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Training in Plastics Technology

  • 3rd Edition - February 2, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Christian Hopmann, Greif Helmut, Wolters Leo
  • Language: English

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Description

This text- and workbook provides a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the major topics associated with plastics technology, from basic chemistry and processing methods to the problem of waste and the issue of recycling plastics.

Guiding questions at the beginning of each lesson help the reader to work through the material in a targeted manner; success checks at the end of each lesson enable the reader to review what he/she has learned. It thus facilitates independent, self-paced learning, meeting the requirements of modern vocational training.

Readership

Engineers, technicians, and salespeople starting out in the plastics industry. Trainees and their teachers for vocational training in plastics technology.

Table of contents

Fundamentals of Plastics

Raw Materials and Polymer Synthesis

Classification of Plastics

Deformation Behavior of Plastics

Time-Dependent Behavior of Plastics

Physical Properties

Fundamentals of Rheology

Plastics Applications

Preparation of Plastics

Extrusion

Injection Molding

Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (FRP)

Plastic Foams

Thermoforming

Additive Manufacturing Processes

Welding of Plastics

Machining of Plastics

Bonding of Plastics

Plastic Waste

Recycling of Plastics

Qualification in Plastics Processing

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 2, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Christian Hopmann

Prof. Christian Hopmann is, since 2011, Director of the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He studied Mechanical Engineering with a particular focus on Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen and received his doctoral degree, supervised by Prof. Walter Michaeli, in 2000. In 2005, he started his industrial career at RKW AG Rheinische Kunststoffwerke (today: RKW SE). From January 2010 until April 2011 he was Managing Director of RKW Sweden AB in Helsingborg, Sweden.

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