A German partnership has completed a multiyear project to develop a hybrid injection-molding/thermoforming process for making complex components from fiber-reinforced ...

The six-lesson Thin Sheet Thermoforming program is designed specifically for the training needs of the thin-sheet thermoforming manufacturer. The goal of the course is to help thermoformers reduce ...

Chances are good that you’ve already lost some blood to thermoforming, the plastics manufacturing process that turns a flat sheet of material into an unopenable clamshell package, tray inside a box, ...

Normally, foam cores cannot be used at temperatures higher than their glass transition temperature (Tg). The ArmaFORM AC grade PET core material has a Tg of around 75ºC. However, crystallization in ...

Note: Information and images for this article were obtained from the course “Advanced Forming of Thermoplastic Composites” taught by the ThermoPlastic composite Research Center (TPRC). Thermoplastic ...

Although technology is the star in medical devices from MRI and blood analysis machines, to CT and PET scan equipment, it could not function without the custom covers, panels, housings, enclosures, ...

Transmit Technology Group LLC is working to market a machine that can compare the thermoformability of various resins. The Technoform testing device was developed by Irving, Texas-based TTG. It offers ...

Wickert Machinenbau, a German company producing complex, fully automated systems integrated in its hydraulic presses, launches a new thermoforming press dedicated to the production of aircraft ...