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Plastic Troubleshooter
On-Line Solutions To Injection Molding Problems

Training Seminars

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Troubleshooting Guide for Injection Molders

This seminar covers the basic fundamentals of troubleshooting plastic injection molded defects. It covers the causes solutions, and correctios for the top 23 most common molding defects such as, flash, short shots, cracks, black specks, and more. "Defects" is the most popular topic when molders get together.

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PIM 1 - Fundamentals of Injection Molding

This seminar covers the basic fundamentals of plastic injection molding, including the molding machine, parameters of the molding process, optimizing the process, the role of the operator, purpose and description of the mold, auxiliary equipment, secondary operations, testing, quality, failure analysis, and includes a complete section on identifying and correcting defects.

NOTE: These are the first 5, of a total of 6, Online Seminars on Plastics that are in the works. Please check back often as we will load them as soon as they are launched.

Please use our CONTACT link above if you have any questions.

 

 

 

 

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Please CONTACT US if you are interested in volume pricing designed for groups of 5 or more students, per course.

Our online seminars are designed to be easy to use, informative, and to provide fundamental information for anyone interested in the plastic injection molding process.

 

They are intended for all, from hopper attendants to company presidents, and even experts can gain valuable information from these seminars.

 

Optional testing is included and Certificates of Achievement are available for those wishing to fulfill the need for certifying course completion.

 

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PIM 2 - Product Design and Material Selection

This seminar covers the basic fundamentals of plastic product design, including parameters of the molding process, selection of the proper material, developing product requirements, testing, quality, failure analysis, and includes a complete Product Design checklist that product designers can reference to make sure everything that's necessary is incorporated in their product designs.

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PIM 3 - Mold Design and Construction

This seminar covers the basic fundamentals of plastic injection mold design and building, including the mold design process, materials to use for building the molds, equipment that makes the molds, finishes that are available for molds, and even has a Mold Design checklist that designers can reference to make sure everything that's necessary is incorporated in their mold designs.

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PIM 4 - Manufacturing Startup and Management

This seminar addresses the basics for creating a plastic injection molding company (or buying an existing one) and managing it to be the most productive and efficient as possible. Taught by an expert in the business who owned or operated many injection molding companies in his long career. Includes plant layouts, financial requirements, site location, how to price your products, benchmarking, equipment needs, and much more.