Advanced Thermoforming Methods, Machines and Materials, Applications, Automation, Sustainability, and the Circular Economy

Overview of advanced technologies in thermoforming including forming, filling, and sealing processes, and practical applications in various industries

Advanced Thermoforming offers an overview of and new insights into thermoforming by comparing current and new standards for forming and mold technologies, presenting concepts from the practitioner’s perspective in a case-study format showing the possibilities of automated processes, reviewing the forming, filling, sealing processes, and applications of technical parts and packaging.

The reader is guided along the path of design and development for machine and mold technologies and production processes. Along with updated content, this revised Second Edition adds new coverage of sustainability in packaging, circular economy principles, mold technology, electromotive applications, and developments in new polymeric materials. The text opens thermoforming to new applications and demands on plastic parts by covering advances in thermoforming machines, molds, and automation.

Advanced Thermoforming covers topics such as:

• Basics of thermoforming and thermoplastics, production of semifinished products, extrusion, and coextrusion
• Introduction to both heavy and thin gauge thermoforming
• New approaches for more sustainable rigid packaging through thermoforming
• Fuel tank production on sheet machines, automotive body and commercial vehicle applications, and production of refrigerator liners
• Sustainability and circular economy principles in thermoforming

Presenting an impressive variety of advanced thermoforming technologies in a very readable form, Advanced Thermoforming is an essential reference for polymer and plastics engineers as well asprocessors, technical engineers, R & D managers, new product development managers, automotive engineers, technicians, and equipment designers.

Sven Engelmann is the Director of Packaging Technology and the Thermoforming Technology Center head of the RDM-Machine Division at Illig Maschinenbau GmbH Co. KG in Germany. He is also a lecturer on thermoforming at the Aalen University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

 Foreword

 Preface of Second Edition

 Preface of First Edition

 Introduction to Second Edition

1 Introduction

2 Basics of Thermoforming and Thermoplastics

3 Production of Semifinished Products, Extrusion, and Coextrusion

4 Introduction to Technical Parts

5 Antenna Radome Manufacturing

6 Fuel Tank Production on Sheet Machines

7 Automotive Body and Commercial Vehicle Applications

8 Production of Refrigerator Liners

9 Paint Replacement in Automotive Applications

10 Motor Air Intake Made from PA 6 GF 15

11 Sanitary Equipment (Sheet Machine)

12 Thermoforming and Milling of Large-Scale Formed Parts (Sheet Machine)

13 Changeover of Sheet Machines

14 Chromed Parts

15 Applications in Aircraft and Mass Transportation

16 High-Quality and Fully Transparent Products (Sheet Machines)

17 Deco Molding and Multi-deco Molding

18 Smart Manufacturing

19 Automotive Body Parts Made of PA + ABS

20 Softfeel Made from ABS/TPU Material

21 Introduction to Packaging

22 Optimizing a Thermoforming Process for Packaging

23 Analysis of Thermoforming Films

24 Advanced Analysis of Thermoforming Films

25 Analysis of Thermoformed Products

26 Analysis of Completely Formed, Filled, and Sealed Containers

27 Automated Packaging

28 Production of Flowerpots

29 Perforated Fruit and Vegetable Trays made easy

30 Steel Rule Die Punching

31 Production of Meat Trays

32 Multilayer Films for Thermoforming Applications

33 PET in Thermoforming Applications

34 Thermoformed Packaging Made of PLA

35 Peel and Reseal

36 Foam Packaging with PP and PS

37 Blister Packaging of Syringes

38 The Production of Drinking Cups

39 Approaches for more sustainable rigid packaging through thermoforming

40 Mold making for thermoforming in packaging

41 Ultrasonic Sealing and Cutting in Thermoforming

42 Understanding the Brittle Behavior of Polystyrene Cups

43 Preprinted Film for Lid Thermoforming

44 Flexible Films

45 Simulation

46 Sustainability and Circular Economy

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