Plastics Processing & Statistical Methods

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Study of advanced issues in plastics processing, such as design of experiments and SPC/SQC will be covered. PL ET 227 Plastics Processing & Statistical Methods (4) The course is intended to give the students the basic tools needed to identify and troubleshoot plastic processing problems. Injection molding will be the primary focus. The course objectives are: to introduce the student to the root cause of injection molding problems both at the start-up of a new mold and during production runs, to identify when a process has changed and to monitor the effects of attempts to improve the process using statistical process control and other statistical methods, to identify and minimize the sources of process variation; to ascertain the capability of measurement systems, and to gain understanding in the use of designed experiments techniques for developing cause and effect information. During the course, students will build upon knowledge gained in earlier courses in plastics materials and plastics processing.