Bendable Case
Metal or plastic that is very flexible/bendable?
You know those things like tents that are folded up really small in a case then you take it out and it instantly pops up into shape?? Well I need to make something that will instantly pop open into shape and that I can collapse really small when not in use. But I don't know what the name of that flexible metal/plastic stuff is called or where to get it. Any help would be great thank you so much!!
this is a great example of what I mean http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Online%20Store/large%20images/Flying%20Disc.jpg
This is not any one material, but a construction and assembly of different products.
The main part is fabric, just as in tents. The choice of fabric has more to do with its durability and weather resistance, and has little or nothing to do with the shape-popping.
The "popping into shape" is usually caused by fiberglass ( or sometimes in smaller objects, spring-steel) rods that slide into a sleeve, sewn into the perimeter of the fabric.The rods have a tension on them, and can be compressed in one direction, then released in another. The fabric never lets them expand to their fullest, which keeps tension on the shape.
Lead will never "pop into shape".
It is the metal with the least amount of spring, and aluminum is not far behind.
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