Integrated Plastic Product Design: Concept to Production

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3 DAY LECTURE/WORKSHOP
OFFERED TWICE:
March 14-16, 2012 (CRS# 00.758-002)
August 15-17, 2012 (CRS# 00.758-021)

TUITION: $1195

OVERVIEW
This uniquely structured three day seminar is instructional as well as very interactive. The program addresses specific design guidelines for all major plastics manufacturing processes based on similarities and differences specific to each process. Unlike conventional seminars which focus on design rules, this program has been carefully prepared to provide you with an understanding of the process and its affect on design limitations as well as benefits based on actual case studies. The program is ideally suited to engineers and industrial designers interested in plastics product design. Participants will be provided with an overview of plastic product design from initial product specifications to final production considerations. Content is typically modified during the seminar to maximize interest level based on students' interests and professional backgrounds. Topics include industrial design, prototyping methods and engineering development based on actual case studies. Emphasis is placed on plastic product design, material and process selection as well as industrial design requirements.

An overview of the many factors to be covered in this program is summarized below:

Research and product specifications
Concept development - industrial design
Concept refinement - industrial design
Engineering and CAD design
Prototyping
Production documentation
Production release and follow-up

In addition to the above mentioned, the program will include human factors, aesthetics, marketing considerations, product architecture, cost trade-offs, tooling amortization, assembly labor, serviceability considerations, material selection, and finally process selection. General design considerations and guidelines will be discussed for the following plastic processes:

Injection Molding
Rotational Molding
Gas Assist Injection Molding
Structural Foam Molding
Pressure Forming
Vacuum Forming
Polyurethane Casting
RIM
Blow Molding

The curriculum will be structured to communicate this information in the following formats:

PowerPoint^® lecture
Case studies and examples
Review of CAD files of actual products
Review of physical parts
Discussion of actual products
Interactive workshop applying the principles

CONTENT
The program will be segmented into the following groups:

Day One Morning Session

Overview of product design, industrial design & plastics design

Day One Afternoon Session

Holistic overview of plastics design guidelines based on all processes
Case studies based on various processes

Day Two Morning Session

Product design using plastics
Plastics process comparisons

Day Two Afternoon Session

Examples/case studies/application of creative thinking
Workshop

Day Three Morning Session

Continuation of product design using plastics
Detailed explanation of design similarities and differences

Day Three Afternoon Session

Workshop – Apply the classroom information to an actual example

INSTRUCTOR
Michael Paloian