Thermoforming tools for polymer packaging
Optimize your production line with versatile thermoforming tools that enhance flexibility, efficiency, and precision for packaging manufacturing.
Forms and Cuts Thermoplastic Packaging
Kiefel’s Thermoforming Tools offer customized solutions for packaging professionals, featuring the Kiefel Cut-in-Place systems that seamlessly integrate forming and cutting processes. With these tools, you can efficiently produce plastic cups, trays, blisters, and lids across various materials like PP, PS, and PET. Designed for use on standard steel rule cutting machines, they ensure precision with minimal setup times. The system’s high cutting accuracy adapts to materials with variable shrinkage, eliminating the need for costly profile grinding. These tools reduce operational footprint while processing a wide range of films, enhancing flexibility and productivity. The system supports high-speed, continuous operation, suited for packaging, medical, and pharma industries. Additionally, Kiefel provides comprehensive support for customization and integration, making these tools a vital part of your production line.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with quick changeovers and minimal setup times.
- Increases precision in cutting without the need for costly profile grinding.
- Provides flexibility with compatibility across a wide range of plastic materials.
- Optimizes workspace with a compact design, eliminating the need for separate cutting stations.
- Improves operational flexibility, supporting high-speed, continuous production for diverse packaging needs.
- Applications
- Blisters,Lids,Trays,Packaging,Cups
- End products
- Pet blister packs,Plastic drinking cups,Disposable food packaging,Food serving trays,Thermoformed meal trays,Plastic container lids,Yogurt containers,Clamshell packaging
- Steps before
- Material preparation,Film loading,Pre-heating
- Steps after
- Trimming,Quality inspection,Packing
- Input ingredients
- PP,PS,PE,R-PET,PLA
- Output ingredients
- trays,cups,blisters,lids,plastic packaging
- Market info
- KIEFEL GmbH is renowned for engineering and manufacturing high-performance thermoforming and joining systems, specializing in solutions for the packaging, medical technology, and automotive industries, ensuring innovative and precise equipment to meet specific industrial demands.
- Thermoforming System Compatibility
- All common systems
- Material Compatibility
- PP,PS,PE,(R)PET,PLA
- Tool Type
- Separate forming/cutting,combined forming/cutting
- Cutting System
- Kiefel Cut-in-Place (BFS)
- Cutting Accuracy
- High accuracy
- Space Requirements
- Low,no separate cutting station needed
- Tool Flexibility
- Versatile,flexible
- Changeover Time
- Short equipping times
- Automation
- Online Thermoform Configurator
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / Automated
- Changeover time
- Quick changeover
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Material Compatibility Flexibility
- PP,PS,PE,(R)PET,PLA
- Cutting accuracy
- High
- Film utilization efficiency
- Optimized
- Tool handling
- Easy tool handling
- Cut-in-Place system
- Available
- Tool compatibility
- All standard steel rule cutting machines
- Tool deployment compatibility
- All standard steel rule cutting machines
- Machine compatibility
- All standard steel rule cutting machines
- Material Compatibility
- PP,PS,PE,(R)PET,PLA
- Tool type
- Separate forming and cutting,combined forming/cutting
- Flexibility
- High
- Tool layout customization
- Cavities number variation
- Material compatibility
- PP,PS,PE,(R)PET,PLA
- System integration
- Compatible with steel rule cutting machines
- Forming/Cutting Configuration
- Separate and combined options
- Thermoform configurator
- Online tool for customization
- Flexibility
- High flexibility in tool design
- Changeover time
- Short equipping times