Thermoforming : A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition

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

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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.

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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

Index