文档介绍：Forming
Machine
IVincent Gingery
THE SECRETS OF BUILDING A
PLASTIC VACUUM FORMING
MACHINE
Written & Illustrated by
Vincent R. Gingery
Published by
David J. Gingery Publishing LLC
. Box 318
Rogersville, MO 65742
Printed in the USA
CONTENTS
First Edition
Introduction ....................................4
First Printing 1999
How vacuum forming is done .........................7
Vacuum form safety ...............................10
A few things to consider ............................16
Copyright @ 1999 Vincent R . Gingery
All rights reserved What kind of plastic can we use and where can we buy it? .....16
What is vacuum? .................................17
Choosing a vacuum source ..........................18
Vacuum storage ..................................22
Library Of Congress Catalog The heating element and control switch .................22
Card Number 99-94589 The adjustable platen .............................24
Other materials ...................................25
Tools & construction methods ........................26
Safety .........................................26
ISBN # 1-878087-22-3 Material list for roll around cart .......................26
Building the roll around cart .........................28
Mounting the platen jack and control valves ................36
.~p Parts list for the adjustable platen assembly ................41
NOTICE OF DISCLAIMER: There are serious hazards in the pro- ........................
cesses and procedures in this book . No attempt has been made to Building the adjustable platen 42
point out all of the danger or even a majority of them . The methods. Parts list for clamp frame ...........................57
materials and procedures that are suggested in this manual were de- Building the clamp frame ............................58
veloped by a nonprofessional . The author is not an engineer or scien-
tist and no claim is