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Formech 686 - Safety; General Safety Precautions

Formech 686
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Plastics Lab
V1.0 2/8/2018
Operation
1. With machine fully preheated, using the correct profile for your material, the correct window
size installed, your mold positioned, and your material loaded, slide the heater over your
material (this will initialize the timer). Reference guide for how long to expect for each material
type/thickness to droop.
2. Keep an eye on the material. After some time it will rise, flatten then droop. Once it has
drooped you will typically count to about 8, then it will be ready to be formed. *
3. Once material is ready, push heater all the way back in a firm solid motion, (this will stop the
timer)
4. Press & hold both green buttons to raise the table to its fullest height. At this time if your profile
calls for auto vacuum it will engage, if not engage the vacuum manually (d).
5. After material has formed and plastic temperature has dropped to a comfortable touch level,
typically max of 30 seconds, turn off vacuum pump.
6. To aid in mold removal, press the mold release button to blast air into the chamber (f).
f.
7. With mold released, lower table using the table lower button (e).
8. Release toggle clamps, replace stock sheet and restart process.**

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