Seminar Outline

1. Introduction & Overview
   1. Purpose
   2. Perspectives on the plastics' industry, manufacturing
   3. Profits
   4. What is your product
   5. The components of a successful plastic's application
   6. Concurrent engineering and its benefits
   7. The four molding variables
   8. Machine conditions vs. Plastic conditions
2. Processing Guidelines
   1. Starting off True North
   2. Five Plastic Variables
   3. Machine vs. Plastic conditions
   4. Detailed Process optimization at the press
3. Common Molding Problems: Causes and Solutions; Class Picks Topics!
   1. Splay
   2. Color streaking, swirls, marbling
   3. Bubbles in clear parts
   4. Pin (ejector) push marks, see also parts sticking
   5. Shorts, sinks, record grooves or waves
   6. Flash
   7. Warp/Dimensional Stability
   8. Burns
   9. Black Specks
   10. Worm Tracks or Jetting
   11. Brittleness
   12. Contamination
   13. Delamination
   14. Weldlines
   15. Poor living hinge life
   16. Gate Blush
   17. Gloss, and gloss gradients
   18. Hot Runner issues
   19. Infrared Thermography
   20. Plus any topic of your choice