[Vacuum forming plastic options]

You have to consider the same things for ABS and HIPS as for PVC

[Vacuum forming plastic options]

Hello,

 

I have some experience from the industrial vacuumforming (fridge production with PVC).

It's quite important that the core temperature from your plastic sheet is higher then the glas transition temperature but not so high as the melting temperature. If the temperature is below the glas transition temperature, you will get some cracks in the plastic during the forming. Also the tempering of the mold is quite important, with a "hot" mold (30-50°C) you get better results during the forming (the material can flow better).

In the fridge mass production we used a lot of sensors to control the plastic sheet heating process and also the forming process itself. But nevertheless, we set the parameters for each new product with the try and error method

[Hello from Southwest Germany]

Thank you all for your warm welcome. I am glad to be a part of this community

[Hello from Southwest Germany]

Hello togehter,

my name is Alex and I am from Tübingen (Germany). Since more then 15 years I am playing with the idea to get an Stormtrooper outfit, but now I recently decided to do it 

I read many different webpages and forums in the last few weeks about the various helmet and armor supplier. After this first investigation, I checked more deeply the armor and helmets from RS, TM and quite shortly also from anovos.

 

After many hours of comparison, I found my favorite => TM. Hopefully I get the chance to buy first of all an helmet and then an armor from TM.

I already contacted him, so let's wait and see what happens in the next days 

 

I am looking forward to a lively experience exchange with you all 

 

Greetings Alex