[Matterhackers] has a nice video tutorial on using vacuum forming to create plastic items. Sure, you have a 3D printer, but vacuum forming has some advantages if you are making thin and flexible items ...

Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). Lou Moria designed a pair of shoes that could ...

Deforming means changing the shape of a material by bending, stretching, or compressing it. Vacuum forming involves heating a sheet of plastic until soft and then stretching it over a mould using a ...

Paper tray vacuum forming is a production process widely used in packaging, transportation, and product protection. In order to enhance the production efficiency of paper tray vacuum forming, many ...

Creep (top), vacuum forming (middle) and compression molding (bottom) processes. Thermoforming rigid foam core sheets has been on my radar lately, spurred by questions from an Abaris client about ...

Vacuum forming involves heating up a sheet of plastic and stretching it over a mold known as a “buck”. A vacuum is applied to pull the plastic up to the mold surface. The major parts are a table top ...