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Introduction
The Formech 686PT is a highly versatile, manually operated Vacuum Forming Machine that will produce high
definition mouldings in up to 6mm thick material. These machines are intended for use only for the vacuum
forming of plastics components and for the blow moulding of heated plastics. The 686PT is ideal for proto-
type development work whilst also quite capable of small and large production runs.
The Formech 686PT incorporate the following features:
• Reliable and robust PLC control system and easy to use graphical touch screen with single
screen forming cycle operation and 20 memory storage facility.
• Powerful quartz heaters PLC controlled in 6 heating zones.
• Heater power level standby feature allowing energy saving when heater is in rear position.
• Heater safety shutoff after idle period.
• A powerful filtered dry rotary vane vacuum pump.
• Vacuum gauge indication.
• Auto sheet levelling system – AUTO-LEVEL feature.
• AUTO-VACUUM function - triggers the Vacuum when raising the mould table.
• A pneumatically powered mould table incorporating 2 handed manual control allowing easy
and safe use of heavy mould with adjustable table speed.
• A powerful compressed air blow facility to release the moulding from the tool.
• The machine has been designed to be highly adaptable and functions such as changing a
mould, or fitting reducing windows (which allow smaller sheets to be used) can be carried out in
the minimum amount of time.
• Optional powerful fan cooling system.
• Optional reel feed system.
• Optional heating pyrometer
• Optional vacuum flow regulator
• Optional castor
• Optional cooling bolster.
• Optional vacuum tank configuration.
This manual is the original user instructions for the Formech 686PT. It informs the user on machine safety,
assembly, operation and maintenance. A more comprehensive guide to the vacuum forming process is avai-
lable from Formech.
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