Design and fabrication of vacuum forming machine to develop vehicle's body components
Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mold, and forced against the mold by avacuum. This process can be used to form plastic into permanent objects such as turnpike signs and protective co
Project Title
Design and fabrication of vacuum forming machine to develop vehicle's body components
Project Area of Specialization
Project Summary
Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mold, and forced against the mold by avacuum. This process can be used to form plastic into permanent objects such as turnpike signs and protective covers.
Project Objectives
- Manually operated vacuum forming machine with simple construction
- Optimal design for the rectification of the major forming defects
- Ease of use
- Electric efficient heating system to get uniform heat distribution
- Product development (Future goal)
- Capable of addressing the major forming defects like webbing , wrinkling etc
Project Implementation Method
- Raw sketches
- 3D cad design
- Market survey for availibility of components
- Fabrication
- Experiments
- Results and analysis
Benefits of the Project
- cheaply produced
- ideally suited for experimental purpose
- use as a lab equipment for teaching purpose
- mold production of complex geometries
- product development
- possibility of a startup
- occasional production of components
Technical Details of Final Deliverable
- A heating panel having heating tubes and a temperature sensor
- A frame called platen used to carry the plastic to heater and strechinh onto a mold
- A vacuum pump and an air tank
- A wooden box for vacuum source
- A wooden vacuum chamber
Final Deliverable of the Project
Core Industry
Other Industries
Core Technology
Other Technologies
Sustainable Development Goals
Required Resources
| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum pump | Equipment | 1 | 15000 | 15000 |
| Stainless steel platen | Equipment | 1 | 5000 | 5000 |
| Heater | Miscellaneous | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Wooden box | Equipment | 1 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Total in (Rs) | 26000 |
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