TS2

Designing components made of plastics

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Objectives:

Acquiring information about properties of materials in operational and processing state
Acquiring information about properties of particular groups of materials
Learning about the rules of designing elements: bearings, gears, guideways
Gaining skills of selecting parameters and appropriate method for manufacturing elements
Gaining practical skills of performing strength calculations for elements made of plastics
Introduction to rules of replacing metal elements with their equivalents made of plastics

Course type

Open training

Course level

TS2

Duration

5 days

Prerequisites

General technical knowledge.

Location

Industrial Automation Laboratory in the Engineering Training Center or the client company
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Dates

Terms, costs of participation, location and training program are being set individually with the customer

Schedule

day 1 h. 9.00 - 16.00
day 2 h. 9.00 - 16.00
day 3 h. 9.00 - 16.00

Price

Highlights

A certificate of completion
Educational aids: scripts
Access to specialist magazines and technical literature (regarding stationary training)
Writing aids (pen, notebook) - regarding stationary training
Complete care of idividually assigned customer service person
Participant Cards with discounts to partner restaurants / pubs in Gliwice (regarding stationary training)

Catering

Participants of training courses at our center receive unlimited access to the Cechownia Cafe coffee bar and a two-course lunch.
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Contact

tel.: 0048 32 4111 000
e-mail: info@emt-systems.pl

Closed trainings

This course is also available as a closed training where the dates, price, locations and the content is settled individually with the Client.

Certificate

After completing the training, each participant receives a personalized bilingual certificate that descriptively confirms the acquired skills in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management system implemented at EMT-SYSTEMS Sp. z o.o., supervised and certified by TUV Nord Polska.
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Accommodation

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Course program

Dzień 1	Basic concepts related to polymers: monomer, polymer, mer, plastic labelling system. Molecular and supermolecular structure and its impact on plastics’ properties: definitions of molecular and supermolecular structure, influence of the molecular structure on the properties (structure of macromolecules, molecular mass and its disintegration). Physical states of plastics and their behaviour in particular states. Properties of plastics in the solid (performance) state: differences between polymers and other materials used in the industry (metals, ceramics), cechanical properties of plastics, polymers as viscoelastic materials, creep and stress relaxation in plastics, influence of heat on the properties. Variability of properties of polymer materials: variability of properties depending on processing conditions, modification and its influence on the properties, using plastics’ databases. Introduction to strength of materials: stresses, deformation, reduced stresses, elastic modulus, Poisson number, strength conditions for: permissible deformation, permissible stresses, rules for the selection of factor of safety, resistance to buckling, fatigue strength, interpretation of basic tribology terms (coefficients of static and kinetic friction, resistance to abrasion. Methodology of tests on plastics: mechanical tests, tensile tests, compression tests, bend tests – interpretation of diagrams, strength properties determined in these tests for plastics with and without yield limit, determining the modulus.
Day 2	Determining strength properties of the polymer construction materials in the following tests: tensile, bend and compression tests, creep and relaxation tests. Impact tests. Shore’s method of determining hardness of elastomers. Discussion of thermal analysis from the point of view of usefulness in design issues of elements made of polymeric materials on the example of Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry (DSC).
Dzień 3	Technological feasibility of components injected using plastics: a notion of technological feasibility, dimensional accuracy of the injected elements, wall thickness, radii and curves, wall tilts, threads, design solutions facilitating removing molded parts from the mold. Strength characteristics of plastics: revision of the basic information about physical states of polymers, durability calculations for plastics, temperature dependence of durability and stiffness, time dependence of durability, isochronous curves and their applications, Oberbach's method of strength prediction, Miner’s principle and its application, breaking loads, relationship between durability and deformation speed, influence of degradation processes on durability, strength calculations performed by the coach, strength calculations performed by the participants supervised by the coach. Selected aspects of plastics fatigue: revision of the basics of material fatigue, specificity of plastics fatigue, issues concerning plastics fatigue examination, fatigue calculations of loaded elements performed by the coach.
Day 4	Designing ribbed elements made of plastics: replacing metal plates with their plastic alternatives, rules for choosing the proper rib shape, designing one-way ribbed plates, designing two-way ribbed plates, calculations of ribbed elements performed by the coach, calculations of ribbed elements performed by the participants supervised by the coach. Designing snap-fits: types of snap-fits, approved deformations in snap-fits, hitch connectors, cylindrical connectors, ball joints, calculations for snap-fits performed by the coach, calculations of snap-fits performed by the participants supervised by the coach Designing threaded and self-tapping joints: revision of the basic information about threaded joints, plastic-to-plastic threaded fitting, plastic-to-metal fittings, design principles for self-tapping joints, calculations of threaded and self-tapping joints performed by the coach,
Day 5	Designing plug-in connections involving plastics: revision of the basic information about plug-in connections, types of plug-in connections involving plastics, basic design principles, calculations of plug-in connections, strength calculations of plug-in connections, calculations of plug-ins performed by the coach. Designing slide bearings: revision of the basic information about slide bearings, slide bearings made of plastics, loads of slide bearings, abrasive wear, calculations of slide bearings performed by the coach. Designing gears made of plastics: revision of the basic information about gears, applications of plastics in gears, design principles of gear wheels with parallel teeth, basic calculations, calculations of gear wheel with parallel teeth performed by the coach. Plastic springs: types of springs, materials used for spring-making, principles of spring designing, exemplary calculations. Principles regarding designing covers, bodies and housings: designing rules, plastics used in manufacturing covers, bodies and housings, calculation methods, manufacture technologies.

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Laboratory

Participants of the courses have at their disposal equipment and machines available in a given workplace. We can also use the documentation provided by the client.

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Our experts

Training sessions are carried out by industrial representatives and long-standing member of academic staff from units of higher education with considerable experience in implementation and repair projects. Our tutors work for large industrial plants solving technical problems and performing engineering tasks.

Intended for

This training is addressed to workers who want to gain or enhance their knowledge on plastics, their production and processing methods.

Training methods:

The main objective of the course is presenting basic theory related to plastics with a view to its practical application in the industry.

Benefits for participants

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Use the fundamental terms in the field of plastics processing
Understand the basic theory presented during the course
Understand the necessity of respecting rules for machine exploitation
Know how to apply the acquired information in practical aspects of their work

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