Custom Vacuum and Pressure Thermoforming
Taking Your Thermoforming Product From Concept to Delivery-Quickly!

 

Custom Vacuum, Pressure, and Inline Thermoforming

Thermoforming can revolutionize your product's appearance and quality. The first consideration  of a designer is whether the new part should be made out of aluminum, steel, wood or plastic.

In today's environment, many shapes can be readily and economically made using plastic. If plastic is the best choice, the next selection is the specific thermoplastic (materials capable of softening when heated and of hardening again when cooled) or thermoset material, and the process itself. Process choices include: compression molding, injection molding, rotationally molding, fiberglassing, blow molding or vacuum forming. Each process has its advantages and disadvantages. In choosing the best materials and process for your needs, InterTrade's ISO 9001:2000 certified thermoforming expert engineers use a material-neutral approach, providing you with the optimum solution for your product's requirements.

Typical applications include: Medical trays, Aerospace components, Covers, Shrouds, Enclosures, Electronic Trays, Exercise Equipment, Cosmetic displays, Packaging, and POP.

Products range in thickness and flexibility (InterTrade can achieve thicknesses between  .0040" and .5") and attain crisp, sharp detailed finishes.

Typical industries served include:
 

InterTrade's  ISO 9001:2000 certified Southern California-based facility has many years of thermoforming experience with a wide range of thermoplastics. Thermoforming materials are available in wide variety of thicknesses, sheet sizes, colors, surface textures, and features such as Fire Retardant, High Heat Resistance, glass-filled, FDA approved, aircraft interior
rated, etc.

Typical materials include, but not limited to:

Vacuum Forming

Vacuum Forming is ideal for applications where product quantity is low to medium, fast lead- time is needed and low mold costs are required. 
 

Vacuum Thermoformer
 

Boeing Tank Reusable
Travel Case Subassembly

Pressure Forming
Pressure forming is similar to vacuum forming, but with the addition of applying pressure to the parts during the forming operation. By using air pressure as a forming aid, we are able to increase the detail on the parts. This allows for sharper definition and an "injection molding look"–without the high cost and long lead times associated with injection molding. Pressure forming gives you features– such as ribs, louvers, label recesses and letters embossment– that are similar to injection molding.

Pressure Forming is ideal for applications where low tooling cost is desired and critical "injection molding" appearance is required.
 

Inline Thermoforming
In this process, we use plastic rolls instead of plastic sheets. The plastic film moves from a roll onto the inline equipment and through the heating section. The heated material advances into the forming section where pressure and/or vacuum force the plastic onto a mold. It then proceeds to another station where formed parts are die-cut.

Inline Thermoforming is used to produce items such as medical trays, electronic trays, blisters and clamshells for packaging.

Fabrication
Another area where InterTrade Industries excels is fabrication and bending. For those parts that do not require vacuum or pressure forming, we design and build just the right fixture to heat bend and fabricate the part. Usually these parts are finished on the CNC router.

Finishing and Assembly
Formed parts are trimmed and drilled using CNC routers, then bonded and completed with inserts and details, as required. The final steps are deburring, cleaning, final inspection and packaging. Our precision equipment enables us to repeat this process endlessly with high tolerances.

In short, whatever your thermoforming needs, InterTrade's ISO 9001:2000 certified team of experts are ready to serve them. Our 30 plus years of business in Southern California shows you we are committed to long-term relationships built on ingenuity and dedication to meeting today's market demands.
 

From Start to Finish– InterTrade Industries Can Support 
All Your Thermoforming Product Needs! 
 

    email: info@intertradeindustries.com (attach CAD files)

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