P15 Plastics Ltd
161 Waterside Road
Hamilton Industrial Park
Leicester
England
LE5 1TL

Tel: +44 116 276 1495

Control system for forming machine maintains consistency

Vacuum forming is often the cheapest and quickest way to create simple displays and parts. Sheet plastic is heated and sucked down over a forming tool by a vacuum, thus taking its shape. There are restrictions on vacuum forming (fig.1). The product must not be self-intersecting (trap the tool inside it) so it can  be removed and therefore must have one open side.

above: fig.1

Our machines can form displays from sheet plastic up to 1080mm x 1600mm in surface area and it is possible form up to 500mm in depth depending upon the size and shape of the display.

The largest machine has computer controlled settings, operation and feedback to maintain consistency in production batches.

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Vacuum formed tray