Design of Tools and Plastic Parts

Lecturer:

Gabriela Achtenová (gar.)

Tutor:

Gabriela Achtenová (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway

Synopsis:

The topic gives overview of technological procedure of manufacturing of plastic parts, and basics of designing manufacturing tools followed with guidelines for plastic parts design.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1 - Introduction and global design approach

2 - General overview of polymeric materials

3 - Main plastics families and thermo-mechanical properties 1

4 - Main plastics families and thermo-mechanical properties 2

5 - Automotive applications - specific problems, associate materials

6 - Automotive applications - examples and comparison with other materials

7 - Main manufacturing processes 1

8 - Main manufacturing processes 2

9 - Rheological and thermal aspects 1

10 - Rheological and thermal aspects 2

11 - Specific case of injection moulding process - specific problems, part design methodology and process optimization

12 - Specific case of injection moulding process - study of specific parts design, case of elastomeric and thermosets materials injection.

13 - Other manufacturing processes

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

At the end of this course, students should demonstrate:

- general knowledge of the properties of polymeric materials in relation to typical engineering (automotive) applications.

-general knowledge associated with polymer transformation processes.

-understanding of the interactions between polymer materials and processing.

-Mastery of a methodology for the design of plastic parts and associated processing tools, including process optimization and economic analysis.

Study materials:

1) Lecturing material and hand-outs

2) J.P. Trotignon, J. Verdu, A. Dobraczynski, M. Piperaud: Précis des matières plastiques (structure-propriétés, mise en oeuvre, normalisation)

3) J.F. Agassant, P. Avenas, J-P. Sergent, B. Vergnes, M. Vincent: La mise en forme des matières plastiques

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: