He takes a piece of 40 mil PETG plastic from the hobby shop and mounts it in a wooden frame. That goes into the oven on broil until the entire sheet is sagging, then onto the vacuum former.

Rotational molder and vacuum former Redline Plastics LLC will break ground March 21 on a 117,900-square-foot factory in an industrial park in Manitowoc, Wis., more than doubling the size of its ...

The plastic sheeting mounted at the top heats evenly, and in no time, he has a perfectly vacuum formed prop that is ready to be painted. Sure, it might cost a bit more than some other vacuum ...

Vacuum forming is used to make plastic housing or components for a wide range of items, from food packaging and masks to helmets and parts for aeroplanes. Let's take a look at how it's done.

B!Pod, a business unit of Milan, Italy-based Saes Getters, has selected SABIC’s ocean-bound plastic- (OBP-) based ...

Central to the success of this industry is the intricate art of thermoforming, a process that ingeniously transforms plastic materials into functional marvels. This innovative transformation is ...

When shopping for frozen fish, it’s hard to resist the convenience of individually wrapped, vacuum-sealed portions. They're ...

Vacuum forming equipment applies negative air pressure between the mold and thermoplastic ... Typically, thermoforming equipment is used with plastics such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer ...

The 12 Canadian students from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built their Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner as a class ...