Building custom parts often means learning new skills or getting out of your comfort zone, especially if you want to create something that is really cool. While most hot rodders can fabricate brackets ...

Vacuum forming is a handy thing to be able to do, and [3DSage] demonstrates how to do a bare-bones system that can form anything smaller than a dinner plate with little more than a 3D printed fitting ...

Chances are good that you’ve already lost some blood to thermoforming, the plastics manufacturing process that turns a flat sheet of material into an unopenable clamshell package, tray inside a box, ...

Peter Zelnick can imagine Zed Industries Inc.'s new thermoforming machine — which forms parts in a vacuum — turning out panels for buildings on Mars. How about something more down-to-Earth? * Medical ...

Advances in machinery, resins, and tooling are enabling the use of thermoforming in new applications. But some challenges remain to this well-established process.

Makers and small businesses looking for an affordable way to manufacture vacuum formed products in small production runs may be interested in a new desktop vacuum forming machine which has been ...

(MENAFN- Market Press Release) August 23, 2025 10:02 am - Manplas Limited expands its capabilities in Vacuum Forming Plastic to deliver custom solutions across the UK. Manchester, UK - Manplas Limited ...

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 ...