A
plant for the production of insulating panels for vehicles suitable for the transport of materials, in particular suitable for the transport of materials at a controlled temperature, preferably
food transport, said
plant (1) comprising: a
thermoforming station (100), comprising: a substantially horizontal wall (101), having an upper surface (101a) and a lower surface (101b), said wall (101) also having a through opening (102) and a sealing element (103) positioned on said upper surface (101a) around said opening (102), wherein said opening (102) and said sealing element (103) define an operating position (P2) for a
sheet material (2), wherein said material (2) is a plastic material comprising one or more of:
Polystyrene (PS),
High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS),
Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene (ABS),
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA),
Polypropylene (PP),
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and similar; a heating member (120), controllable between a distal position (PD) and a proximal position (PP) with respect to said operating position (P2); a motorized mould (130), configured to be brought to said operating position (P2) so as to thermoform said material (2) into a sheet; a first
pressure system (140), configured to operate on said operating position (P2) so that at least part of said
thermoforming occurs under controlled pressure conditions. Said
thermoforming station (100) is configured to supply thermoformed sheets (3) at the output, to obtain an
assembly of thermoformed panels (4). The
plant also comprises: a foaming
station (500), configured to perform a foaming of thermoformed panels (41-43) obtained from said thermoforming station (100), obtaining corresponding foamed thermoformed panels (41'-43'), and to perform a moulding of said foamed thermoformed panels (41'-43').