[Matterhackers] has a nice video tutorial on using vacuum forming to create plastic items. Sure, you have a 3D printer, but vacuum forming has some advantages if you are making thin and flexible items ...

Peter Zelnick can imagine Zed Industries Inc.'s new thermoforming machine — which forms parts in a vacuum — turning out panels for buildings on Mars. How about something more down-to-Earth? * Medical ...

Surface conductors on vacuum formed parts appear in many hacks, from cosplay armor to 3D touch pads and smart objects. But making them has always been painful. Either they had to be hand painted after ...

The vacuum forming machine can form plastic sheets around objects to create a form. In the Maker Lab, we have a My Yard Formart 2 vacuum former and a Centroform SV 1217 vacuum former. Material Fees: ...

Makers and small businesses looking for an affordable way to manufacture vacuum formed products in small production runs may be interested in a new desktop vacuum forming machine which has been ...

Marty Hankins removes a sheet of molded plastic from the Vaquform machine as, from left, Joshua Paul, Ruth Wilson and Jean Pyzik ook on during a vacuum forming class at Exploration Commons in ...

Thermoforming equipment makers, component suppliers and machine dealers will display their products and discuss capabilities during NPE 2015, March 23-27 in Orlando, Fla. Aaron Equipment Co. (Booth ...

High-performance films can replace injectionmolded plastics when space is at a premium. Welch Fluorocarbon Inc. Dover, N.H. As many of today's medical-device manufacturers produce smaller and smaller ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Manchester, UK - Manplas Limited, a trusted name in Vacuum Forming Plastic solutions, is proud to announce expanded capabilities at its Manchester-based facility. With over ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Manchester, UK - Manplas Limited, a leading name in plastic thermoforming, is advancing its vacuum forming capabilities to serve the growing needs of UK industries. Based in ...