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products for SUBSEA, OCEANOGRAPHIC, and NAVAL applications, please visit the
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Innovative Tooling Materials for
Thermoforming
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Technical Library
CMT
Materials works with leading thermoformers, sheet material and tooling
suppliers, modeling software companies and several universities on research
aimed at furthering the understanding of the forming process. Our library
features, in pdf format, thermoforming machining & design guides, technical
papers and studies we belive you will find useful and informative.
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Hytac Machining
and Design Guides
Helpful guides for working with HYTAC
products. |
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Technical Papers
and Presentations
Technical papers and presentations relative to
thermoforming. |
- CMT Abstracts
Abstracts of several presentations and technical papers involving
CMT.
- References
Thermoforming Papers
A list of recent papers in the open
literature related to Thermoforming.
- CMT 2002 SPE
Presentation
(this is a large pdf file)
A copy of the
presentation from the 2002 SPE Thermoforming Technical Conference titled
"Investigation of Plug Assist Material Properties Relative to the Thermoforming
Process", presented in September 2002 in Nashville, TN.
- CMT 2004 SPE
Presentation
(this is a large pdf file)
A copy of the
presentation from the 2004 SPE Thermoforming Technical Conference titled
"Advances in Plug Materials" presented in September 2004 in Indianapolis,
IN.
- CMT 2006 SPE
Presentation
(this is a large pdf file)
A copy of the
presentation from the 2006 SPE Thermoforming Technical Conference titled
"Measuring Plug-to-Sheet Interactions During The Thermoforming Process" presented in September 2006 in Nashville,
TN.
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- ANTEC 2002
A copy of the
technical paper presented at the 2002 WorldPak conference titled “Process
Simulation Modeling Parameters for Plug Assist Thermoforming of High Density
Polyethylene”, presented in June 2002 at Michigan State University in East
Lansing, MI.
- WorldPak 2002
A copy of
the technical paper presented at the 2002 WorldPak conference titled
“Process Simulation Modeling Parameters for Plug Assist Thermoforming of
High Density Polyethylene”, presented in June 2002 at Michigan State
University in East Lansing, MI.
- ANTEC 2003
A copy of the
technical paper presented at the 2003 ANTEC conference titled
“Polymer-Polymeric Friction at Temperatures and Rates Simulating the
Thermoforming Process”, presented in May 2003 in Nashville,
TN.
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Thermoforming
Studies and References
CMT studies investigating practical plug assist
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- Material Distribution
Study
Synatactic Foam Plug Assist Distribution Study
Summary of
a study performed at Aristech using six different plug materials to form
polypropylene cups.
- Insert Evaluation
Plug Assist Insert Evaluation
Comparison of the pull-out
strengths of threaded inserts with various plug materials.
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- References
Thermoforming Papers
List of recent
papers on thermoforming available in the open literature.
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