This text/workbook covers the entire field of injection molding - from materials, to processing, to issues of occupational safety, and to the recycling of injection molded parts. Key questions help readers work through the lesson with specific objectives in mind. Review questions allow readers to test their knowledge.
Reviews: "... accomplishes its intended purpose of being an excellent [general] teaching aid." Injection Molding
Contents:
- Basic Principles of Plastics
- The Injection Molding Machine
- The Plasticating and Injection Unit
- The Mold
- The Clamping Unit
- Drive Systems and Controls
- The Injection Molding Process
- Mold Design
- Quality Assurance in Injection Molding
- Recycling of Plastics Waste
- The Modern Injection Molding Company
- Occupational Safety Around Injection Molding Machines
- Glossary of Injection Molding Technology
Autorentext
Dr. Helmut Greif is former Managing Director of AGIT mbH (Aachener Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologietransfer; Aachen Association for Innovation and Technology Transfer).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Ehrig ist Institutsleiter am IWK Institut für Werkstofftechnik und Kunststoffverarbeitung, Rapperswil/Sankt Gallen, Schweiz.