrared ovens, wehave to rotate our thicker plastics to assure even heating for an eventhickness pull. Is this necessary for all ovens, for instance, onblister-forming 5/8 plastic? Thanks, Randy McFarland, CPO Sunny HillsOrthopedic ServicesRESPONSES- thanks to those who contributed- each is separated by a blanklineWe blister form about 300 pieces a month and we have to rotate all ourthicker plastics. We use a convection Grieve(sp) oven. BobThere is a good chance that the plastic you are using is not pure. Wehave had experiences with recycled or contaminated plastic that heatsunevenly. Try a different distributor and make them comp you a piece ofeach type. Tell them you are shopping around and they are more thanwilling to help. Believe me, good plastic translates into more uniformpulls. As far as ovens are concerned, we use an old bakery convectionfor our blister forming and don't rotate plastic at all. Hope this helps, Michael Pack, C.P.Artificial Limb SpecialistsPhoenixWe have gas and infrared (PDQ) When we blister mold we have to rotatethe plastic with both types. When plastic is placed on a sheet for drapemolding we do not have to rotate.Mike Martin C.O.No it is not necassary to rotate plastic in all ovens. I have no problemwith my BT-2 PDQ oven even the 1/2 to 5/8 plastic heats evenly. I amusing a relatively new BT2 infrared oven. I have been using this type ofoven for 8 to 9 years now (though not the same specific oven) and havehad good results. The ovens elements are the key.... If they are notfunctioning optimally then you do have to rotate. SeanWhen pulling 1/2 polypro in a blister we flip twice.Ted A. Trower C.P.O. A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics Jackson, MI,www.amputee.com I use a Blodgett convection oven. Its intended use was for baking butthe more i researched things at the time, the more i found i was payingthrough the nose if I purchased an O&P type oven. I use it mostly forbubble forming 1/2 plastic and found by using a deflection shield I nolonger had to rotate the plastic. I formed a thin gauge piece of sheetmetal to route the air flow to the sides of the oven instead of directlyonto the heating plastic. Currently I'm using vivek and proflexw/silicon. Luke Richards BOC OP
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Our company is looking for an infrafed oven preferably a PDQ, but will also consider Wetzel. Please reply if you are interested in selling a used oven.
Thanks
Samuel Feehan
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The following message was forwarded to you from the online archives of OANDP-L, the Orthotics & Prosthetics Listserver. To subscribe to OANDP-L or search the archives, please visit www.oandp.com
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From: Randy McFarland ( <Email Address Redacted> )
Date: 4/24/2003 10:17:33 AM
Subject: FW: Heating thick plastic in oven ALL RESPONSES
Original Question:Hi List members- After first doing a search on ovens on OandP.com, I have thisquestion: With our convection Endolite and our Dri Clime infrared ovens, wehave to rotate our thicker plastics to assure even heating for an eventhickness pull. Is this necessary for all ovens, for instance, onblister-forming 5/8 plastic? Thanks, Randy McFarland, CPO Sunny HillsOrthopedic ServicesRESPONSES- thanks to those who contributed- each is separated by a blanklineWe blister form about 300 pieces a month and we have to rotate all ourthicker plastics. We use a convection Grieve(sp) oven. BobThere is a good chance that the plastic you are using is not pure. Wehave had experiences with recycled or contaminated plastic that heatsunevenly. Try a different distributor and make them comp you a piece ofeach type. Tell them you are shopping around and they are more thanwilling to help. Believe me, good plastic translates into more uniformpulls. As far as ovens are concerned, we use an old bakery convectionfor our blister forming and don't rotate plastic at all. Hope this helps, Michael Pack, C.P.Artificial Limb SpecialistsPhoenixWe have gas and infrared (PDQ) When we blister mold we have to rotatethe plastic with both types. When plastic is placed on a sheet for drapemolding we do not have to rotate.Mike Martin C.O.No it is not necassary to rotate plastic in all ovens. I have no problemwith my BT-2 PDQ oven even the 1/2 to 5/8 plastic heats evenly. I amusing a relatively new BT2 infrared oven. I have been using this type ofoven for 8 to 9 years now (though not the same specific oven) and havehad good results. The ovens elements are the key.... If they are notfunctioning optimally then you do have to rotate. SeanWhen pulling 1/2 polypro in a blister we flip twice.Ted A. Trower C.P.O. A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics Jackson, MI,www.amputee.com I use a Blodgett convection oven. Its intended use was for baking butthe more i researched things at the time, the more i found i was payingthrough the nose if I purchased an O&P type oven. I use it mostly forbubble forming 1/2 plastic and found by using a deflection shield I nolonger had to rotate the plastic. I formed a thin gauge piece of sheetmetal to route the air flow to the sides of the oven instead of directlyonto the heating plastic. Currently I'm using vivek and proflexw/silicon. Luke Richards BOC OP
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Samuel Feehan, “Wanted: Infrared Ovens,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228858.
