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 ...

Thermoforming is a process that starts with a simple concept: heating plastic until it becomes pliable. Once heated, this malleable plastic is stretched over a mold, taking its shape, and cooled to ...

Manufacturing lightweight components that don’t compromise on strength has become a critical challenge across industries. Whether you’re shipping products globally or designing automotive parts, ...

Abstract: Properties of the thermoforming process, such as its nonlinear, time-varying dynamics and actuator constraints, make its control challenging. An iterative control technique along with model ...

German startup Watttron has revealed its new thermoforming process, ‘cera2heat’, said to be capable of consistently producing uniform, thin-walled packaging shapes and reducing material use by up to ...

Advances in machinery, resins, and tooling are enabling the use of thermoforming in new applications. But some challenges remain to this well-established process. College football fans consider the ...

Thermoforming research at the IKT plastics technology institute at Stuttgart University is putting the emphasis on upcycling of used material. An "UpFilT" project, developed with 3D printing filaments ...