SME MS900198

PLASTIC MATERIALS OFFER A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PROPERTIES. THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO OPTIMIZE DESIGN BY FOCUSING ON MATERIAL COMPOSITION, ORIENTATION, AND STRUCTURAL MEMBER GEOMETRY THAT INCLUDES HIGHLY IRREGULAR SHAPED PARTS AND DOUBLE WALL BLOW MOLDING. MATERIALS SELECTION IS NO LESS CHALLENGING THAN PART DESIGN OR SPECIFIC BLOW MOLDING PROCESS SELECTION. THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF PLASTICS AVAILABLE CAN MAKE THE SELECTION TASK SEEM OVERWHELMING. A SMOOTH TRANSITION IS POSSIBLE IF ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO STEPS INVOLVED IN HANDLING MATERIAL AND PROCESS BY UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATING, AND INTERRELATING THEIR BEHAVIORS.

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Published:

06/01/1990

Number of Pages:

13

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1 file , 1.2 MB