Thermoforming Plastic Sheets

Overview of thermoforming thermoformable plastic sheets from professional plastics.

Thermoforming plastic sheets.

This selection of materials are best known for their excellent formability in addition to their individual traits of toughness chemical resistance and heat resistance for example. Many plastic sheet materials can be shaped by thermoforming. Widgetworks unlimited thermoform plastic sheets are perfect for inventors small businesses and diy hobbyists who want to make custom vacuum formed plastic parts. Using standard tools kydex thermoforming sheets can be drilled vacuum formed brake formed or punch pressed kydex is a machinable thermoplastic that can be molded to form fit just about any shape imaginable without expensive tools and machinery.

Use these plastic sheets along with with our hobby vacuum formers and a kitchen oven to thermoform homemade plastic parts with results that rival expensive commercial machines. Some plastics like hdpe and pp have narrower processing windows and lower melt strength which make them more difficult but not impossible to thermoform. Thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature formed to a specific shape in a mold and tripped to create a usable product. Plastic materials for thermoforming.