{"id":548,"date":"2021-07-13T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxplastiques.com\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:03:19","slug":"explanation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dxplastiques.com\/en\/thermoforming\/explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-548\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-548-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"row_spacing panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-548-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-548-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-548-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"list_style panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-548-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h1><span class=\"title_black_upp\">WHAT IS THERMOFORMING?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"title_box_grey\">DX Plastiques<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thermoforming is the perfect balance between heating and plastic to precision form a part.<\/p>\n<p>Thermoforming is a technique that consists of taking a sheet of thermoplastic and placing it on a frame in order to heat it to soften it.<\/p>\n<p>This takes advantage of the material's ability to warp without breaking in order to shape it using a mold. Any residual air between the plate that holds the mold and the hot sheet is then removed using a vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>The sheet adopts the mold's imprint; after cooling, we get the part we expected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-548-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-548-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-548-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-945\" src=\"https:\/\/dxplastiques.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image_thermoformage.jpg\" alt=\"thermoformage\" width=\"1030\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS THERMOFORMING? 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