Used this a lot in my work.... try "Heat Shrink Tunnels"

Rich

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Forrest W Christian
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:45 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: [TECH] What do I stick in google to find this type of vacuum or
heat sealer...

I regulary get products (often circuit boards) which are packaged in an 
apparently vacuum or heat-shrink shrunk package which has usually 
bubbles on the bottom and a fairly heavy plastic on the top.   I seem to 
recall seeing a video of one of these in operation at one point where 
you put the product to seal on the bottom layer, lower the top plastic 
into place, and then press seal, and the whole thing vacuums (or 
shrinks) the whole assembly together.   A variation on this is the 
packaging where you have cardstock on the back and plastic is basically 
glued to the cardboard around the product.

I've googled 'vacuum packaging' (end up with food stuff), 'heat shrink' 
(end up with tubing), 'product sealers'

I'm not looking for the type where you have to put your product in a bag 
and then it sucks the air out and seals...  I'm specifically looking for 
the type which operates quite a bit like a vacuum former..  that is, you 
sit your stuff on a flat surface (bottom bubbles or card), and then the 
top plastic goes over all of it and is shrunk and sealed.

Any ideas what these are even called?

-forrest
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