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Plastics in Mechanical Engineering
FSI-FPAAcad. year: 2022/2023
Classification of plastics from the view of physical, mechanical, thermal and other properties, fundamental processing, injection moulding, influence of processing parameters of final properties of products made of plastics. Plastics processing techniques, designing plastic processing, mould design, esp. injection moulding tools. Extrusion and processes that follow it such as compression, forming and welding of plastics.
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Basic literature
MICHAELI,Walter: Plastics Processing, Hanser Gardner Publications,ISBN 1-56990-144-9,211p,1995 (EN)
SOVA, Miloš a Josef KREBS. Termoplasty v praxi. 1. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, 2001. ISBN 80-86229-15-7. (CS)
ZEMAN, Lubomír. Vstřikování plastů: Teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0614-1. (CS)
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1. Classification of plastics, their application and properties.
2. Physical, mechanical, thermal and rheological properties of plastics.
3. Processing of plastics - overview.
4. Injection moulding, injection pressure - course.
5. Injection moulding machines, plastification unit and clamping unit, machine control.
6. Moulds for injection moulding, their overview, set of mouldings.
7. Gating system.
8. Tempering and ejector system.
9. Compression moulding of thermosets.
10. Extrusion.
11. Blow moulding of plastics.
12. Forming and working of plastics.
13. Plastics welding.
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2. Part design.
3. Machine specification.
4. Set of mouldings determination.
5. Optimization of process parameters.
6. Moulding shop excursion.
7. Course-unit credits.
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2. Design of gating.
3. Design of ejecting.
4. Design of mould tempering.
5. Mould design with the use of standard parts.
6. Mould design with the use of standard parts.
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