Custom Thermoforming
What is Custom Thermoforming and Custom Plastic Forming?
Productive Plastics’ core competency in custom thermoforming is established in its work with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) – producing custom plastic components for a myriad of industries. Custom plastic forming is a plastic thermoforming process that heats a two-dimensional rigid thermoplastic sheet and by way of vacuum and/or pressure, forms that sheet into a three-dimensional shape.
Custom plastic forming provides design flexibility to OEMs to create intricate, lightweight, durable, and cost effective enclosure designs on products that traditionally may have utilized other production processes such as injection molding, fiberglass, or metal.
Custom plastic forming provides design flexibility to OEMs to create intricate, lightweight, durable, and cost effective enclosure designs on products that traditionally may have utilized other production processes such as injection molding, fiberglass, or metal.
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Custom Vacuum Forming
Custom Vacuum thermoforming is a plastic thermoforming manufacturing technique within the broader term of the plastic thermoforming process. In vacuum forming a 2 dimensional thermoplastic sheet material is heated to a forming optimal temperature and then positioned over a custom mold or tool. Then, the air is evacuated between the heated sheet and mold creating a vacuum that pulls the material onto the surface of the mold to create the desired 3-dimensional part shape. Once the now molded part cools and hardens, the part is removed and further processed to specification.
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Custom Pressure Forming
Custom pressure forming is a plastic thermoforming manufacturing technique within the broader term of the plastic thermoforming process. In pressure forming a 2 dimensional thermoplastic sheet material is heated to a forming optimal temperature and then positioned over a custom mold or tool. Positive pressure is then applied above the heated sheet, pressing the material into the surface of a mold to create the desired 3-dimensional part shape.
