Custom Foam Inserts - Pluck Foam Inserts

Custom Foam Inserts - Pluck Foam Inserts

Ameripack offers our customers the ability to purchase our cases with a variety of foam options ranging for the standard pick ‘n pluck foam to plush divider systems to custom foam inserts. The following are some of the available foam configurations and types of foam.

Pluck Foam is sheets of cubed cut foam cut to fit the Ameripack case. The customer can then remove the squares to fit their product. Learn more about Pluck Foam below.
Custom Foam is also available in any type of foam. Ameripack will work from a client’s mechanical drawings or product samples to construct a custom foam insert. Ameripack also determines the best type of foam, and the cell size that will be most effective to protect your product). A die is created and stored so that customers can repeat their case order without any die charges. Please contact us for more information. Learn more about custom foam below.
Divider systems are available in some of our cases, and can be quickly adjusted for a variety of configurations

Types of Foam

Polyurethane Foam
Most well known polymers used to make foams. Polyurethane foam has an elastic cell structure which provides a wide range of performance possibilities.

Poly-Ester/Polyurethane
This is an open cell flexible polyurethane foam ranging in density from 1.5# to 6#. It is also available in anti-static formulations.

Poly-Ether/Polyurethane
This is a low cost, highly resilient open cell foam that is available in densities ranging from 1# to1.8#. It is also available in anti-static formulations.

Polyethylene Foam
This is a closed cell foam (the cell walls are not interconnected, so the foam will not absorb water or moisture). The 3 most commonly used foam polyethylene's are: 1.5# polyethylene, 1.7# polyethylene, and 2.2# polyethylene. These are the lowest density polyethylene's and our standard color for them is black, though they are available in other colors and higher densities (up to 12# ). Polyethylene is very common for case inserts because it is rugged and has a very attractive appearance. All densities are also available in anti-stat formulations. These are closed cell foams.

Crosslink Foam
Crosslink foams have a large variety of colors available, a soft touch feel, and other attributes that make it a very attractive material to use for a case insert. Cross-link foams are usually a closed cell foam.

More about Pluck Foam Inserts
Lay item on foam block, outline with chalk.
Separate 1/2” cubes from block, following outline.
The finished block of Pluck foam. Place the 1” sheet of foam (included with foam set) in the case to protect the underside of your item.

More about Custom Foam Inserts

For a true custom fit, foam inserts can be cut according to your equipment. For many of our OEM customers, this is an important aspect in making a professional presentation of your product. As a finishing touch, add your embossed logo or a decal to the foam block.

Just send us a sample of your product and we’ll configure the case size and the foam per your requirements. Better yet, provide us your CAD files and we’ll take it from there.

For extremely sensitive equipment like microchips and circuit boards, materials with antistatic properties and foam that protects against electrostatic discharge are available. Where purity or outgassing is an issue, crosslinked foam expanded with nitrogen is chemical resistant and perfect for medical equipment and some electronics applications.