SPE Product Design and Development DivisionSPE Product Design and Development Division
In this plastic injection molding course, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive exploration of injection mold design that not only enhances your understanding but also equips you to drive overall project success. Through a unique approach, you’ll gain a profound comprehension of detailed mold design concepts set forth in the context of the whole design process.
As you progress, you’ll cultivate a strategic mindset for achieving cost savings throughout the process, and review projects at each important juncture to master advanced concepts.
By enrolling in this course, you’ll emerge with an enriched perspective on injection molding and design, equipped to make significant contributions to projects’ triumphs through your comprehensive grasp of both design intricacies and cost-efficient strategies.
This course can be applied to the following certificate:
Plastics Technology Certificate
Day 1 & 2
Introduction and Overview
The Anatomy of a Mold
Mold Types
Basic Mold Construction
Common Components and their Function
The Molding Press
Plastic Resin Fundamentals
Shrink
Plastic Product Design Fundamentals
Sprue, Runner and Gate
Ejection
Basic Mold Inserting
Slides and Lifters
Cavity Layout
Cooling
Venting
Mold Steel
Plating and Polishing
Day 3
Core shift
Injection molding simulation for toolmakers/tool designers for driving engineering decisions
Anyone responsible for procuring, evaluating, building or designing injection mold tools, including tooling engineers, buyers, toolmakers, mold designers, product designers, managers and molders.
Erik Foltz is a certified professional Moldflow® consultant at The Madison Group. Foltz received his MS from the Polymer Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Foltz’s work concentrates on assisting industrial clients accelerate the product design process through the… read more