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In-Plant
Training Programs
Engineering Properties & Structure
Fundamentals
of Plastics Materials & Processes
1-day seminar
Purpose
& Overview
This seminar should be valuable for technical,
scientific and engineering personnel, either entering the field of
plastics or interested in broadening their knowledge of materials
and processing techniques. The presentation is descriptive and practical.
It is widely illustrated with photographs. It is also suitable for
peoples in plastics sales, purchasing, marketing and management positions
who do not possess a technical, engineering or scientific background.
About the
Instructor: Jean-Michael Charrier
Dr. Charrier
has been teaching at McGill University, Montreal since 1969. His
first engineering degree is from E.N.S. Arts & Metiers in France
and his M.Eng and Ph.D. from the University of Akron. His teaching
and research interests in the properties and processing of polymeric
systems have encompassed plastics, elastomers, and composites. He
has taught numerous industrial seminars on a variety of subjects
associated with polymeric materials. He is a past President of the
Quebec Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He is the author
of a comprehensive textbook on Polymeric Materials and Processing
- Plastics, Elastomers, and Composites, and the developer of several
educational software programs in this area. The textbook and the
software are used in academic institutions as well as industrial
environments.
Seminar
Content
General Concepts
and Topics Associated with Polymeric Materials •
Monomers, polymerization • Homopolymers, polymeric chains •
Amorphous state • Crystallinity • Cross-linking molecular
networks • Copolymers • Polyalloys • Plasticizers
• Fillers, reinforcements • Additives
Classes of Polymeric Materials • Thermoplastics: Non-crystallizing
(PVC, PS, ABS, PC, PPO, etc.), Crystallizing (PE, PP, PET, PBT,
PA, PMO, etc.) • Thermosets: Temperature, catalyst or mixing-activated
(PF, UF, PU, etc.) • Elastomers
Processing Techniques • Uniform cross-section (extrusion,
film blowing, calendering, etc.) • Forming (thermoforming,
blow molding, etc.) • Layer build-up (coating, rotational molding,
etc.) • Cavity filling (compression, injection, RIM, etc.)
• Composite materials and processing
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