Plastics: Design for Producibility, Molds & Molding
- Plastics
- The History of Plastics
- Study of Plastics / Resins
- Families of Plastics
- Plastics Identification
- Resin Selection
- Testing Plastic Parts
- Design for Producibility
- Approach to “Plastic” Product Design
- Common Additives / Fillers
- Product Design / Development
- Rib Construction
- Shutoffs in Plastic Parts
- Designing with No / Minimum Sink
- Boss Design
- Proper Radii Design
- Living Hinges
- Designing for Assembly
- Snap Fits
- Screw Bosses
- Ease of Assembly, Etc
- Tolerances Expected for Injection Molded Parts (Based on Size and Resin Type)
- Designing for Improved Mechanical Characteristics
- Injection Molds
- “A” & “B” Series
- Three Plate Molds
- Hot Manifolds
- Stripper Plate Molds
- Reverse Ejection Molds
- Slides and Lifters
- Mechanicals and Hydraulics
- Plate Sequencers
- Double Ejection
- Gate Types
- Molding
- Injection Molding Machine
- Interfacing between the Mold and the Machine
- Most Common Injection Molding Defects
- Flash
- Knit Lines
- Cold Flow
- Brittle Parts
- Warp and More
- Cause/ Effect and Solutions.
- Course Wrap-up: Recap, Q/A, and Evaluations
