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What is thermoforming? What are some thermoformed products?

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2021-06-01


  Thermoforming is a plastic processing technology. Its main principle is to heat and soften a flat plastic sheet, then use vacuum suction to adhere it to the surface of a mold, and cool it to form the shape. Thermoforming is widely used in plastic packaging, lighting, advertising, and decoration industries.


  The main advantages of thermoformed packaging are: saving raw materials, light weight, convenient transportation, good sealing performance, meeting the requirements of environmentally friendly green packaging; it can package any irregularly shaped product, and no additional buffer material is needed for packing; the packaged product is transparent and visible, beautiful in appearance, easy to sell, and suitable for mechanized and automated packaging, facilitating modern management, saving manpower, and improving efficiency.


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  Thermoformed Packaging


  Thermoformed packaging products mainly include: blister packs, trays, and thermoformed boxes. Synonyms include: vacuum covers, blister packs, etc.


  Blister Pack


  Using thermoforming technology, transparent plastic sheets are made into transparent plastic with specific raised shapes, covering the surface of the product to protect and beautify the product. Also known as blister packs, vacuum covers, and plastic face shields. According to the form of the blister pack, it can be divided into: single blister pack, double blister pack, insert card blister pack, and suction card blister pack.


  Thermoformed Box


  This is a type of thermoformed product with a lid and a bottom. The bottom and lid are connected together, called a folding thermoformed box; the bottom and lid are separated, called a top and bottom thermoformed box.


  Thermoformed Tray


  Also known as a plastic inner tray, it uses thermoforming technology to make plastic with specific concave grooves from plastic sheets, placing the product in the concave grooves to protect and beautify the product.


  Flocked Tray


  This is a thermoformed tray using special materials. A layer of velvet material is glued to the surface of an ordinary plastic sheet, giving the tray surface a velvety feel, to improve the grade of the packaging.


  Anti-static Tray


  This is a thermoformed tray using special materials. The surface resistance of this material is less than 10 to the power of 11 ohms. It is mainly used for thermoformed trays of electronic and IT products.


  Thermoforming Mold


  Molds used in thermoforming production. Plaster molds are relatively low in cost, followed by electroplated copper molds, and aluminum molds are more expensive. The molds are drilled with small holes for vacuum suction of the heated sheet to form thermoformed products.


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