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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

This text- and workbook provides a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the major topics associated with plastics technology. It is divided into educational units, each covering a distinct subject area. Students can arrange these units to fit their individual educational objectives. Each unit has key questions at the beginning and review questions at the end, providing a useful means for the reader to work through the lessons with specific objectives in mind. Thus, the book not only enhances the reader's understanding of plastics and plastics technology, it also facilitates independent, self-paced learning. Contents: Fundamentals - Raw Materials and Polymer Synthesis - Methods of Polymer Synthesis - Bonding Forces in Polymers - Classification of Plastics · Properties of Plastics - Deformation Behavior - Time-Dependent Behavior - Physical Properties · Plastics Processing and Fabrication - Compounding - Extrusion and Blow Molding - Injection Molding - Thermoforming - Fiber-Reinforced Plastics - Welding - Machining - Adhesive Bonding · Plastics Products and Waste, Recycling · Appendix - Glossary of Plastics Technology - Selected Literature