Plastics Materials and Products

Smithers Rapra

Short course

In Shawbury

£ 575 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Shawbury

  • Duration

    2 Days

The objectives of this course are to give delegates an understanding of the basic physical characteristics of plastics and the implications of those characteristics on the design process enabling them to: Perform rational materials selection. Identify and rectify existing or potential product failure regions. Identify and rectify potential or existing processing problems. Identify and rectify potential or existing joining problems. Suitable for: People involved in the product development process, e.g. designers and product development engineers and other functional areas such as technical services, quality assurance, component procurement, who need an overview of the engineering capabilities of plastics. Little or no knowledge of plastics materials and processes is assumed.

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Location

Start date

Shawbury (Shropshire)
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SY4 4NR

Start date

On request

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Course Overview

This course concentrates on material weaknesses and processing problems and therefore avoidance of common causes of product failure. As an additional feature delegates will be invited to bring in examples of problem mouldings or product failures for general discussion or private consultation. Engineers will be happy to note that the course does not dwell on the chemical structure or synthesis of plastics.

Course Content

  • Plastics Materials History, classification (thermosets, thermoplastics, semi-crystalline, amorphous), major modifications (fibre reinforced, impact modified, etc.). Properties, characteristics advantages and disadvantages of common plastics.
  • Materials Selection The importance and difficulty of optimum selection, methodology, computer aided selection.
  • Design for Performance The structural performance of plastics (creep, stress relaxation, fatigue, effect of temperature, ageing, chemical attack), allowable design stresses and strains.
  • Failure Diagnosis Common causes of failure, brittle fracture (stress cracking, embrittlement, effect of notches, uv degradation, hydrolysis), impact, fatigue
  • Design for Injection Moulding Shrinkage, warpage, frozen in stress, common moulding faults (underpacking, overpacking, sinking, voiding, splay marks, jetting, weld lines etc.) and how to minimise them.

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