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Scientific Molding Overview

1 Day Overview

  • Industry Introduction/Purpose
    • Profit margins
    • Costing\Economics
    • What is your product
  • Strategies for Molding
    • Components of a successful plastics application
    • Concurrent engineering and its benefits
    • Industry trends
  • The four key variables in processing
  • The Universal Set-Up Sheet
  • Understanding Plastic Flow
    • Water vs. plastic
    • Using an injection molding machine as a rheometer
    • Plastic Flow; Melt Flow Rate vs. viscosity vs. shear rate
  • Strategies for Processing and Part Design
    • Plastic flow video
    • Mold filling analysis in perspective
  • Process Control Strategies, a Six Sigma Strategy
    • Machine basic functions
    • Cruise Control
    • Velocity Control
    • Delta P and the flow control valve
  • Two stage molding
    • Development of the technique
    • Typical Process monitoring characteristics
    • Hydraulic pressure vs. time plots
    • Gate seal vs. gate unseal
  • Summary and Questions