Nowadays, melamine tableware (bowls, plates, spoons, chopsticks, etc) are widely used in restaurants and hotels. For people who are not so familiar with melamine, they may think melamine tableware is just plastic. Today Shunhao Company will help you to know about the difference between melamine tableware and plastic tableware.

Raw Material Analysis

Melamine is a thermosetting plastic, which means melamine powder can only be used once without any recycling.

PP is a thermoplastic material, which can be recycled and melted for use.

Disposable plastic tableware

Properties Differences

1. Smell

• Pure melamine has no smell.
• PP has mild smell.

2. Hardness

Melamine products are harder than PP, melamine is similar to porcelain

3. Density

This can be judged easily according to the density on the product data

4. Ignition test

• Melamine is generally V0 level and more difficult to burn.
• PP is flammable.

5. Safety

Pure melamine (melamine formaldehyde resin) is safer than PP (polypropylene)

Southeast Asian style melamine tableware

After a deep understanding of melamine tableware, you may feel interested in How to Make Melamine Tableware. The following article and video will show you clearly the melamine crockery machine and compression moulds needed for melamine tableware production. Hope it solves your confusion.