Plexi-Lux

Light up a memory over time and it will live on forever.

Plexi-Lux is a piece of furniture, its wooden base supports a plexiglass plate that is engraved with your favorite image.

The LEDs placed under the plexiglass are able to “turn on” and give warmth to the image.

Here are some examples of Plexi-Lux:

Plexi-Lux is available in two sizes: -Small: Width 12cm, Height 16cm, Depth 3.5cm -Large: Width 16cm, Height 20cm, Depth 3.5cm.

Plexiglass Illuminated

Dimensions:

  • Small: Width 12cm, Height 16cm, Depth 3.5cm
  • Large: Width 16cm, Height 20cm, Depth 3.5cm
  • Maxi: Width 30cm, Height 15cm, Depth 3.5cm

How the Plexi-Lux works

The LED lighting is powered by two “AAA” type batteries (supplied) but a 3 Volt power supply (not supplied) can also be used.

L’interruttore e l’accesso al vano batterie si trovano nella base del Papi-Lux.

Material

Plexiglass is a plastic material, of relatively recent invention formed by polymers of methyl methacrylate. This material shows good resistance to chemicals, not risking dulling with a certain speed.

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, or plexiglass, as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Astariglas, Lucite, Perclax, and Perspex, among several others (see below), is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass. The same material can be used as a casting resin or in inks and coatings, among many other uses.

Although not a type of familiar silica-based glass, the substance, like many thermoplastics, is often technically classified as a type of glass (in that it is a non-crystalline vitreous substance), hence its occasional historic designation as acrylic glass. Chemically, it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. The material was developed in 1928 in several different laboratories by many chemists, such as William Chalmers, Otto Röhm, and Walter Bauer, and was first brought to market in 1933 by German Röhm & Haas AG (as of January 2019, part of Evonik Industries) and its partner and former U.S. affiliate Rohm and Haas Company under the trademark Plexiglas.

PMMA is an economical alternative to polycarbonate (PC) when tensile strength, flexural strength, transparency, polishability, and UV tolerance are more important than impact strength, chemical resistance, and heat resistance. Additionally, PMMA does not contain the potentially harmful bisphenol-A subunits found in polycarbonate and is a far better choice for laser cutting. It is often preferred because of its moderate properties, easy handling and processing, and low cost. Non-modified PMMA behaves in a brittle manner when under load, especially under an impact force, and is more prone to scratching than conventional inorganic glass, but modified PMMA is sometimes able to achieve high scratch and impact resistance.

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