Commercial use of various types of foams

Foam is one of the best and least expensive materials for packing. Generally, the padding foam, which comes in varying degree of thickness and density, is used for cars, mattress and cushions.

Foam manufacturers often use the padding foam to make mattresses. The variety which is used is known as visco -elastic foam or memory foam. The quality of this foam is that it can be compressed into any shape. Another related quality is that it can come back to the original shape after compression is lifted. This visco elastic foam is also used to make mattress toppers. Though, the cost of mattress made from visco foam is more than the traditional foam.

Another wide spread use of foam is in making of seating cushions for both indoor and outdoor arrangements. Certain type of foam like closed cell foam, cult foam, neoprene foam is better for outdoor seating functions due to their water resistance capacity. High density foam, HR cell foam is used in high end furniture seats because of their comfort and durability. The same type is used as pad foam seats in dinning seat. The foam can be easily cut according to the size of the seat, which makes it preferred foam type for seats makers.

Gym mats and yoga mats used closed cell foam. This foam gives them light weight, flexibility and portability to fold and take the mats anywhere for exercises. In packing the main use of foam is to protect the costly and fragile items, especially electronic items. The packing with foam is essential for long transportation and shipping. The polyurethane foam, the in expensive type of foam is, used for packaging purposes. This foam has light weight and does not add any weight to the overall item weight during shipping, where weight of the item dictates the cost of shipping. Foam manufacturers Foam Machine Manufacturer in India often cut the polyurethane foam into an egg –crate shape to provide extra cushion to fragile items without putting more weight into packaging.

In some countries, where boating is a hobby for large sections of population, polyurethane foam is used to protect the boat hull from corrosion effect of sea water. The polyurethane epoxy resins also saves a boat from elements that increase drag, durability and reduce hydrodynamics. The rigid foam of polyurethane gives protection from temperature extremes and insulates the boat from any electric malfunction.  The tear resistance and abrasion protection is better provided by polyurethane foam than by any other type of foam. The weight carry capacity of the boat is increased without adding weight to the boat. The thermoplastic polyurethane is widely used in marine industry Batch Foaming Machine Manufacturer in India in wire and cable coating, in various seals and ship molding. Polyurethane foam also finds use in medical field in form of catheter, tubing, bedding, surgical straps; injection molded devices and wound dressings.