What is thermoforming?
Thermoforming is a plastic moulding procedure. This involves heating sheet plastic and forming it over a male or female mould.
Plastics by Design offer both standard kinds of thermoforming procedures - vacuum forming and pressure forming. These procedures make plastic thermoforming a broad and diverse plastic forming procedure as has over 35 years experience in the thermoforming industry.
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thermoforming
Thermoforming at Plastics by Design shapes flat plastic sheets into detailed parts using heat and moulds. It is ideal for short or long production runs and offers a cost effective way to create covers, trays and housings tailored to your exact needs.
protective packaging
Protective packaging from Plastics by Design keeps your products safe during storage and transport. We design and form custom plastic inserts, trays and covers that hold items firmly, reduce movement, and minimise product damage, helping you cut waste, returns and replacement costs.
transit trays
Transit trays from Plastics by Design are designed to hold and protect parts while they move through your factory or wider supply chain. They can be stackable or nestable, are reusable, and help improve daily handling, stock control and overall product presentation.
uses for thermoforming
Thermoformed plastics are ideally suited for many industries. These include consumer products, automotive industry, product packaging, retail and display, sports and recreation, electronics, and commercial applications.
One of the most useful facets of thermoforming is its reduced tooling and engineering prices. It also offers a quick turn-around time. This makes thermoforming or vacuum forming excellent for model development and low-volume production.
Plastic Transit Trays are among the most used approaches to handling plastic products. Vacuum formed items are part of our lives and play a major part in our daily functioning.
Point-of-Purchase Displays
Protective Packaging
Recreational Vehicles
Vending machines Panels
Fitness Equipment
Transit Trays
Equipment Enclosures and Covers
Automotive Transit Trays
Dunnage Material Handling Trays & Pallets
Electronic Transit Trays
pressure forming
Pressure forming is an innovative variation of the vacuum forming process. This utilises air pressure during forming to help enhance the detail on the mould.
The stress used is around 5 times more than with vacuum form processes. This makes it feasible to obtain highly specified attributes at close tolerances.
Better control of wall thickness for structural integrity
Embossed lettering and other fine surface detail
Under cuts and reverse drafts
uses for pressure forming
Pressure forming is widely used to create reliable and detailed products for many sectors. It is ideal for medical equipment, transit trays, vented enclosures and office equipment. The process also works well for protective packaging, scientific instruments and detailed components.
It can shape clear and accurate control panels and helps produce strong multi part assemblies. These uses show how pressure forming supports safe, neat and durable designs across different industries.
