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A practical reference for all plastics engineers who are seeking to answer a question, solve a problem, reduce a cost, improve a design or fabrication process, or even venture into a new market. Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook covers both polymer basics - helpful to bring readers quickly up to speed if they are not familiar with a particular area of plastics processing - and recent developments - enabling practitioners to discover which options best fit their requirements. Each chapter is an authoritative source of practical advice for engineers, providing authoritative guidance from experts that will lead to cost savings and process improvements. Throughout the book, the focus is on the engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. The properties of plastics are explained along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing and analyzing them.
Practical introductions to both core topics and new developments make this work equally valuable for newly qualified plastics engineers seeking the practical rules-of-thumb they don't teach you in school, and experienced practitioners evaluating new technologies or getting up to speed on a new field
The depth and detail of the coverage of new developments enables engineers and managers to gain knowledge of, and evaluate, new technologies and materials in key growth areas such as biomaterials and nanotechnology
This highly practical handbook is set apart from other references in the field, being written by engineers for an audience of engineers and providing a wealth of real-world examples, best practice guidance and rules-of-thumb
List of contents
Part I Plastics Engineering: Basic Fundamentals (7 chapters)
Introduction to Plastics Engineering (sections 1-4 and 6-8 of old Chapter 22, The Plastics Industry)
Electrical Properties
Mechanical Properties
Testing of Plastics
Testing and Instrumental Analysis for the plastics processing industry: key technologies
Plastics Processing (sections 5 of old Chapter 22, The Plastics Industry)
Additives for Plastics
Part II Plastics Engineering: New Developments
Plastics Materials (9 chapters)
Engineering Thermoplastics
Thermoplastic Elastomers and Their Applications
Thermoset Elastomers
Fluoropolymers
Nanocomposites: preparation, structure, properties
Polyolefins
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Biodegradable Plastics
Polymeric Biomaterials
Additives (7 chapters)
Adhesion Promotion
Coatings and Colorant Processing Fundamentals (two chapters combined)
Dispersants and Coupling Agents
Functional Fillers for Plastics
Flame Retardants
Pasticizers
Polymer Stabilization
Processes (11 chapters)
Blow Molding
Chaotic advection and its application for forming structured plastic materials
Chemical Mechanical Polishing: Role of Polymeric Additives and Composite Materials
Compression Molding
Extrusion
Injection Molding
Microcellular Processing
Rotational Molding
Thermoforming
Process Monitoring & Control
Recycling of Plastics
Applications (6 chapters)
Design of Plastic Parts
Plastics in Building and Construction
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Applications
Plastic Piping Materials
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Fabrication
About the author
Myer Kutz is founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm. He is the editor of the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Second Edition, also published by Wiley.
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"An authoritative source of practical advice for engineers, providing authoritative guidance from experts that will lead to cost savings and process improvements. Throughout the book, the focus is on the engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. The properties of plastics are explained along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing and analyzing them. Materials and additives are described as well as their characteristics and effects. The technologies and machinery used in processing operations are covered with reference to product design. And recent developments in a cross-section of applications demonstrate in a pragmatic way, the opportunities as well as the limitations of plastics." --Biospace.com
