Thermoforming
Extruding Biopolymers: Packaging Reaps Cost Benefit of Going 'Green'
Plastics made from renewable carbon chains, not fossil carbon from oil or gas, are suddenly a solid commercial reality. The draw isn鈥檛 just 鈥済reen鈥 marketing, but the 鈥済reen鈥 of stable prices not linked to petrochemicals.
Read MoreGlobal Competition - Thin-Gauge Thermoformers Face Tough Competition
Competitive pressure from overseas manufacturers is being felt on different levels by U.S. thermoformers.
Read MoreHigh-Tech Thermoformer Takes Aim at Injection Molding
Kintz Plastics is not your typical thermoformer.
Read MoreMicro-Thermoforming Makes Its Debut
Manufacturers of micro-size components that until now relied exclusively on injection molding may have another option to consider.
Read MoreNPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Thermoforming
Several new processing technologies unveiled at NPE point to thermoforming’s growing capability to produce in-mold labeled and decorated plastic parts.
Read MoreWhat to See at NPE 2006: Thermoforming
Like many other NPE exhibitors, thermoforming equipment suppliers are taking less machinery to this year’s Chicago event.
Read MoreHigh-Precision Thermoforming: It's Putting the Pressure in Injection Molding
A look at the production of a high-tech medical device shows why pressure forming has injection molders looking over their shoulders. Complex shapes, undercuts, snap-fits, precise styling lines鈥攁ll of these are within the capabilities of today鈥檚 industrial thermoformers.
Read MoreHeadlines for the Next 50 Years
Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow鈥檚 newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics from now to 2055. What we got was a mixture of predictions of what will happen and a wish list of what should happen.
Read MoreThermoformer’s ‘Black Art’ Legacy Remains Today
While the thermoforming industry has made major strides in moving from black art to science in the last 50 years, there remains an unscientific element to the process that makes it a unique and challenging 911爆料网.
Read MoreThen and Now: 1955-2005 Processors Look Back on a Half-Century of Change
Last month, we reviewed how much has changed in processing technology since this magazine was launched in 1955.
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