Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding
3 DAY LECTURE/WORKSHOP
OFFERED THREE TIMES:
March 17-19, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-001)
July 16-18, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-011)
August 11-13, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-021)
TUITION: $1195
OVERVIEW
This seminar is offered to engineers and designers involved in the design of injection molded plastic parts. The course provides a fundamental overview of the many factors associated with plastic parts that will be produced using the injection molding process. In order to design a high quality injection molded part, the designer must select an appropriate plastic material formulation, develop a functional design, and work within the manufacturing limitations associated with the injection molding process. This course will cover the fundamentals of plastic materials behavior and selection, engineering design, manufacturing (moldability) considerations, prototyping, stress analysis and assembly methods. The timely subject of design for enhanced recyclability will also be discussed, as will design developments related to new injection molding technologies.
CONTENT
Introduction
Dr. Nick Schott
3 DAY LECTURE/WORKSHOP
OFFERED THREE TIMES:
March 17-19, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-001)
July 16-18, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-011)
August 11-13, 2008 (CRS# 00.725-021)
TUITION: $1195
OVERVIEW
This seminar is offered to engineers and designers involved in the design of injection molded plastic parts. The course provides a fundamental overview of the many factors associated with plastic parts that will be produced using the injection molding process. In order to design a high quality injection molded part, the designer must select an appropriate plastic material formulation, develop a functional design, and work within the manufacturing limitations associated with the injection molding process. This course will cover the fundamentals of plastic materials behavior and selection, engineering design, manufacturing (moldability) considerations, prototyping, stress analysis and assembly methods. The timely subject of design for enhanced recyclability will also be discussed, as will design developments related to new injection molding technologies.
CONTENT
Introduction
- Plastic material fundamentals, review of the injection molding process, and fundamentals of molds/tooling
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Mold filling
considerations, gating, shrinkage
and warpage of molded parts, mold cooling
considerations, part ejection considerations
- Short term stress-strain behavior, creep and stress relaxation, structural design of molded plastic parts, fatigue performance, impact performance, plastic materials databases
- Design-related issues that enhance or hinder the recyclability of thermoplastic products
- Steps involved in the development of a new part (including materials selection)
- Machine prototypes; rapid prototyping techniques; cast prototypes; molded prototypes, and rapid tooling techniques
- Brittle coatings, strain gauges, chemical testing and photoelastic testing
- Selection of an assembly method; press fit assembly, snap fit assembly, mechanical fasteners, thermal welding techniques for thermoplastics, adhesive bonding and solvent bonding
- Structural foam, gas assist, multi-shot molding, multi-layer, metal injection molding
Dr. Nick Schott
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Continuing Studies, Corporate & Distance Education
Continuing Studies, Corporate & Distance Education