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 ...

Aiming at the warping deformation and volume shrinkage of the closed plastic impeller, the relevant compression molding process parameters were optimized.Based on the theoretical equation of the ...

Cleveland — The Society of Plastics Engineers Thermoforming Division named the winners of its biennial parts competition at a recent conference in Cleveland. "This year's parts competition was ...

In the global plastic packaging machinery industry, Zhejiang Sayeah Machinery Co., Ltd. has been increasingly recognized by industry observers as a notable participant in the development of advanced ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...

Short cycle times and automated methods are key to meeting the high production rates being sought for the next generation of narrowbody commercial aircraft, advanced air mobility (AAM), unmanned ...

From changing customer demands and market shifts to new technologies, regulatory pressures, and more, medical device manufacturers have always navigated a complicated environment. Add a global ...

OSHA has released a new Thermoforming module for the Plastics Machinery section of OSHA's Machine Guarding eTool. The module reviews potential hazards associated with thermoforming, a manufacturing ...

Harold (Hal) Gilham has been named Thermoformer of the Year by the Society of Plastics Engineers' thermoforming division. Gilham is CEO and owner of Productive Plastics Inc. in Mount Laurel, N.J. He's ...

In order to improve the forming quality, it is vital to understand the mechanisms that cause the plastic strain localization which eventually leads to ductile damage occurrence in the incremental ...