Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- Introduction to Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Basics of Thermoforming and Thermoplastics -- 2.1 THERMOFORMING METHODS -- 2.2 POSITIVE FORMING -- 2.3 NEGATIVE FORMING -- 2.4 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THERMOFORMING -- 2.5 THERMOFORMING MACHINES -- 2.5.1 Sheet-Processing Machines -- 2.5.2 Roll-Fed Machines -- 2.5.3 Skin and Blister Machines -- 2.5.4 Forming, Filling, and Sealing Machines -- 2.6 SEMIFINISHED THERMOPLASTIC PRODUCTS -- 2.6.1 Free Shrinkage -- 2.6.2 Mold Shrinkage -- Chapter 3 Production of Semifinished Products, Extrusion, and Coextrusion -- 3.1 EXTRUSION -- 3.1.1 No Thermoforming without Extrusion -- 3.1.2 Description: Volumetric/Gravimetric -- 3.1.3 Feed Section -- 3.1.4 Transition or Compression Section -- 3.1.5 Metering Section -- 3.1.6 Venting Section -- 3.1.7 Second Transition Section -- 3.1.8 Second Metering Section -- 3.1.9 Mixing Section -- 3.1.10 Screw Materials and Tolerances -- 3.1.11 The Barrel -- 3.1.12 The Vent -- 3.1.13 The Drive -- 3.1.14 Breaker Plate and Screen Pack -- 3.1.15 The Die -- 3.1.16 Static and Dynamic Mixers -- 3.1.17 Gear Pumps -- 3.1.18 Granulation and Material Feed Issues -- 3.1.19 The Output (Flow) of an Extruder -- 3.1.20 Sheet Roll Stack and Take-Away Equipment -- 3.1.21 The Polishing Roll Stack -- 3.1.22 Sideways Curling -- 3.1.23 Effects of a Rolling Bank -- 3.1.24 The Slitting Unit and Draw Rolls -- 3.1.25 The Finishing Section -- 3.1.26 Typical Barrel Temperature Profile for Polystyrene -- 3.1.27 Effect of Regrind on Extruder Output -- 3.2 COEXTRUSION -- Chapter 4 Introduction to Technical Parts -- Chapter 5 Antenna Radome Manufacturing -- 5.1 WEATHER-RESISTANT HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE -- 5.2 THE EFFECT OF UV LIGHT -- 5.3 WETTING RESISTANCE…”