Preparation of polypropylene thermoplastic container via thermoforming process

• Main Authors: Nik Ruqiyah, Nik Hassan, Farah Amira, Mohd Ghazali, Abdul Aziz, Jaafar, Noor Mazni, Ismail
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13886/1/Preparation%20of%20polypropylene%20thermoplastic%20container%20via%20thermoforming%20process.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13886/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/114/1/012019

In this study, plastic containers made of polypropylene (PP) sheets were fabricated via vacuum thermoforming. Thermoforming is a process used in fabricating plastic parts by changing flat thermoplastic sheet to three dimensional shapes. In preparing these thermoplastic containers, the design and fab...