Plastics: Materials and Processing (3rd Edition)

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This book is designed to introduce plastics to a wide range of non-chemists who need to either gain, improve, or refresh their knowledge of plastic materials and manufacturing. It fully discusses both materials and manufacturing processes in a carefully-constructed and logical presentation. While providing a fundamental overview of a broad spectrum of topics, this book’s high level of detail makes it valuable as a professional reference manual. Complete examination of materials, processes and performance of plastics includes many recent developments–at the molecular, micro and macro levels–such as conductive polymers, nano technology, biodegradable polymers, bio-based raw materials, twin-sheet thermoforming, and health considerations of plasticizers. Appropriate as a reference manual by manufacturing engineers, chemical engineers, plastics engineers, mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, or any other engineer working in a plastics-oriented company.

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Good for processing.......2003-04-04

This book is written a very understandable and readable style. It seems to be very good and thorough in the processing areas. There are a number of errors in the first few chapters on structure, so if you use this book you should supplement it with something else.

Excellent Resource for Many Reasons.......2002-02-25

From my particular perspective, Brent Strong's text on plastics is valuable because it is one of the very few places one can turn for a substantial discussion of high-energy radiation processing of plastics by means such as e-beams, microwaves, UV light, and plasmas. E-beam processing of plastics to impart commercially valuable improvements in their physical properties is especially well covered.

excellent book.......2001-08-21

I have used this book as a reference and for teaching a Plastics Course in Mechanical Engineering. It is very easy to read, it does not get into too much confusing details about the chemistry - it explains the chemical fundamentals very easily. It does a great job of relating plastic structures with actual properties such as permeability, strength and conductivity. All my students consider a great book. It is one of the best written books I have encountered during my academic career. Worth its weight in gold !!

Plastic: materials and processing.......2000-06-23

Very helpfull and usefull book for everyone who would like to know about plastic materials technology.

Melt Rheology and Its Role in Plastics Processing - Theory and Applications

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One of the most concise and excellent books in rheology

Melt Rheology and Its Role in Plastics Processing - Theory and Applications
J.M. Dealy , and K.F. Wissbrun
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792358864

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In this comprehensive book, plastics engineers, designers, and manufacturers discover how to exploit the latest techniques of measuring the rheological properties of molten and viscoelastic plastics. Fully examined is the role of polymer rheology in various melt processing operations, along with specialized areas.

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One of the most concise and excellent books in rheology.......2002-02-20

I have found this book as the reader friendly in a wide spectrum of books available on polymer rheology. The authors have maintained a fine balance between mathematical theory and physical explanations. Therefore, one can get a feel of the subject while learning through this book. The language of the book is also lucid.

I highly recommend this book for someone who wants to know what the equations and the theories in rheology means.

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Pro/ENGINEER Solutions and Plastic Design guides readers through practical examples of plastic components modeling, teaching robust modeling techniques and providing “inside” tips to delivering a manufacturable design. Using a series of exercises and tutorials, readers will learn to identify and model part surfaces for injection molding, split design assemblies into components, and use analytical tools to evaluate the quality of the finished design project. Because Pro/ENGINEER CAD models designed for manufacture in plastic are less intuitive to work with, the overall philosophy of how to approach such a part design as presented in this book differs sharply from the basic building block construction techniques in other Pro/ENGINEER tutorials.

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Not worth it........2000-05-12

If you want to learn how to design plastic parts on Pro E this book has absolutly no interest... It shows beautiful models but figure out yourself how to create them on Pro E. Good luck!

Not worth it........2000-05-12

If you want to learn how to design plastic parts on Pro E this book has absolutly no interest... It shows beautiful models but figure out yourself how to create them on Pro E. Good luck!

Just not much here.......2000-04-28

I am in between a novice/intermediate user level in Pro E 20. I have a small background in plastics injection molding but mostly silicone molding. This book spends most of the time explaining basic injection molding design (things like draft, runners, core/cavity). But very the discussion of these features is very basic and mostely antedotal. You could learn just about everything covered in this book in about 1 hour talking with a mold designer and probably alot more with the mold designer. If you have been commissioned to start designing molds then you will need a hell of alot more then this book offers you. The final section of the book has work excercises designing parts. But it just tells you to design some parts on Pro E, NOT how to use Pro E to design the parts. I have done several tutorials that cover general features of Pro E but was looking for something that gave some new features in Pro E and HOW tos on those features. Not in this book.

