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In-Plant
Training Programs
Engineering Properties & Structure
Plastic
Materials, Processing and Applications
2-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, processing techniques and applications. 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
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
Properties and Standard Testing • Test • Specimens
• Conventional mechanical testing • Hardness • Friction,
wear, abrasion • Impact • Cyclic loading • Long term
static loading • High temperature softening • Low temperature
embrittlement • Chemical environment • Flammability, combustion
• Electrical • Gas/vapor permeability • Optical •
Thermal w Density
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
Selected Applications • Specific applications (automotive,
consumer goods, sports, packaging, health, etc.) • Relevance
and integration of the topics presented earlier
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