Introduction to Plastics for Procurement

Objectives: To introduce and familiarize participants with the analysis of plastics (polymers) for quality control of parts obtained by injection molding – spectroscopy and thermal analysis. These techniques help to identify the physicochemical changes of the material that can occur during the injection molding process and that can influence the performance/quality of the finished product.

Target audience: specialists from the departments of Procurement, Quality, Process and Quality Engineers

Duration: 2 days

Agenda:

• Introduction
• Thermoplastics
• Properties
• Failure modes of plastics
• Degradation of plastics (thermal, thermo-oxidative, hydrolytic, photolytic)
• Creep
• Fatigue
• Selection of plastics
• Selection of materials
• Cost analysis
• Types of materials
• Thermal processing concepts
• Injection machines
• Injection cycle
• Defects that can occur during injection processing
• The influence of temperature during storage
• Discussions. Examination. Course closure

Lecturer:

Lecturer with over 20 years of experience in industry and consultancy with expertise in the use of course tools and training.

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