Plastic Thermoforming Services

Our primary forming services include vacuum forming, drape forming, pressure forming, and the creation and development of custom projects. Prototypes are available in rigid and flexible plastics, rubber, cast resin, and composite systems. Specialized molding is available in polycarbonate (Lexan), rubber, TPO, TPR, hybrid polyethylene, and multilayer, decorative, film-layered sheets. We are set up to offer services at all stages of the development process. We round out our service package by working with several other professional shops in our network. Typically, we can offer the service in-house. However, if the project requires capabilities beyond our scope, we will employ one of our trusted local affiliates to work seamlessly with us to provide any service a customer might need.

Thermoforming is a manufacturing process for thermoplastic sheet or film. The sheet or film is heated between infrared, natural gas, or other heaters to its forming temperature. Then it is stretched over or into a temperature-controlled, single-surface mold. Cast or machined aluminum is the most common mold material, although epoxy, wood and structural foam tooling are sometime used for low volume production. The sheet is held against the mold surface unit until cooled. The formed part is then trimmed from the sheet. The trimmed material is usually reground, mixed with virgin plastic, and reprocessed into usable sheet. There are several categories of thermoforming, including vacuum forming, pressure forming, and drape forming.

CNC machining and routing of aluminum and resin board is also available.