Masseloid material

Thanks P&P

The drawing does give Light Alloy as an alternative for the label material, in each case to be engraved and infilled in white. We’ll probably go with the alloy as it’s readily available and by definition is also correct to drawing

cheers for all the help

John

Hi all

We have a drawing for a label fitted to our throttle box which describes the material as ‘Masseloid’. A Google search reveals nothing; has anyone heard of this material or of a modern equivalent?

cheers

John

Cellulose (or wood fibre) based plastics were the original plastics. The only modern material which is still wood based is cellophane and modern rediscoveries of ‘plant based polymers’ touted as the future of plastics. Given shale oil developments in the US, petroleum based plastics will be with us for a long, long time to come.

As a quick punt on modern plastics for a robust label I would try HIPS – High Impact Polystyrene or rigid PVC – Poly Vinyl Chloride. There are also Nylon based engineering plastics and others that a specialist polymer supplier will be able to show you if you bring in a sample of the original. HIPS is what your yoghurt tub or kwiklok bread closure tag is made out of. You may contact one of the ‘new generation plant based polymer’ folk as they are experimenting with cellulose type plastics as replacements for petroleum plastics and may have something similar to Masseloid.

Thanks for that Martin, there doesn’t appear to be any info at the moment on how you reproduce the label. I’ll have to do some more digging

John

You can find the word Masseloid in this book: Manual on Document Reproduction and Selection on page 101
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fwO4UIJi6RgC&q=masseloid&dq=masseloid&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-3MUvLMDMjNtQaP4ICwBg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA

Martin

Thanks Ross, certainly sounds feasible, I’ll look into it

cheers

John

Hi John,

Masselon was the name of one of the leading authorities on manufacturing of Celluloid and it’s derivatives.

Sounds like one of his processes for plastic label material.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HJQoMwEACAAJ&dq=masselon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CDDMUs-PBerH7Abm7YCgCQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ

Regards
Ross