Course Overview
Extends from PLAS 3310, presenting a more in-depth review of the extruder, film and pipe extrusion process, blow molding process, equipment, materials and operating characteristics. Basic machine and plant raw material handling systems are reviewed and an introduction into job and part cost determination is also included.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in PLAS 3310
Credits
8.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Set-up and safely operate a 2½' blown film line with a treater and surface winder.
- Specify blown film line components needed to produce a given order including printing, bag making and winding equipment.
- Calculate and predict basic film parameters and conversion factors including customer order weight, footage, tolerances, line output and run time.
- Specify basic polymer and additives required to produce a given film with specific characteristics.
- Specify quality tests based on the purpose of the film.
- Perform various film quality tests including, gauge, puncture, tensile, coefficient of friction, haze, gloss and opacity.
- Specify all basic components of an extruder including drive system and thrust bearing.
- Set-up and safely operate a 1 inch diameter pipe extrusion line, specify raw materials to be used and specify quality production tests required for a specific pipe use.
- Set-up and safely operate a single cavity blow molding machine with an automatic parison programmer.
- Describe the basic processing concepts of extrusion, injection and stretch blow molding and specify basic raw material to be used.
- Predict the basic blow molding processing parameters of PET polymers.
- Specify a raw material handling system for a multi-machine plant including exterior storage systems.
- Perform a safe mold change and perform an initial set-up on both a conventional and CNC injection-molding machine.
- Perform repelletizing of a polyolefin polymer and operate a two roll mill-compounding machine.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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