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May 17, 2008
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 20 Reasons for Choosing
TMC Optical Tops
   
TMC CleanTop® II
Competitive Construction
      TMC: Formed Steel Sidewalls
TMC diagonal slice competitor slice Other: Particle board sidewalls
    
TMC slice competitor slice

Other: Weak plastic layer separates core and top skin

       TMC: High stiffness, small
       cell size core, individual
       nylon cups.

TMC bottom competitor bottom Other: Less rigid, large cell size core; molded plastic cups

1. Sidewalls of TMC tops are 0.75 in. (2 mm) thick, damped, cold-rolled formed steel (see center photo, above), unlike the moisture-absorbing particle board favored by other manufacturers, presumably for its low cost. In addition, steel provides structural integrity unattainable with particle board sidewalls.

2.TMC’s CleanTop® II design does not require enlarging core cell size because CleanTop® II cups are cylindrical, not conical like molded plastic membrane cavities. Our average cell size of 0.5 in.2 (3 cm2) is at least 50% smaller than molded cavity top designs, assuring the highest stiffness and greatest core-to-skin bonding contact area. 3. CleanTop® II achieves a spillproof core with only two bonding layers: top skin to core and core to bottom skin. Imitations must add a third bonding layer, which severely weakens the structure: top skin to plastic layer, plastic layer to core, and core to bottom skin.

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