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Vacuum Form Tooling

Vacuum forming allows for cost effective, flexible tooling. One of the real strengths of Vacuum Forming is the ability of the manufacturer to generate prototypes and tooling rapidly. With our comprehensive in-house tooling facility we generate all of our tooling quickly and efficiently, getting you your parts in a timely and cost effective manner.

Another benefit of having in-house tooling is that if design modifications arise, those changes can be made promptly. A small simple tool could take 4 hours to create, a large complex tool up to 3 weeks. When you bring us your drawing we will give you an honest assessment of how long the tooling and prototype process will take.

Tooling Materials

Each tool is made of di!erent materials, according to the expected lifecycle of the tooling and the cost considerations of the customer. Lemac Manufacturing frequently uses the following materials in the tooling process:

  • WOOD: Wood tooling is cost effective and easily modified, making it ideal for prototyping and smaller production runs.
  • ALUMINUM: Aluminum tooling tends to be more expensive, but is highly durable and excellent for use in mold designs that have intricate details and points of  high pressure when being released from the mold.
  • POLYESTER: Polyester resin tooling is fast curing and temperature tolerant, as well as being light weight. It works well for prototype tooling.
  • HDPE FOAM: HDPE foam is dense foam which makes long lasting molds capable of long term use in production runs.
  • EPOXY: Epoxies and resins can be used to cast molds with detailed surface areas and textures that would otherwise be hard to achieve.
  • ALUMINUM FILLED EPOXY: Once mixed and cured, aluminum filled epoxy can be shaped into highly detailed and durable tooling.

Vacuum Form Tooling Design Requirements: We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, WE WILL ATTEMPT JUST ABOUT ANY PROJECT. That said, vacuum forming has some requirements to consider before you bring us your design. In vacuum forming one side of a plastic sheet is stretched and formed over either a male or female mold to form the part. This means that one side of the part must be free to escape the mold.

If you are unsure whether your design will work, please let us have a look, and we will let you know of it is right for the vacuum form process.

What Lemac Believes

Lemac company policy is that there is no challenge we won’t take on! We are dedicated to excellent customer service; our goal is to provide the highest quality parts with the shortest lead times at the most competitive prices possible.

What Makes Lemac Special?

Shop capabilities: Lemac has 4 different vacuum forming ovens of varying sizes, which allows us to make large and small products as efficiently as possible. We have 2 CNC machines which bring robotic technology and precision to our finished products, as well as a myriad of other finishing tools.

Engineering: Our lead engineer has over 40 years of experience in the plastics business, engineering and manufacturing parts for many different industries. LMC uses Solidworks CAD to create a virtual prototype. With the virtual prototype we can test tolerances, stress points, and even impact strength in the computer program to troubleshoot designs before the tooling is made.

Flexibility in quantity, function and design: Vacuum forming allows for a huge range of part sizes, shapes, and colors. Whether your part is 1”x 1” or 10 ’x 10’, vacuum forming can accommodate that size. Draw depths can range from parts of an inch, all the way up to 3 feet.

Proprietary Protection: As an Original Equipment Manufacturer LMC understands that any designs brought to us are proprietary. All of our employees have signed non-disclosure agreements.

LMC & Environmental Stewardship

Lemac is committed to environmental stewardship. One of our first priorities when we moved into our new facility was retrofitting the entire building to use low energy light bulbs. We implemented a recycling program that encompasses both our shop floor and our offices. All of the plastic trimmed during the production process is reground and recycled into usable plastic. We use that same recycled plastic to produce our parts.

Lemac Manufacturing Co Inc. is the home of 30 years of the highest quality custom engineered vacuum and pressure formed plastic products.

Materials routinely used: ABS, PVC, HIPS, HDPE, Acrylic and many others.

Hours of Operation

Mon.-Thurs: 8:30am - 6:30pm
Fri.-Sun.- Closed

DELIVERY HOURS:
Mon.-Thurs.: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri.-Sun.- Closed

Contact Us

Lemac Office
3890 Hammer Drive
Bellingham, WA 98226

Tel: 360-756-1720
Fax: 360-756-2342

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