The automatic pressure-forming machine RDM 76K 4G with a forming area of 760 mm x 540 mm is a thermoformer of the 4th generation. The completely newly designed double servo drive of the production system ensures shorter movement times and thus faster cycle times. By using a center support for the lower machine table, ILLIG increased the closing force by 50 percent to 900 kN. As a result, the cutting length can be utilized by up to 50 percent more, the service life is extended and productivity in increased. The ILLIG thermoforming machine is ideal in particular for products with a high draw ratio and part heights of up to 255 mm. The 4th Generation system with facilitated material handling processes material film from the roll or inline directly from a connected extruder using combined in-place forming and pass-through punching tools. The electronic parallelism setting of upper and lower table reduces secondary times which adds to higher availability. In spite of the extended material heating device the total length of the line is reduced compared to previous series, due to the integration of the newly designed PH 76 product handling device which allows direct interlinkage with different end packaging solutions.