As Europe continues to enjoy its coldest snap for a while, Frank Wilson, founder of leading infrared heating supplier, Ceramicx, offers some thoughts on the art of heat work in plastic packaging manufacturing  – and how to put the best ‘thermo’ into thermoforming.

Any plastics packaging thermoforming production system has its areas of opportunity and weakness  -  high-speed packaging lines even more so.

It is easily forgotten that the thermal systems installed as part of the thermoforming process are the engine of production. Without maintenance and without sufficient analysis, production output and quality will suffer. Infrared heaters, ceramic heaters, quartz heaters, and ceramic elements are all based on a specific and particular technology. The more understanding gained of infrared science, the better your production will be. Continue reading →