Heavy-duty thermoforming

This technology is used to deform thermoplastic materials into the desired shape and volume. This technology starts with a plastic sheet, whose thickness varies from 1.00 to 10 MM. This sheet is then deformed under heat and distributed around the perimeter of a mold to form the material by suction.

The parts are then milled and trimmed on our machining centers to produce the final part.

Thanks to this technology, the resulting parts can have different appearances (smooth, matt, grained…), in different shades/colors or even transparent, with more or less complex designs and shapes.

There is a wide variety of thermoplastic materials with high performance mechanical properties (impact resistance, UV resistance, anti-microbial properties, etc.).

Thermoplastics have the advantage of lightening the weight of parts, are recycled and recyclable, and are durable and reusable solutions, operating in a “closed circuit” and thus reducing environmental impact.

Thermoplastics are compatible with sterilization (ETO, autoclave, OE…) and antimicrobial surface treatment can help reduce nosocomial diseases.

The term thin thermoforming is used when the material is in coil form. Thin-film thermoforming involves taking this plastic coil, heating it to soften it, applying it to a mold and then vacuum-forming the plastic.