Vacuum Forming Aluminum Sheet

Also known as armor plate these 5083 aluminum sheets are hardened to an h131 temper for increased strength and impact resistance over standard 5083 sheets.

Vacuum forming aluminum sheet.

You can also choose from plate coil vacuum forming aluminum sheet as well as from 5000 series 3000 series and 1000 series vacuum forming aluminum sheet and whether vacuum forming aluminum sheet is punching bending or cutting. Vacuum forming also known as thermoforming is the technique in which plastic is heated to a manipulative state and form fitted against a concave surface by way of suction. Vacuum forming is a common thermoforming method that uses negative air pressure to force the plastic sheet against a mold suitable materials for use in vacuum forming are conventionally thermoplastics the most common and easiest being high impact polystyrene sheeting hips which is molded around a wood structural foam or cast machined aluminum mold and can form to almost any shape. The material and process is optimized for cost effectiveness and it is relatively easy to later make engineering changes to a part.

Create molds for vacuum forming and thermoforming applications. Essentially drape forming bottom is clamping a piece of sheet plastic in some type of clamping mechanism putting this material into a heating oven heating the plastic sheet up to a desired temperature retracting it from the oven draping it over a mold trapping the sheet just inside the clamping mechanism over the edge of the mold flange and applying a vacuum to the mold chamber.