DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURING OF THERMOFORMING TOOL FOR DISPOSAL CUPS

Thermoforming molding continues to be one of the advantageous manufacturing processes to produce components with geometrical intricacies and is also for mass production of components made of typical engineering plastic materials. This dissertation work deals with Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of Thermoforming tool for the component DISPOSABLE CUP. The main task of this project is to produce eleven components in one shot, employing through thermoforming molding technique by providing the various design factors on a new concept for the same. Material for this component is Polystyrene. This design details or design considerations in thermoforming molding including shrinkage, ejection, cooling system etc.