Acquiring knowledge on design of polymer products aimed for different polymer processing techiques. Acquiring knowledge on design of tools for polymer products manufacturing. Introduction to possibilites for optimising desing solutions of polymer products as well as appropriate tools.

Student responsibilities:

Attending of lectures and active participation, monitoring and logging of lectured matter. Research of the relevant references and internet, consultations with the lecturer.

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Student is evaluated through regularity in the performance of assigned duties. Student can approach to two colloquium or to the final exam. At the colloquium as well as at the final exam, student have to show that he has defeated at least 52% of the total lecture content. Student also creates practical seminar work.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

1 . Designing polymer products for appropriate manufacturing techniques

2 . Designing moulds and tools for appropriate manufactuing techniques and for desings of poylmer products.

3 . Estimate behaviour of polymer products/tools during processing by aid of computer simulation

4 . Estimate properties of future (finished) polymer products.

5 . Managing of the process of designing polymer products and tools.

6 . Analysing design of polymer products and tools for their manufacturing.

7 . Managing development of technical documentation of polymer products and tools for their production.

Lectures

1. Partial funkctions of the mould for injection moulding and appropriate design solutions

2. Partial funkctions of the mould for injection moulding and appropriate design solutions

3. Conceptual mould design of mould for injection moulding

4. Material selection for moulds for injection moulding and estimation of the mould price

5. Rheological mould calculation

6. Thermal mould calculation

7. Mechanical mould calculation

8. Mould additive manufacturing

9. Computer simulation application in development of the mould for injection moulding

10. Moulds for advanced injection moulding processes

11. Design of injection moulded parts

12. Faults on injection moulded parts

13. Development of products and moulds for thermoforming

14. Development of products and moulds for extrusion and injection blow moulding

15. Development of products and dies for extrusion

Exercises

1. Working with standard mould elements databases

2. Numerical tasks for mould calculation

3. Task - mould for injection moulding design

4. Task - mould for injection moulding design

5. Task - mould for injection moulding design

6. Task - mould for injection moulding design

7. Numerical mould calculation (simulation)

8. Colloquium 1

9. Calculation of mould for thermoforming

10. Calculation of mould for extusion and blow moulding

11. Seminar

12. Seminar

13. Seminar

14. Seminar

15. Colloquium 2

Compulsory literature:

1. Contribution to the systemic development of a mould for injection moulding of thermoplastics, Damir Godec, Sveučilište u zagrebu, Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Magistarski rad, 2000, p. 0-0

2. Development of injection moulded polymer parts, P. Raos, I. Čatić, Društvo za plastiku i gumu, Zagreb, 1992, p. 0-0

Recommended literature:

3. The Mould Design Guide, P. Jones, Rapra Ltd, 2008, p. 0-0

4. Practical guide to Blow Moulding, N.C. Lee, Rapra Ltd, 2006, p. 0-0

5. Thermoforming - A practical Guide, A. Illig, Hanser Publisher, 2001, p. 0-0