Title: Thermoforming : A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition Author: Adolf Illig, Peter Schwarzmann ISBN: 1569907080 / 9781569907085 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 495 Publisher: Hanser Gardner Year: 2019 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
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Thermoforming is an area of plastics processing with especially high growth, applying to both production of technical parts as well as for packaging. In the area of plastics packaging, thermoforming is unrivaled as a processing method.
This popular and unparalleled book has been comprehensively extended and revised in its second edition. New topics include thermoforming tools, decoration in thermoforming, and energy usage in thermoforming.
In addition to the thermoplastic materials, all procedural steps of thermoforming as well as the essential machine types and fundamentals of making tools and molds are described comprehensively and illustrated with practical examples.
This is a practical manual for both beginners and experienced professionals, based on a well-proven teaching program employed in training courses, with detailed descriptions of the principles and processes of thermoforming. It provides an introduction to the topic for students, as well as the fundamental knowledge for deeper treatment of specific problems for working engineers and technicians with practical field experience.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Basic Principles and Terminology in Thermoforming Chapter 2 : Semi-Finished Thermoplastic Materials Chapter 3 : Heating Technology in Thermoforming Chapter 4 : Heaters in Sheet-Processing Machines Chapter 5 : Heaters in Automatic Roll-Fed Machines Chapter 6 : Heating Multicoloured and Preprinted Materials Using IR Heaters Chapter 7 : Thermoforming Process on Sheet-Processing Machines, Punching Station with Blade Cut Chapter 8 : Thermoforming Process on Automatic Roll-Fed Machines, Forming and Punching Tools With Shear Cuts Chapter 9 : Special Procedures Using Combined Forming and Punching Tools in Automatic Roll-Fed Machines Chapter 10 : Thermoforming Transparent Parts Chapter 11 : Thermoforming Preprinted Materials Chapter 12 : Cooling The Formed Parts Chapter 13 : Demolding Chapter 14 : Stacking Parts Chapter 15 : Finish-Processing on Thermoformed Parts Chapter 16 : Punching Thermoformed Parts Chapter 17 : Decoration and Thermoforming Chapter 18 : Distortion in Thermoformed Parts Chapter 19 : Thermoforming Tools Chapter 20 : Temperature Control for Thermoforming Tools Chapter 21 : Energy Consumption in Thermoforming Chapter 22 : Thermoforming Faults