Course details
COURSE CONTENT
Day 1
- The injection Moulding Machine and its Influence on Mould design
- The 2-Plate Mould
- Exercise: design and layout of a 2-plate mould
- Polymer melt flow, inc, melt flow profile, shear effect, shear rate, pressure drops, etc.
- Gating & Feeding, inc, cold runner design, gating techniques
- Cooling, inc, cooling media, cooling requirement, cooling techniques
Day 2
- Ejection, techniques, systems and designs
- Estimation of ejection force
- 3-plate Mould design and construction
- Stack mould designs and use applications
- Undercut mould design, inc, explanation of under-cuts, core pulling techniques
- Exercise: design and layout of a 3-plate mould
Day 3
- Prototype moulds and techniques
- Mould construction materials, steels and alloy materials
- Exercise: Calculation of mould plate deflection and plate sizing
- Runnerless Moulds, inc, externally heated, internally heated & insulated tool designs
- Exercise: Design and layout of a runnerless mould
Day 4
- Standard mould parts
- Plastic product design for injection moulding
- Injection moulded product fault appraisal and analysis, inc, mould design faults, part design faults and plastic materials faults.
- Exercise: Fault appraisal
- Tutorial covering the course Assignment
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Injection Moulding Technicians, Engineers, and Management who have a responsibility for ordering, modifying or replacing injection moulds will gain most benefit from this course. A better understanding of mould design theory will greatly assist in obtaining optimised moulds and reducing mould commissioning times.
Updated on 08 November, 2015Course Location
About First Polymer Training Skillnet
First Polymer Training (FPT) Skillnet operates as a training network for the Plastics Industry in Ireland and is funded under the government’s Skillnets initiative. The aim of FPT Skillnet is to deliver training that is focused on the specific needs of the plastics industry and includes certification and development.
Initiated by Plastics Ireland, FPT Skillnet’s objective is to provide technical training to polymer processors, both at our centre in Athlone and in-company as required. Our administrative and course centre is now located at 7 Centre Court, Blyry Business and Commercial Park, Athlone.
A full range of plastics processing equipment is available including Fanuc (100 tonne Electric), Krauss Maffei (100 tonne Hydraulic) and Demag (25 tonne Hydraulic) moulding machines. They are delighted to announce Arburg UK have replaced the ARBURG ALLROUNDER 320C 500 170 50 tonne machine with a new ARBURG ALLROUNDER 420C 1000 290 100 tonne golden Edition machine. This machine is equipped with the latest SELOGICA Direct touch screen control.
Having a full range of plastics processing equipment on site allows FPT to deliver intensive hands on training.
How can They meet your company’s needs?
First Polymer Training Skillnet organises a calendar of courses which are delivered at our centre in Athlone. These courses are advertised regularly. HoTheyver, if your company has specific needs They can design a course to meet those needs or modify an existing course to deliver in-company.
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