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Reshaping Flexon memory metal spectacle frames?
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Mike B
Jan 14, 2012, 5:24:07 AM1/14/12
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Are these adjustable at all?
I tried to bend the ear hook but of course it goes back to the original shape.
Google turned up a small number of pages with useful information indicating that
it's a Ti based memory metal, but I'm still not sure if I need to heat or cool
the metal before it can be bent into a new shape. I'm basically limited to -18
deg Celsius for the lowest temperature and I doubt the plastic coating will
survive above 110 deg.
If I just apply more and more force at room temperature will it take a new shape
or just snap?
M
I tried to bend the ear hook but of course it goes back to the original shape.
Google turned up a small number of pages with useful information indicating that
it's a Ti based memory metal, but I'm still not sure if I need to heat or cool
the metal before it can be bent into a new shape. I'm basically limited to -18
deg Celsius for the lowest temperature and I doubt the plastic coating will
survive above 110 deg.
If I just apply more and more force at room temperature will it take a new shape
or just snap?
M
Mark Thorson
Jan 14, 2012, 4:04:23 PM1/14/12
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you can apply, and they will snap if you try to
deform them past their yield point.
I think these frames may be adjusted at places
on the frame made of another material.
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