Custom Thermoforming
Thermoforming is a process where an extruded sheet of plastic is heated to a specific forming temperature, formed to the shape of either a female or male mold and then trimmed to fit the desired, detailed finished product. It involves far less tooling and investment than other plastic molding processes, making it an advantageous means of production.
Vacuum Forming
Bo-Mer has been striving to find the most effective ways to serve our customers since 1946. This is where our vacuum forming services come into play. By providing this option for our customers, we can offer lower costs and faster results, due to superior production variables.
Pressure Forming
Pressure forming is a more advanced form of vacuum forming. The mold creates the desired shape with the force of a vacuum on one side of the sheet and compressed air pressure on the other. Pressure forming can produce the fine detail that injection molding can, however it is done at a fraction of the cost.
Membrane Press Forming
Membrane press forming may be considered a type of “drape” forming, however this process requires the use of a vacuum. In our case, we heat a sheet of material, drape it over a mold which is usually made of wood, epoxy, or aluminum and then a vacuum is pulled between the mold, which has the material and the membrane on it. As the vacuum is pulled, the membrane is able to push the material in the configuration of the mold.
Drape Forming
Unlike most thermoforming processes, drape forming does not stretch the plastic during the formation of the part. A sheet of heated extruded plastic is manually draped over a mold to create the desired shape without the use of a vacuum. The mold is usually a felt lined wood or epoxy board with a matched upper and lower “clamshell” type of mold.
Free Forming
We tend to use the free forming process on jobs that call for the clarity of the product to be a top priority. This process allows us to concentrate on the clarity of the material because the material never actually touches the mold as it is formed, it is sucked down into an open mold by a vacuum to its desired shape.
Plastic Fabrication
A value-added process that we offer in-house which gives us the ability to create plastic and/or metal structures, parts and machines from a variety of raw materials. Because we have the ability to fabricate without outsourcing, we offer additional value to our customers by reducing the number of vendors that are needed to complete different services, reducing the overall cost.
Rotational Molding
Where a heated hollow mold is filled with a specific amount of resin and then rotated bi-axially in an oven, softening the material to evenly disperse and stick to the walls of the mold. Each rotation, along with the correct speed are critical. In order to maintain an even thickness throughout the part, the mold continues to rotate throughout the heating phase all the way through the cooling phase.
Metal Fabrication
A value-added process that we offer in-house which gives us the ability to create plastic and/or metal structures, parts and machines from a variety of raw materials. Because we have the ability to fabricate without outsourcing, we offer additional value to our customers by reducing the number of vendors that are needed to complete different services, reducing the overall cost.
Painting
We provide painting to offer extra value and service to our customers.
- Solvent Based
- Water Based
- EMI/RFI Shielding
Full Assembly
We provide a full assembly of services to offer extra value and service to our customers.
- Assembly of plastic & metal components
- Welding / laser welding
- Adhering, riveting, eyeleting, sewing, soldering
- Painting & EMI/RFI shielding
- Screen printing & powder coating available via reliable outsourcing
- 3D printing
