Thermoforming yinkqubo yokwenziwa apho iphepha leplastiki lifudunyezwa libe yi a imilo eguquguqukayo, ethi emva koko ibunjwe okanye yenziwe ngokusebenzisa i-mold, kwaye emva koko isikwe ukwenza inxalenye yokugqibela okanye imveliso. Zombini ukwenza vacuum kunye ukwenza uxinzelelo ziindidi ezahlukeneyo zeenkqubo ze-thermoforming. I Umahluko ophambili phakathi kokwenza uxinzelelo kunye nokwenza ivacuum yi inani lokungunda elisetyenziswayo.
Ukwenza ivacuum lolona hlobo lulula lweiplastiki ye-thermoforming kwaye isebenzisa ngundo kunye vacuum uxinzelelo ukufezekisa inxalenye efunekayo yejometri. Ilungele iindawo ezifuna ukumiliselwa ngokuchanekileyo kwicala elinye, njenge ukupakishwa kwecontoured yokutya okanye i-electronics.

Pha Zimbini iindidi ezisisiseko zokungunda-indoda okanye i-positive (eyi-convex) kunye imazi okanye i-negative, eziyi-concave. Kwimibumbo yamadoda, iphepha leplastiki ibekwe kumngundo ukwenza ulwandlalo lwemilinganiso yangaphakathi ye inxalenye yeplastiki. Kwi-molds yabasetyhini, kufakwe amaphepha e-thermoplastic ngaphakathi kumngundo ukwenza ngokuchanekileyo imilinganiselo yangaphandle yenxalenye.
Ekwenzeni uxinzelelo, a Iphepha leplastiki elifudumeleyo licinezelwe phakathi kweembumba ezimbini (kungoko igama), kunokuba utsalwe ujikeleze umngundo omnye ngokufunxa. Uxinzelelo ukubumba kukulungele ukwenza iinxalenye zeplastiki okanye iziqwenga ezifunekayo wenziwe ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi kumacala omabini kwaye/okanye ufune umzobo onzulu (kufuneka zandise ngakumbi/nzulu zibe ngundo), njengesixhobo sombane iicasings ezifuna ukubonakala zibukeka zithandeka ngaphandle kwaye ngena endaweni okanye ulungele ubungakanani obuchanekileyo kwicala langaphakathi.
