Thermoform Glass Into Abs Sheet

This is the simplest thermoforming technique.

Thermoform glass into abs sheet.

Many packaging suppliers make the sheet and thermoform it into the required pack shape while some packer fillers thermoform trays from a pre supplied reel of sheet material place the product into it and heat seal a flexible lid onto the tray all on one machine. During the molding process itself a sheet is clamped into a frame that holds it like a piece of glass in a window frame. At that temperature the sheet becomes quite rubbery and will stretch with ease. The heated sheet is stretched into shape on the mold surface.

A second opening for thermoforming springs from improvements in combinations of abs sheet with a weatherable cap layer that can provide high quality even class a decorative performance. Since most stretch forming operations don t involve a lot of stretching wall thickness of the final part is relatively uniform. 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. Abs thermoform plastic sheets due to its low cost and superior physical properties abs acrylonitrile butadine styrene is one of the most popular thermoform plastics used for vacuum forming.

As the sheet touches the mold surface it cools down causing that part to stop drawing. Overview of thermoforming thermoformable plastic sheets from professional plastics. Abs produces detailed parts that are tougher and more rigid than other plastics.