n A variant of Thermoforming, in which the hot plastic sheet is clamped in a frame and expanded upwards with mild air pressure against a male plug or female die as the plug or die descends into the frame. The process is suitable for thin-walled containers with high draw ratios.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Billow Forming. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_1293
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