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Design and Manufacturing of Plastics Products
Integrating Traditional Methods With Additive Manufacturing
- 1st Edition - August 14, 2021
- Author: António Sérgio Pouzada
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 7 7 5 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 7 7 6 - 9
Design and Manufacturing of Plastics Products: Integrating Conventional Methods and Innovative Technologies brings together detailed information on design, materials selection… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDesign and Manufacturing of Plastics Products: Integrating Conventional Methods and Innovative Technologies brings together detailed information on design, materials selection, properties, manufacturing, and the performance of plastic products, incorporating the utilization of the latest novel techniques and additive manufacturing technologies. The book integrates the design of molded products and conventional manufacturing and molding techniques with recent additive manufacturing techniques to produce performant products and cost-effective tools. Key areas of innovation are explained in detail, including hybrid molds, the integration of processing options with product properties and performance, and sustainability factors such as eco-design strategies, recycling, and lifecycle assessment.
Other sections cover the development of plastics products, including design methodologies, design solutions specific to plastics, and design for re-use, as well as manufacturing and performance, with an emphasis on thermoplastic molding techniques, recent advances on plastics tooling, and the appraisal of the influence of processing options on product performance. This is a valuable resource to plastics engineers, design engineers, mold makers, and product or part designers across industries. It will also be of interest to researchers and advanced students in plastics engineering, polymer science, additive manufacturing and mechanical engineering.
- Offers a thorough grounding in plastics part design, thermoplastic material selection, properties, manufacture and performance of plastic parts
- Presents the latest advances, including the integration of additive manufacturing in the plastics product development cycle, hybrid molds, and lifecycle and recycling considerations
- Enables the reader to utilize traditional methods alongside cutting-edge technologies in the production of performant plastic products and parts
Plastics engineers, design engineers, moldmakers, product or part designers across industries, and those working in additive manufacturing.
Researchers and advanced students in plastics engineering, polymer science, additive manufacturing, and mechanical engineering.
Researchers and advanced students in plastics engineering, polymer science, additive manufacturing, and mechanical engineering.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1: Plastics in engineering
- 1.2: The development of plastic products
- 1.3: This book approach to design
- 1.4: The organization of the book
- 1.5: How to use this book
- Chapter 2: Development of plastic products
- Abstracts
- 2.1: The steps in the development of plastic products
- 2.2: Conception of products in plastics
- 2.3: Design rules for molded products
- 2.4: Design for manufacturing
- 2.5: Design for sustainability
- 2.6: Concluding remark
- Chapter 3: Sustainability of plastics
- Abstract
- 3.1: Applying ecodesign strategies to the full life cycle of products
- 3.2: Recycling and recyclability criteria
- 3.3: Reusing products and components
- 3.4: Life cycle assessment and costing in plastics design
- 3.5: Concluding remark
- Chapter 4: Selection of thermoplastics
- Abstract
- 4.1: Selection of thermoplastics
- 4.2: Thermoplastics in engineering
- 4.3: Commodity materials
- 4.4: Engineering plastics
- 4.5: Plastics for high temperatures
- 4.6: Reinforced thermoplastics
- 4.7: Cost factors in plastics
- 4.8: Concluding remarks
- Chapter 5: Basic data required for designing plastic parts
- Abstract
- 5.1: General properties
- 5.2: Mechanical
- 5.3: Thermal
- 5.4: Rheological
- 5.5: Tribological properties
- 5.6: Optical properties
- 5.7: Electrical
- 5.8: Flammability
- 5.9: Processability
- 5.10: Concluding remarks
- Chapter 6: Mechanical design with plastics
- Abstract
- 6.1: Golden rules in designing with thermoplastics
- 6.2: Mechanical behavior of plastics: Viscoelasticity and anisotropy
- 6.3: Mechanical design with isotropic materials
- 6.4: Short time loading—snap-joints
- 6.5: Long-term design—The pseudoelastic method
- 6.6: The influence of processing on the mechanical performance
- 6.7: Mechanical design with anisotropic materials
- 6.8: Concluding remarks
- Chapter 7: Designing for additive manufacturing
- Abstract
- 7.1: Part design: AM vs traditional techniques
- 7.2: Design criteria for AM
- 7.3: Selection of AM technologies
- 7.4: AM applications in the industry context
- 7.5: Final remarks
- Chapter 8: Tooling design for injection molding
- Abstract
- 8.1: Types of molds
- 8.2: Mold materials
- 8.3: Parts of the mold
- 8.4: Molds with movements
- 8.5: Hot runner molds
- 8.6: Mold design calculations
- 8.7: Determination of the injection cycle time
- 8.8: Reusability and recycling of injection molds
- Chapter 9: Rapid manufacturing and tooling
- Abstract
- 9.1: Rapid prototyping technologies
- 9.2: Rapid prototyping in mold making
- 9.3: Hybrid molds: Trends in injection mold design
- 9.4: Conclusions
- Chapter 10: Plastics manufacturing
- Abstract
- 10.1: Processing principles
- 10.2: Main processing techniques
- 10.3: Molding techniques
- 10.4: Injection molding
- 10.5: Injection molding equipment
- 10.6: Production cells and process integration
- 10.7: Nonconventional molding techniques
- Chapter 11: Processing and product performance
- Abstracts
- 11.1: Shrinkage
- 11.2: Orientation
- 11.3: Residual stresses
- 11.4: Warpage
- 11.5: Weld lines
- 11.6: The relationship Morphology - Processing - Mechanical behavior
- 11.7: Factors that promote the ductile-fragile transition
- 11.8: Failure of plastic products
- Index
- No. of pages: 604
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 14, 2021
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128197752
- eBook ISBN: 9780128197769
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António Sérgio Pouzada
Dr. António Sérgio Duarte Pouzada is a distinguished mechanical engineer, leaving a substantial academic and professional legacy. His journey commenced as a project engineer in Angola, and in 1971, he joined the University of Luanda. After a period of teaching in Portugal, Dr. Pouzada became a faculty member at the University of Minho in 1977. His dedication led him to ascend to the position of Full Professor of Polymer Engineering in 1998. Dr. Pouzada earned his Master of Science in Applied Polymer Engineering from the University of Loughborough in 1979, followed by a Ph.D. in 1982. Throughout his illustrious career, he actively supervised doctoral theses, authored numerous articles, and assumed leadership roles, including the presidency of the School of Engineering at the University of Minho.
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