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Need Polypropylene balls

I am searching for solid spherical balls of polypropylene, 25mm (1") or less diameter. Color is unimportant, surface finish must be very smooth, with no sharp bumps or pits. I need samples and production volumes if successful.

Tony Horstman
advisory service - Brisbane, Australia
1998

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United States Plastic Corp in Lima, Ohio sells solid balls from 1/8" to 1.0" in 6 different plastics including PP.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
1998

Sorry we didn't see your inquiry sooner. Within our line of microfine polyolefin powders we offer a spherical PP powder of average 15-20 microns in diameter. We also have some which are as small as 2 microns in average diameter. Please let us know.

Bill Kelly
- Cincinnati, Ohio
1999

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Hi, Bill. Well, he did say 25 mm or less. And 2 microns certainly is less. In fact, it would take roughly 1 trillion 953 billion of those balls to make one of the size he's looking for. You must have a lot of balls to post that response. 🙂

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