Vacuum Forming

Vacuum forming is the process of heating a sheet of plastic and using vacuum and pressure to form the part into the shape of the tool. Typically, with vacuum forming, the mold side of the part is, in most cases, non-cosmetic so you are using the textured sheet for the aesthetics of the part. In other words, the sheet provides the cosmetics. There are multiple textures to choose from as well as colors. WPS does custom and generic colors, which allows us to match your color scheme.

Some advantages of using the vacuum forming process over other plastic processes are cost effectiveness, shorter lead times, and reduced part weight. Therefore, vacuum forming is more conducive in allowing for more frequency updating of our customer's designs.

At WPS we specialize in large part cosmetic parts with the largest vacuum forming rotary (10' x 22' x 50" draw) in the United States!

We utilize a multitude of thermoplastic resins in our thermoforming to include weatherable and non-weatherable ABS and ABS alloys, PVC, TPO, PPO, acrylic, polystyrene, polyethylene and polycarbonate and many highly engineered composite blends.

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