At Quality Plastics & Machine, Vacuum Forming is our core production process. We have provided quality thermoforming services in the Reno and Sparks, Nevada area for almost 5 decades. We have served our region proudly and have done work from casinos to police car interiors, from medical equipment to aerospace. We have the capabilities to make tooling for your product for both short prototype purposes and quality long term production runs.

Thermoforming, well vacuuming forming to be specific, is a process where rigid thermoplastic sheets are heated and draped it over a tool. Vacuum pressure draws the material tight to the tool, and then cooled for accurate, repeatable parts. We then trim and fabricate your product so it is plug and play for your needs. This makes vacuum forming more desireable and cost effective than other processes like injection molding.

Most production tooling is machined from aluminum billet to speed processing and improve dimensional stability. For very large parts we may use engineered hardwoods or high-temperature fiberglass. All tooling is built in-house from your supplied CAD models.

We form a wide range of materials—such as ABS (including FR grades), impact-modified acrylic, Kydex, TPO, polypropylene, polycarbonate, PETG, PVC, styrene, TPU, and polyethylene

Our vacuum-formed components support applications across many industries including but not limited to gaming, aerospace, lawn & garden, medical, retail security, food & Agriculure, automotive, microchips, health and fitness, and law-enforcement. If you’re moving from prototype to production, we can pair forming with trimming, assembly, and packing for turnkey products.

After a plastic part is formed Trimming removes the excess flanges and creates holes, slots and windows.