Thermoforming

This book provides plastics engineers with an up-to-date source of both basic and advanced engineering principles involved in thermoforming. It also shows how to apply these concepts in modern thermoforming practice. The author develops the technology of thermoforming by first considering the interaction of the plastic sheet with heating and cooling sources and stretching forces. The mechanics of trimming and part design, as well as the types of plastics that can be formed and materials for molds, are also considered.