Vacuum Forming

Vacuum Forming

Primary benefits include:
- High-quality appearance
- Various material options
- Fast prototype & production for tools & parts
- Small to large parts

Vacuum forming is one of the oldest and cheapest methods for plastic fabricating and is widely utilized in parts, components & assemblies seen every day, from smaller objects, packaging, automotive parts, to vast industrial machinery. Vacuum forming is used for prototype & mass production because of its low cost, efficiency, tempo of imitation, and ease of use for forming parts.

To start, a heated sheet of plastic is placed on the mold, and then a suction force is applied to shape the plastic according to the wanted shape. Once the part is cooled, it often is moved to a saw or router to have any excess material removed from the original sheet that was used.