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 ...

VANDALIA, OHIO (Dec. 27, 3:20 p.m. ET) — 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 ...

Vacuum forming is used to make plastic housing or components for a wide range of items, from food packaging and masks to helmets and parts for aeroplanes. Let's take a look at how it's done. Goggles, ...

Thermoforming equipment makers, component suppliers and machine dealers will display their products and discuss capabilities during NPE 2015, March 23-27 in Orlando, Fla. Aaron Equipment Co. (Booth ...

Advances in materials, tooling, and technology continue to blur the line between the most suitable process and a given application. Thermoforming, of course, can be used to make everything from ...