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Assembly & Fabrication
Tru-Form Plastics, Inc. is a “Turn-Key” manufacturing facility with many plastic molding processes, trimming, metal machining and finishing of individual components as well as providing fabrication, bonding and assembly of multiple parts. The TFP team has years of valuable experience in providing finished parts that require delicate, complicated and precise fabrication and assembly. Our…
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Painting & Printing
TFP’s in-house painting department provides a variety of applications using state-of-the-art equipment. Our painting experts use the latest techniques to apply the coating per your specifications. Special templates and fixtures are designed to cover parts over the areas that do not require paint. These detailed forms contour the required surfaces thus streamlining the prep and…
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Thermoforming Process (step-by-step)
Vacuum Forming Plastic Process (step-by-step) A material blank which has a length and width greater than the finished part is loaded into a clamp frame to be carried through the process. The blank in the clamp frame moves into an oven where it is heated to the forming temperature. At the forming temperature, the material…
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Plastic Process Comparison
The chart below compares thermoforming in the first two columns of vacuum forming/pressure forming with reaction injection molding, injection molding and structural foam molding. The highest value is 10 and lowest is 1. Thermoforming also competes with rotomolding, blow molding, fiberglass, and sheetmetal fabrication. Vacuum Forming Pressure Forming RIM Injection Molding Structural Foam Part Cost…
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Diversifying Into Aerospace Market
By Roger Renstrom June 11th, 2013 Custom thermoformer Tru-Form Plastics Inc. of Gardena, Calif., has positioned itself for additional aircraft business as a complement to its strength in housings for medical gear. For the medical and aerospace markets, “the common denominators are quality, moderate volume, low tool cost and short lead time,” said Jack Schrieffer,…
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Aerospace certification will support all business lines
Aerospace certification will support all business lines By Clare Goldsberry As published in Plastics Today: July 24th, 2013 Tru-Form Plastics, Inc. (www.tru-formplastics.com), a thermoformer of custom components for the aerospace, medical diagnostic equipment, transportation and lighting industries, announced the company’s certifications: ISO 9001:2008 and AS 9100:2009 in accordance with the requirements of AS 9104A (Aerospace).…
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Tru-Form Plastics Receives ISO 9001:2008 and AS 9100:2009 Certification
The management and employees of Tru-Form Plastics, Inc. are proud to announce we have received ISO 9001:2008 and AS 9100:2009 certification. The registrar, NQA of Acton, Ma issued the certificate on February 4th, which is valid until February 4, 2016. A copy of the certificate is attached. The AS 9100:2009 certification is in accordance with…
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What is Vacuum Forming?
Vacuum forming is a technique that is used to shape a variety of plastics. In school it is used to form/shape thin plastic, usually plastics such as; polythene and perspex. Vacuum forming is used when an unusual shape like a ‘dish’ or a box-like shape is needed. Below you can see the stages involved in…
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