Hello everyone,
I am currently working an developing a new house hold product. The product is in Patent Pending status.
I am interested in locating a manufacturer (preferably close to Atlanta) that has the capability to drill a field of holes in a very thin laminate described below: Simply stated, the laminate is "plastic coated aluminum foil".
Top Layer: Plastic: 0.85 - 2 mil thickness. I have built prototypes using both 0.85 and 2 mil plastic. The source of the 0.85 mil plastic is the standard "generic" garbage bag - just to give you an idea of the type of plastic I'm using.
Center Layer: 0.93 mil +/- 10%. This is standard heavy duty aluminum foil.
Bottom Layer: Same as Top Layer.
In the perfect world, the laminate would be available in roll format. Perhaps there is a machine that would pull the laminate from the roll while drilling.
Alternatively, the laminate could be cut down into individual sheets that could be fed to a machine that would drill each sheet ... or several sheets could be stacked on top of each other and drilled through - it all depends on the drilling machine.
The perfect width of the laminate is 17 inches. The field of holes is at least 10 1/2 inches wide, which could run the entire length of the laminate. The field of holes is centered, so there is approximately 3
1/4 inches of undrilled laminate on each side.
The diameter of each hole is 1/8 inch. The spacing between holes in approximately 1/2 inch.
Any thoughts, advice, etc. is sincerely appreciated. I will also be happy to answer questions that would not require a non-disclosure agreement.
Thanks in advance!
--Ed