MHP Industries, High
Wycombe based trade
former, has invested £130,000
in two machines from
thermoforming machinery
manufacturer Ridat.

Mark Hipgrave, MD, says:
“The availability of the two
fully automatic thermoforming
machines from one UK
manufacturer, and at a very
affordable price, enabled us to
upgrade our facilities even in
this tight financial climate.”
One of the machines, the
model 2420AFCS Automatic
Form-Cut-stack machine, has
a two-pitch pre-heat station
with moving top and bottom
platens for both forming and
trimming stations.Material
index is via spiky chain driven
by servo motor to ensure
indexing accuracy. It has a
forming area of 600 x 500mm,
forming depth of 100mm
and a 60m servo driven
trimming press.

The other machine, a
model 6040AVF Automatic
Vacuum Forming Machine,
has as standard a forming
area of 1500 x 1000mm,
duplex heaters with closedloop
digital heating controls
to ensure accurate zone with
PID control for temperature
regulation and clamping
system for materials to
12mm thick.