A hot bed of inventiveness

NPE '97 was a venue for innovations in thermoforming, with the general focus on increased efficiency, repeatability and flexibility. These were achieved by increasing the use of servo-drives which improved process controls, and cycle-time and position controls. ZED Industries Inc.of Vandalia, OH, introduced a modification of its 'SC Series,' a thermoforming machine with the capability of forming Kapton polyimide films at extremely high temperatures, high clamp pressures and high steel-rule-die trimming pressures.