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Polymer Processing

Teaching: Completely taught in English

ECTS: 4

Level: UnderGraduate

Semester: Winter

Prerequisites:

None

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Lectures	Exercises	Laboratory exercises	Project laboratory	Physical education excercises	Field exercises	Seminar	Design exercises	Practicum
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Course objectives:

Familiarize the students in 5th and 7th semester of all study fields with polymer parts production.

Student responsibilities:

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

Colloquiums or written exam - 90% Oral exam - 10 %

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

The results of the tasks and colloquies comment with students. The interaction with students during class (asking questions) is checked understanding the material and the acquisition of competencies and skills in accordance with the learning outcomes.

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

After successful completion of the course, a student will be able to: - Categorize the basic types of polymeric materials - Describe the thermal properties of polymeric materials - Explain the behaviour of materials during the tensile test - Group the polymer processing procedures - Explain the polymer processing procedures - Apply acquired knowledge in problem-solving tasks of the polymer processing - Identify the polymer manufacturing process of the actual product.

Lectures

1. Introduction and historical development of polymer parts produxtion (PPP).

2. Development of new polymer materials and products.

3. Systemic theory of technology. ystematization of PPP.

4. Polymers.

5. Theoretical basics of PPP, production polymer properties.

6. Theoretical basics of PPP, rheological polymer properties.

7. Thermal polymer properties and heat exchange.

8. Compounding of polymers.

9. Continuous procedures of PPP: extrusion.

10. Continuous procedures of PPP: calendering, coating. Cyclic procedures: casting, rotational moulding, moulding.

11. Compression, transfer and injection moulding. Procedures and equipment for injection moulding.

12. Reshaping procedures: blow moulding, thermoforming, stretching.

13. Production procedures of foamed and reinforced parts.

14. Separation, bonding, coating.

15. Polymer recovery.

Exercises

1. Introduction to polymer parts production.

2. Polymer materials.

3. Identification of polymer materials.

4. Identification of polymer materials.

5. Injection moulding, injection moulding machine.

6. Injection moulding, injection moulding machine.

7. Visit to injection moulding plant.

8. Visit to injection moulding plant.

9. Reshaping and bonding of composites.

10. Hot-air welding.

11. Computer application in polymer part development and rapid prototyping.

12. Mould cavity filling simulation with computer aid.

13. Visit to extrusion plant.

14. Visit to extrusion plant.

15. Procedures of polymer recovery.

Compulsory literature:

Raos, P., Šercer, M.: Teorijske osnove proizvodnje polimernih tvorevina, Strojarski fakultet u Slavonskom Brodu, 2010.
Rogić, A., Čatić, I., Godec, D.: Polimeri i polimerne tvorevine, DPG, Zagreb, 2008.
Čatić, I.: Proizvodnja polimernih tvorevina, DPG, Zagreb, 2006.

Recommended literature:

Šercer, M., Križan, B., Basan, R.: Konstruiranje polimernih proizvoda, FSB, Zagreb, 2009.