Course details
This course is more academically demanding and builds upon the introductory course. The course increases awareness of polymer design related issues, which include, sustainability, costing, polymer property modification for purpose, re-working existing product designs, product enhancement and failure evaluation/fault rectification.
COURSE CONTENT
This is a three day course which will delivered as follows:
DAY 1
AM – Material Characteristics and influence upon design
Inc: Nature of Plastics Materials, Shrinkage mechanics, Wall thickness / stress raising mechanisms, Ease of flow, Calculation of pressure drop (intro to FEA), Softening behaviour and Thermal requirements (calculation of cooling time, product cost estimation, etc).
Sustainability Issues
Inc: energy requirement, calculation of carbon footprint, re-cycling efficiency, recovery techniques, polymer life cycles, etc.
PM – Polymer Selection and Property Modification
Inc: Overview of polymer family groups, design specification, explanation of fillers, additives, reinforcements and tailoring materials to specification requirements. Practical property tailoring and product specification exercises (can be based upon attendee project work)
DAY 2
Influence of Shaping Methods upon design
AM – Injection Moulding (specific to injection moulded product design – point of balance, gate location, orientation effect, section morphology, wall section balance, stress raising, cooling effect upon design, cooling energy requirement, clamp force, pressure requirement, ejection force requirement, designing for cycle speed and efficiency, etc).
PM – Extrusion (Extruded product design, extrudate shape design criteria, influence of die design upon output control, influence of flow velocity upon extrudate design, section morphology, good / bad profile design, sizing and control).
DAY 3
Compression Moulding (polymer types, formats and use applications, moulding techniques, the properties of compression moulded components, designing compression moulded components, etc)
Design Case Studies
Inc: Worked through examples of design / processing defects, re-work and product design modification. Worked examples include, medical injection moulded products, automotive products, extruded and compression moulded products.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is aimed at experienced design engineers working within the polymer industry. The course will extend the knowledge of polymer part design, product design analysis and application in a number of key areas, which include; flow modelling, calculation of pressure drops, dimensional sizing, new product costing and design appraisal. The key areas of material selection and specific property modification are covered and the use of additives, filler / reinforcement technologies explained. Design case studies will be worked through which include injection moulded and extruded polymer bio-degradable applications, electrical conductance, lubrication and nano-filler design application technology
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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