Custom Clear Acrylic Coffee Table for a UK Furniture Retailer

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Product Name: One-Piece Clear Acrylic Coffee Table

Key Functions: Used as a low table for placing drinks, books, magazines, remote controls, and decorative items in living rooms, hotel lounges, reception areas, and furniture showrooms.

Used Capabilities: Acrylic sheet cutting, edge machining, line heating, one-piece hot bending, forming fixture production, edge polishing, dimensional inspection, load testing, and protective packing.

Quantity and Other Expectations from Customer: The order quantity was 200 pieces. The customer required one complete sample before mass production.

Mass production could begin only after the customer confirmed the sample dimensions, transparency, bending shape, edge finish, and table stability.

The customer required the 200-piece order to be completed within 28 days after sample approval.

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Client Detail Requirements

The client is an online furniture retailer located in the United Kingdom. The company sells modern furniture to residential and commercial customers.

The customer required a transparent acrylic coffee table with a simple one-piece waterfall structure.

The finished table size was 900 × 500 × 400 mm. The table was made from one sheet of 15 mm clear cast acrylic.

The two sides were formed by heating and bending the same acrylic sheet. No separate table legs, screws, or metal connecting parts were used.

The outside radius of each bend was 35 mm. The two sides had to remain parallel after cooling, and all visible edges had to be polished until clear.

More Detail Requirements

The customer’s main concerns were the consistency of the two bends, the stability of the finished table, and protection against scratches during production and transportation.

The tabletop had to remain level after bending. The table could not rock when placed on a flat surface.

The height difference between the left and right sides could not exceed 1.5 mm. The overall dimensional tolerance had to be controlled within ±2 mm.

The bend areas could not have visible whitening, overheating marks, bubbles, deep scratches, or obvious optical distortion.

The customer also required a 40 kg distributed static load test on the sample. After 24 hours, the tabletop could not show permanent deformation, cracking, or separation.

Because every surface of the table was visible, the protective film had to remain on the acrylic during cutting and most of the production process. The film could only be removed for final inspection and packing.

Each table had to be packed separately to prevent the polished edges and clear surfaces from rubbing against the carton or other tables.

JFM Solution

Material Selection

We selected 15 mm clear cast acrylic sheet for the coffee table.

Cast acrylic was selected because the table required clear polished edges, controlled hot bending, and a transparent finished appearance.

Before production, the acrylic sheets were checked for thickness, surface scratches, color differences, visible particles, and other defects.

Product Size

The finished coffee table size was 900 mm long, 500 mm wide, and 400 mm high.

Acrylic Thickness

The acrylic sheet thickness was 15 mm.

Color and Surface Treatment

The entire table was transparent.

The cut edges were machined, sanded, and polished. No printing, painting, metal fittings, or decorative film was added.

The protective film remained on the main surfaces during cutting, machining, and bending to reduce the risk of scratches.

Bending Radius

The outside bending radius was 35 mm.

A forming fixture was made according to the confirmed size and bending radius. Both sides of the table were bent with the same fixture so that the two legs had a consistent angle and height.

Features of the Acrylic Structure

The coffee table was formed from one continuous acrylic sheet.

This structure avoided visible screws, brackets, and separate table legs. It also reduced the number of assembly positions that could create dimensional differences.

The transparent material allowed light to pass through the table, while the polished edges maintained a clear appearance.

The rounded bends removed the sharp corners normally created by joining separate panels at 90 degrees.

JFM Capabilities on Acrylic Coffee Table

We first prepared a production drawing showing the overall size, acrylic thickness, bending positions, bending radius, edge requirements, and inspection tolerances.

One full-size sample was produced before the bulk order.

The 15 mm cast acrylic sheet was cut to the required blank size. The exposed edges were machined and sanded before polishing.

The two bending lines were positioned according to the drawing. Each bending area was heated evenly before the sheet was placed into the forming fixture.

The acrylic was held in the fixture while it cooled. Controlled cooling helped maintain the required angle and reduced dimensional changes after the table was removed from the fixture.

After forming, we checked the overall length, width, height, bending radius, side parallelism, and tabletop level.

The sample was placed on a flat inspection surface to check whether all contact points touched the surface without rocking.

A 40 kg distributed load was placed on the tabletop for 24 hours. The dimensions and table stability were checked again after the load was removed.

The approved sample became the production standard for the 200-piece order.

During mass production, the first completed table from each production batch was compared with the approved sample. The bending position, finished height, side angle, surface condition, and edge finish were recorded during inspection.

Tables with incorrect dimensions, uneven sides, visible bend marks, scratches, or unstable contact points were not accepted for packing.

Surface and Edge Inspection

Each table was inspected under lighting before packing.

The inspection covered the following points:

No deep scratches on the tabletop or side panels.
No visible whitening or overheating marks in the bending areas.
No sharp edges or unfinished machining marks.

Both sides remained parallel.

The tabletop remained level.

The table did not rock on a flat surface.

Overall dimensional tolerance remained within ±2 mm.

The height difference between the two sides did not exceed 1.5 mm.

Packing Solution

After inspection, the table surface was covered with protective material.

Foam protection was added around the four exposed edges and the two bending areas. The table was then placed into an individual carton with additional internal support.

The internal packing prevented the two sides from being pressed inward during transportation. It also prevented the polished edges from contacting the carton directly.

Each carton was marked with the product name, quantity, carton direction, and handling information.

Manufacturing Processes

Drawing Confirmation → Material Inspection → Forming Fixture Production → Acrylic Sheet Cutting → Edge Machining → Sanding → Edge Polishing → Bending Position Check → Line Heating → Fixture Forming → Controlled Cooling → Dimensional Inspection → Stability Inspection → Static Load Test → Surface Inspection → Protective Packing

Manufacturing Equipment

Panel saw, CNC router, edge-finishing equipment, sanding equipment, polishing machine, line-heating equipment, forming fixture, flat inspection platform, height gauge, measuring tools, and load-testing weights.

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