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How Much Plastic Is In Your Life?
In the western world, plastic is a part of every person’s life, but many of us don’t realize just how much plastic is all around us. Gradually, as the technologies surrounding the creation of plastics (such as thermoforming) have become more sophisticated, plastics have infiltrated almost every nook and cranny of the modern human experience.…
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What does CNC stand for?
CNC means Computer Numerical Control. This means a computer converts the design produced by Computer Aided Design software (CAD), into numbers. The numbers can be considered to be the coordinates of a graph and they control the movement of the cutter. In this way the computer controls the cutting and shaping of the material HOW…
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The Industries We Work With
Plastic is everywhere. If you are reading this, then you are either in direct contact with plastic right now or likely very close to lots of it. That’s because plastic is in almost every single electronic device, from your computer to your smart phone to your refrigerator, car, and especially in the airplanes flying overhead.…
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Need Help Designing the Plastic Pieces You Need for Your Next Product?
You have an idea for your next great product, but turning that vision into reality is going to take some engineering work on your part. You’ll need to figure out how to construct the product’s component parts, which means developing design schematics and materials consultations. When you think about all the different variables that go…
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Have Questions About Plastics? Get a Plastics Consultation
Are you designing a new product but aren’t sure exactly what type of plastic to use for its component parts? That’s understandable. Plastic is an incredibly variable substance, especially with all the new plastic-related discoveries we continue to make. These days, we can create soft and bouncy plastics or extremely hard, thick and durable plastics.…
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What Do We Do with Left Over Plastic
The thermoforming process we use to create plastic components for our clients starts with large, flat sheets of plastic that we heat and then add pressure to in order to form the components. The excess plastic is then trimmed away to complete the plastic component. What happens to all of this excess plastic that we…
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What Do We Mean By “Male” and “Female” Tools?
In the plastics trade, we often talk about manufacturing “male” and “female” tools. What exactly does this mean? No, we’re not talking about creating specific tools for men and different tools for women. Rather, when we look at connectors and fasteners, we see that there are two components that fit together. Needing a way to distinguish…
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CNC Trimming of Thermoformed Parts – Explained
Five-axis CNC trimming produces parts with repeatable, close tolerances. There are several ‘keys’ to achieving consistent and accurately trimmed parts, but first a description of the equipment and trimming process. CNC trimming equipment has been described as a ‘Computer controlled router’. This simplistic description does not do justice to the extensive capabilities of this important…
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Thin-Gauge Thermoforming vs. Thick-Gauge Thermoforming
Thermoforming is a highly efficient method of turning big sheets of plastic into the things that we have come to rely in everyday life, from the lids on our soft drinks to the dashboard panels in our cars. When you start looking a little more deeply into thermoforming, the first major distinction to recognize is…
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