Thermoforming is a simple process that starts with a flat sheet of extruded plastic as its raw material.  That plastic is brought up to a temperature hot enough to make it formable.  It is then either draped or drawn over a mold to create a specific shape. The picture on the left is of a 42” diameter electronic game dome. Free Form Thermoforming is a method that utilizes an open mold and vacuum to accomplish the forming.  Instances where this method is required would be if the clarity of the product is paramount. Through a proprietary method developed by Plastic Systems, Free Forming allows for a simple contoured shape to be produced with no mold contact to affect the clarity of the visual area of the dome.  This allows us to replicate the clarity of an injection molded dome [that requires extremely expensive, mirror finish tooling] at a small fraction of the tooling cost. Utilizing templates and the proper fixtures to machine the formed part, the end result is not only very attractive, but highly functional as well.