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Hot and Cold: The Role of Heat Transfer in Thermoforming
With thermoforming, a plastic sheet is heated to its forming temperature, then shaped by a mold, but just what is “forming temperature?” Most materials have a range of forming temperatures.
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Does plastic need to be prestretched?
With thermoforming, a plastic sheet is heated until it’s pliable, then stretched into or onto a mold to form a part. But the sheet gets thinner as it stretches deeper
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Thin and Thick Gauge Thermoforming: What’s the Difference?
The thermoforming process involves heating a plastic sheet until it’s pliable, then placing it into or onto a mold to be formed with vacuum or pressure. But within this general
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Info is Instrumental to Successful Parts
One often overlooked but critical step in the production of a successful part is the initial information exchange between thermoformer and customer. During this fact-finding phase, several important aspects of
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Trimming to Part Perfection
A lot of time goes into designing your component part and selecting just the right plastic material. But there’s one often-overlooked manufacturing step that’s critical to part perfection: trimming. This
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Why You May Want to Consider Temporary Tooling
The right tool is crucial to optimal part production, but sometimes it’s wise to consider a temporary tool instead of going directly to production tooling, especially in situations like early
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Stronger Plastic with Ultrasonics
When your plastic parts have to be joined, ultrasonic welding is an effective choice to create a secure bond. Ultrasonic welding utilizes the power of high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibration to
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How to Turn Ideas into Reality
All great products start with an idea. But not every idea becomes a great product. So, what’s the key to turning a concept into reality? Implementation. Successful inventions require that
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Tooling: The Best Way to Make the Parts Behind the Parts
Before a plastic part gets produced, something else needs to be made: the tooling. And when it comes to designing the best tool, the leading option is aluminium. Why? There
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The Difference is in the Tooling
The best way to successfully produce a part is to start with the right tool. And that holds true with thermforming as well. To ensure the correct tooling for an
