UNDERSTANDING THERMOFORMING

Hanser Gardner Publications offers Understanding Thermoforming by James L. Thorne. It was developed during many in-plant short courses and the basic thermoforming course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It is designed for people who may not have extensive formal education.

It offers an introduction to the technology and includes the history of thermoforming technology. It covers important polymer characteristics, methods of contemporary thermoforming, machines, methods of heat transfer, stretching characteristics, types of trimming and general guidelines.

For more information, contact Hanser Gardner Publications, 6915 Valley Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45244-3029, 800-950-8977, FAX 800-953-8805, Web: www.hansergardner.com.