Advances in materials, tooling, and technology continue to blur the line between the most suitable process and a given application. Thermoforming, of course, can be used to make everything from ...

The versatile new R3 thermoforming packaging machine developed by Multivac is designed to process recyclable single-material films consistently and reliably with minimal maintenance. The machine also ...

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, ...

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

Thermoforming is a widely adopted manufacturing technique in polymer engineering whereby a pre-extruded thermoplastic sheet is heated to a pliable state and formed over a mould to produce lightweight, ...

There’s a decent chance that you’ve held something today that exists thanks to thermoforming… even if you don’t know what thermoforming is. The video above gives a brief rundown of the process (“A ...

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 ...

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 ...