to thermoform
- verb
- /ˈθɜrmoʊfɔrm/
- Specialized
- After heating the sheets, they were ready to thermoform them into various shapes needed for production.
- thermoformed parts
Examples
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"The epoxy tooling is cheap and you can make several parts at once by thermoforming a 5x12-foot sheet," Ward explained.
Academic text (1999) -
To create a custom design, the engineer decided to thermoform the plastic into the desired shape.
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Positive molds of these models were then carved, and negative molds were thermoformed over them.
Academic text (1992) -
A computer numerically controlled router then cuts out the thermoformed parts.
Academic text (1999) -
It is sometimes necessary to include secondary processes with thermoformed parts to achieve critical tolerances, and they can substantially increase part cost.
Academic text (2010) -
He was the first to develop an effective program for simulating the thickness distribution in thermoformed plastic parts.
Academic text (1996) -
Also some probably high density foam, foam, PVC board that's thermoformed, vacuum forming, probably some resin cast pieces.
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Preforms of thermoformed mat are made by pressing masses of long glass fibers with binder additives under heat.
Academic text (1996) -
Instead, Ward prefers to thermoform Senosan, a thick, tough, multilayer plastic sheet developed by Austria's Senoplast Klepsch & Co.
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The company specializes in thermoforming lightweight plastic components for the automotive industry.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thermoform as a verb uses thermo- ('heat') + form ('shape'), so to thermoform something is to 'heat' a plastic sheet until it is soft and then 'form' it into a specific shape.