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 ...

A German partnership has completed a multiyear project to develop a hybrid injection-molding/thermoforming process for making complex components from fiber-reinforced ...

This article was originally published on MedicalDesign.com in April 2014. Although technology is the star in medical devices from MRI and blood analysis machines to CT and PET scan equipment, none ...

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 ...

The pandemic had an unexpected effect on this year’s thermoforming parts competition organized by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming Division. “The number of entries [in the ...

Note: Information and images for this article were obtained from the course “Advanced Forming of Thermoplastic Composites” taught by the ThermoPlastic composite Research Center (TPRC). Thermoplastic ...

This breather cap filter part for a large-vehicle application was thermoformed recently from ABS material on a Brown Machine rotary cut sheet unit at Meyer Plastics, based in Indianapolis, IN. AVT ...

Thermoforming is the process of softening a material enough so that it can be tweaked into a new shape, with the source of the thermal energy being not particularly relevant. Correspondingly, after ...

This white paper provides methods and guidelines for using 3D printed thermoforming molds. This white paper provides methods and guidelines for using 3D printed thermoforming molds; it includes design ...

Although hobbyists these days most often seem to use thermoplastics as a print-and-done material in FDM printers, there’s absolutely nothing stopping you from taking things further with thermoforming.