OSHA Releases New Thermoforming Module Sep 13, 2007 Thermoforming--a manufacturing process using a thermoplastic sheet or film that is fed into an oven, and then heated, formed, and trimmed--may be a ...

Backers of a new approach that will combine plastic bottle forming and filling in a single step expect to have the first products using the new technology on store shelves within a year. The Liquiform ...

Plastics has new competition in the auto industry. With General Motors Corp.'s introduction of a proprietary aluminum-forming system it calls ``quick plastic forming,'' the carmaker is signaling that ...

In order to improve the forming quality, it is vital to understand the mechanisms that cause the plastic strain localization which eventually leads to ductile damage occurrence in the incremental ...