Cargo Cover

vacuum molded cargo cover Associated Thermoforming Inc.

Vacuum Molding Process Used For American Airlines This part for American Airlines’ baggage handling trolleys was manufactured by ATI using the Vacuum Molding process. Additionally, we employed Design For Manufacturing to avoid potential problems later in the process. A challenging part due to size and material used, this project exemplified good use of DFM. Beginning early in the process, we … Read more

Seat Pan Insert

vacuum formed seat pan insert Associated Thermoforming Inc.

Vacuum Forming Process Used to Manufacture Seat Pan Insert We thermoformed this seat pan insert for the Aerospace Industry using the Vacuum Forming Process. To form this part we used an engineered resin, Lexan F6000. Thus, we had much the same processing requirements as for the Radel® material used in the Shroud Headrest part. Next, we form this part … Read more

Shroud Headrest

Pressure Formed Shroud Headrest Associated Thermoforming Inc.

Pressure Forming Process Used for Shroud Headrest This part is made from a Radel® resin which is a polyphenylsulfone material.  Radel’s properties include very high impact and chemical resistance in addition to the toxicity properties stated above. Because of the physical properties of the sheet, the processing temperatures are very high, requiring the sheet to … Read more