Learning Beyond the Classroom – Our Experience of Making a Vacuum Forming Mould at Hethel Engineering Centre

Written by

Steven Daly
Head of Design and Technology at Langley School, Norfolk and
Education Advisor to The Hethel Centre
sdaly@langleyschool.co.uk

Derek Hillyard
Engineering Manager
The Hethel Centre
Norfolk
dhillyard@hethelcentre.com

Terminology
In this report the word mould and former refer to the same thing – a part you use to vacuum form over.
Formings are the actual vacuum formed parts.