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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.
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Drape Forming in Action

Clamp and cool

This video shows drape forming in action at our workshop: The material is heated to pliability and then draped over a tool. The tool is then clamped down, allowing the material to take the shape of the tool and cool.

Advantages

• Materials thickness remains consistent throughout the part.
• Sheet is not stretched.
• Lower tooling costs

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Drape Forming

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