RE: [OT]ish suction moulding machine?

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vacuum Forming Machine is the term you're looking for. I grew up with them
as my dad designed them for a living. He's even got one in bits in his
garage, well he used to, I try and avoid things like his garage & loft
as
it's admitting that I may still have my junk in there :)

If you need any advise, shout and I'll forward the questions to him.

Depending on the gauge of plastic, you may get away with a heat source like
a hair dryer and a domestic vacuum cleaner to provide the suck, you'd need
to build a suitable box to hold everything.

You may even find a local plastics company who'd be prepared to run off a
small number, or perhaps even approach a local school / technical college
(if such a thing still exists) with a donation to school funds.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Samphire [mailto:jules@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:18 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT]ish suction moulding machine?
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Odd request I know, but I'm putting the finishing touches to
> a touch panel PC and need to smarten the front up a little.
> I'm thinking back to my old CDT days in school where we had a
> machine a few feet square that was used to heat and then drop
> sheets of plastic onto moulds. Letting the plastic cool down,
> you'd be left with some rigid plastic in the shape of your
> mould. I'm trying to find a simple or cheap version on the
> web so I can design and mould a front plate for my device.
>
> If anyone knows a manufacturer or the technical name for such
> a product, that'd be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jules
>
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