Useful for those new to the design of molded plastic parts........1999-07-25

Excellent book for people new to the design of injection molded parts. A good introductory text with an overview of some common processes used to manufacture molded plastic components. If you are new to the design of molded plastic components and are a novice or intermediate Pro/E user then this book will serve you well. Basic design considerations are presented along with techniques on how to capture them using Pro/E.

Mixing in Polymer Processing (Plastics Engineering, 23)

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Mixing in Polymer Processing (Plastics Engineering, 23)
Rauwendaal
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ASIN: 0824785215

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"Focusing on the principles of mixing and practical aspects of mixing technology used in the polymer processing industry, this book facilitates the selection of the most suitable mixing machinery for specific applications-emphasizing interactions between mixer geometry and resulting mixing action, identifying one mixer from another, and evaluating the mixing performance of each device. "

Plastics Processing Data Handbook - Second Edition

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Excellent

Plastics Processing Data Handbook - Second Edition
D.V. Rosato
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ASIN: 0412801906

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This comprehensive workbook offers a thorough review of today's high performance plastics and manufacturing processes. Focusing on common processing problems and practical solutions this book surveys fundamental processing concepts for every major fabrication technique in use today and provides extensive data on controls, instrumentation, materials and molding technologies. This second edition is fully updated with the addition of new material, new tables and new figures.
Other useful features include:

numerous examples of various phases of processing;

a detailed review of each plastics process;

the effect of changing one variable while others are constant. £/LIST£

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Excellent.......1999-09-29

A must for any Plastics Engineer

Structural Analysis of Thermoplastic Components

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Structural Analysis of Thermoplastic Components
Gerry Trantina , and Ron Nimmer
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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ASIN: 0070652023

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How to predict thermoplastics behavior in high-performance structural applications Here's the very first engineering resource with all the data and design/analysis techniques you need to work with even the newest thermoplastics. Structural Analysis of Thermoplastic Components by Gerry Trantina and Ron Nimmer shows you how to predict stiffness, creep and fatigue of polymeric components--PLUS non-homogeneous materials such as structural foams and composites. You'll benefit from detailed comparisons of analytic prediction versus measured behavior and much more: Nonstandard property measurement and analysis; Nonlinearities associated with large deformations; Using structural geometry to offset low material stiffness; Designing thermoplastics to withstand impacts; Important loading variables, component lifetimes, frequency effects, hysteric heating and cyclic crack growth.

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Good textbook for undergraduate students

Polymer Processing Fundamentals
Tim A. Osswald
Manufacturer: Hanser Gardner Publications
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Materials Science of Polymers for Engineers

ASIN: 1569902623

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Good textbook for undergraduate students.......2006-04-28

This book is a good textbook for undergraduate and practicing engineers who are not so familiar with polymer processing, as it is written in plain English and easy too read. The volume is compact.
Introductions of more advanced topics are also given, and differentiated by shading. This is a good idea. If you were interested in more advanced topics, then you could learn from literatures cited.

Elastomer Processing: Formulas and Tables

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Elastomer Processing: Formulas and Tables
Werner Kleemann , and Kurt Weber
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Principles of Polymer Processing
Zehev Tadmor , and Costas G. Gogos
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ASIN: 0471387703

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Thoroughly revised edition of the classic text on polymer processing

The Second Edition brings the classic text on polymer processing thoroughly up to date with the latest fundamental developments in polymer processing, while retaining the critically acclaimed approach of the First Edition. Readers are provided with the complete panorama of polymer processing, starting with fundamental concepts through the latest current industry practices and future directions. All the chapters have been revised and updated, and four new chapters have been added to introduce the latest developments.

Readers familiar with the First Edition will discover a host of new material, including:
* Blend and alloy microstructuring
* Twin screw-based melting and chaotic mixing mechanisms
* Reactive processing
* Devolatilization--theory, mechanisms, and industrial practice
* Compounding--theory and industrial practice
* The increasingly important role of computational fluid mechanics
* A systematic approach to machine configuration design

The Second Edition expands on the unique approach that distinguishes it from comparative texts. Rather than focus on specific processing methods, the authors assert that polymers have a similar experience in any processing machine and that these experiences can be described by a set of elementary processing steps that prepare the polymer for any of the shaping methods. On the other hand, the authors do emphasize the unique features of particular polymer processing methods and machines, including the particular elementary step and shaping mechanisms and geometrical solutions.

Replete with problem sets and a solutions manual for instructors, this textbook is recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in chemical engineering and polymer and materials engineering and science. It will also prove invaluable for industry professionals as a fundamental polymer processing analysis and synthesis reference.

Solid Phase Processing of Polymers (Progress in Polymer Processing)

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Solid Phase Processing of Polymers (Progress in Polymer Processing)

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