Knowledge Of Umbrella Handle Materials
1.The wood umbrella handle usually includes lotus, plywood, acacia, and maple.
Except for plywood, the rest are all solid wood. Acacia has the worst quality among solid woods; Hemu is slightly better, and this material is used the most; Maple is the best among the three solid wood materials, and its price is about Hemu Two or three times stronger. If the material of the wooden umbrella handle is not completely dried, the finished product will easily crack when it is dry. The wooden handle can be made into a curved handle or a straight handle. Plywood is usually used to press to make curved handles. It is difficult for laymen to distinguish solid wood from plywood. Both short and long umbrellas have handles made of wood.
2. There are many types of plastics, PP and ABS materials are commonly used, EVA foam materials, PP materials cannot be electroplated; ABS materials can be electroplated, either vacuum plating or water plating; ABS materials are relatively brittle, The impact has a crisper sound, while the impact of the PP umbrella handle is relatively dull. Low-end umbrellas use more PP materials, and most high-end umbrellas use ABS materials. Both PP and ABS materials can be sprayed on the outside, and they can be sprayed into silver, black and other colors specified by customers. The current popular EVA foam plastic materials can be used as curved handles or matched with aluminum materials for High-end straight handle.
3. The bamboo umbrella handle is usually made of bamboo poles, which are of higher grade and more expensive. It can be made into a curved shape or a straight shank. The rattan umbrella handle is made of rattan.
4. The aluminum umbrella handle is lighter, and its surface treatment methods are more common in the following types: one is to anodize the surface; it is made of aluminum straight handle, aluminum curved handle, and more now It can be combined with EVA foam rubber to make various handles, aluminum + EVA handles.
5. Acrylic handles, high-end umbrellas often use acrylic transparent handles. The transparent acrylic is made into curved handles, straight handles, and Often used on folding umbrellas. Various colors are sprayed on part of the transparent handle, which is beautiful and high-grade.
6. Leather handles, high-grade umbrellas are also very popular now. Plastic and aluminum materials can be covered with leather, and most of the leather is made of PU leather. There are also a few fine products that use real cowhide and real sheepskin.
7. Most of the umbrella top is made of wood, plastic, steel, fibreglass, rubber, zinc alloy and other materials.
Specifications of Umbrella Handles
1. The outer diameter of the curved handle is usually 23mm and 25mm. There are usually two types of inner diameter, single section and double section. The size of the hole is determined by the middle rod.
2. The shaft of the straight umbrella is composed of 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm and 16mm. The inner hole of the umbrella handle of various materials is determined according to the length of the shaft.
3. The folding umbrella is equipped with a shaft with outer teeth. The diameter of the inner teeth of the umbrella head is generally 14mm, but there are coarse and fine teeth; usually only the diameter of the inner teeth of the umbrella handle with more than four fold umbrella is 16mm.