vacuum molding

materials technology

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plastics

  • plastic soft-drink bottles
    In plastic: Thermoforming and cold molding

    …sheet can be pulled by vacuum into contact with the cold surface of a mold, where it cools to below Tg or Tm and becomes dimensionally stable in the shape of the mold. Cups for cold drinks are formed in this way from polystyrene or PET.

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