BPE601

Advanced Processing Techniques

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Plastic Engineering · Sem 6 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units
Unit1

Unit 1

  • Thermoset Injection Molding Principle, Materials, Process description, Machine Design, Set up procedure and process parameter, Troubleshooting, Applications
  • Reaction Injection Moulding Principle, Materials, Process description, Process parameters, Applications.
  • Resin Transfer Moulding Principle, Materials, Additives, Process description, Process Characteristics, Troubleshooting
Unit2

Unit 2

  • Plastic Foam Molding, Structure Foam Moulding
  • Principle, Materials, Process description and its types, Process Characteristic, Trouble shooting, Applications.
  • Expandable Bead Foam Principle, Materials, Process description and its types, Process Characteristic, Trouble shooting, Applications.
  • Extruded Thermoplastics Foams Principle, Materials, Additives, Process Description, Process parameter, Blowing Agents, Applications.
Unit3

Unit 3

  • Gas Assist Injection Moulding Principle, Features and Benefits of GAIM, Process description and its types, Applications.
  • Water Assist Injection Moulding Principle, Process description and its types, Applications
  • Microcellular Plastic Technology Principle, Process description and characteristic, Cellular and microcellular plastics.
Unit4

Unit 4

  • Laminates Principle, Material used, Additives, Process Description and its types, Process Parameters, Applications
  • Thin Wall Moulding Principle, Part Design, Gate Concept, Demolding Technology, Tool rigidity, Process description, Applications.
Unit5

Unit 5

  • Co‐injection or Sandwich Molding Principle, Advantages, Process description and its types, Effects of Viscosity, Benefits of coinjection molding
  • Multi Component Molding Principle, Materials, Process description and its types
  • Lost core moulding process Principle, Material used and its grade, Major applications.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand the concepts of thermoset injection moulding.K2
  2. CO2Acquire knowledge of processes for manufacturing of different Plastic foams.K2
  3. CO3Understand the concepts of gas & water Injection moulding.K2
  4. CO4Acquire knowledge about various forms of plastics laminates.K2
  5. CO5Explain the phenomenon of sandwich moulding.K2

Text Books

  1. ‐
  2. Plastic Engineering Hand Book & D – 5 ‐ By Society of Plastic Industry Inc.
  3. Plastics Material & Processing‐ By Strong, A, Brent

References

  1. ‐
  2. Cheremisinoff; Nicholas P. and Cheremisinoff; Paul N. (Eds.), Handbook of Applied Polymer Processing Technology, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (1996)
  3. Plastics Materials & Processing ‐ By Schwartz & Goodman Thermoforming ‐ By James & Throne.
  4. Welding of Plastics ‐ By New Man

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 30, 31 of the original AKTU PDF.

Official AKTU syllabus PDF ↗