Advanced thermoforming : methods, machines and materials, applications, automation, sustainability, and the circular economy / Sven Engelmann.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Basics of Thermoforming and Thermoplastics -- Production of Semifinished Products, Extrusion, and Coextrusion -- Introduction to Technical Parts -- Antenna Radome Manufacturing -- Fuel Tank Production on Sheet Machines -- Automotive Body and Commercial Vehicle Applications -- Production of Refrigerator Liners -- Paint Replacement in Automotive Applications -- Motor Air Intake Made from PA 6 GF -- Sanitary Equipment (Sheet Machine) -- Thermoforming and Milling of Large-Scale Formed Parts (Sheet Machine) -- Changeover of Sheet Machines -- Chromed Parts -- Applications in Aircraft and Mass Transportation -- High-Quality and Fully Transparent Products (Sheet Machines) -- Deco Molding and Multi-deco Molding -- Smart Manufacturing -- Automotive Body Parts Made of PA ABS -- Softfeel Made from ABS/TPU Material -- Introduction to Packaging -- Optimizing a Thermoforming Process for Packaging -- Analysis of Thermoforming Films -- Advanced Analysis of Thermoforming Films -- Analysis of Thermoformed Products -- Analysis of Completely Formed, Filled, and Sealed Containers -- Automated Packaging -- Production of Flowerpots -- Perforated Fruit and Vegetable Trays made easy -- Steel Rule Die Punching -- Production of Meat Trays -- Multilayer Films for Thermoforming Applications -- PET in Thermoforming Applications -- Thermoformed Packaging Made of PLA -- Peel and Reseal -- Foam Packaging with PP and PS -- Blister Packaging of Syringes -- The Production of Drinking Cups -- Approaches for more sustainable rigid packaging through thermoforming -- Mold making for thermoforming in packaging -- Ultrasonic Sealing and Cutting in Thermoforming -- Understanding the Brittle Behavior of Polystyrene Cups -- Preprinted Film for Lid Thermoforming -- Flexible Films -- Simulation -- Sustainability and Circular Economy.

"This book offers an overview and new insights into thermoforming, for which there are different processes available depending on the needed application. Refinements in machine technology leads to higher productivity, better quality parts, lower material costs, and better profitability. Mold technology and flexible molds are also critical to thermoforming application, and this book highlights both the existing and new standards in this technology. This book also addresses the simulation of formed parts as well as applications of technical parts and packaging. The reader is guided through the path of development, design, machine and mold technology and production. Along with updating content, this edition adds new coverage of sustainability in packaging, mold technology, electromotive, and developments in new materials"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Sven Engelmann is the Director of Packaging Technology and the Thermoforming Technology Center at Illig Maschinenbau GmbH Co. KG in Germany. He is also a lecturer on thermoforming at the Aalen University of Applied Sciences in Germany.