Seminar Outline

1. Introduction
   
   1. Purpose
   2. Perspectives on the plastics' industry, Manufacturing
   3. Profits
   4. What is your product
   5. The five components of a successful plastics' application
   6. Concurrent engineering and its benefits
   7. The four processing categories
   8. Machine conditions vs. Plastic conditions
2. Polymer Basics
   1. Where plastics originate
   2. Plastics and the environment
   3. Recycling of Plastics
   4. The making of a Polymer
      1. Addition polymers
      2. Condensation polymers
   5. Chain length and molecular weight distribution
   6. Melt Flow Rate testing
   7. Polymer vs. Plastics
   8. Moisture Sensitive Polymers
      1. Why dry polymers
      2. How to correctly dry polymers
      3. Moisture Analysis
   9. Use of regrind
3. Amorphous vs. Semi-crystalline plastics
   1. Crystallinity
   2. Mold shrinkage
      1. Part thickness
      2. Cavity pressure
      3. Degree of Crystallinity
      4. Additives
   3. Warp
   4. Living hinge
   5. Dimensional control
   6. Latest heat of fusion
   7. Energy to melt
4. Polymer Flow
   1. Viscosity Curve
   2. Injection vs. Pack & Hold (Second stage)
5. Material selection and Testing; a designer's guide
   1. Questions that must be answered
   2. Properties to watch during the selection process
   3. What the physical tests will tell you
   4. Single point data vs. curves
   5. Doing it right the first time, changing cost $
6. Polymer Testing
   1. Selected physical property tests
   2. Comparing data sheets
7. Piece Part Design Overview, The Plastics Perspective; It's not nice to fool Mother Nature
   1. Components of Design
   2. The "Golden Rule" for nominal wall
   3. Shrinkage, Amorphous vs. Semi Crystalline
   4. Cooling and Warp
   5. Draft
   6. Venting
   7. Gating with respect to weldlines
8. Overview of Injection Molding
   1. Machine Components
   2. How the machine works
      1. Hydraulic
      2. Electric