Plastics and Polymers in Packaging detailed syllabus for Food Technology (Food Tech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Food Tech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Food Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Food Tech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to Food Tech Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of plastics and polymers in packaging is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
Injection moulding of thermoplastics materials. Constuctional features of moulding equipment. Technical specifications of the injection moulding machine Moulding cycle. Various process parameters and their influence on the quality of the moulded products. Trouble shooting in injection moulding. FRP process – Ancillaries used in FRP. Processes like hand layup, spray up & filament winding techniques
Unit III
Extrusion – Constructional features of extruded equipments, blown film, cast films, multiplayer films, Biaxially oriented films, Extrusion of sheets, tapes, box strapping and monofilaments. Extrusion coating/ lamination Aspects to be covered are auxillary equipment, plant layouts, process parameters and their effect on the quality of the extruded products and trouble shooting.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Thermoforming – Male mould forming, female mould forming, plug assist forming & continuous forming lines. Trimming device and techniques. Rotational moulding – Materials used. Principle of biaxial drives & moulding plants. Foam plastics – Moulding of expandable polystyrene material. Preparation of expandable PS beads – Preparation, stabilisation & moulding stages.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would have the knowledge to
- Understand the importance of food polymers
- Explain the concept of selection of packaging materials.
- Understand the effect of various methods of processing on the structure and texture of food materials with relate to plastics
- Understand the interaction of food constituents with respect to thermal, electrical properties to develop new technologies for processing and preservation of food materials.
Text Books:
- Pye R. G. W., “Injection Mould Design: A Design Manual For The Thermoplastics Industry”, Longman Scientific And Technical.
- Dubois J. H. &Pribble W. I., “Plastics Mold Engineering Handbook”, Springer
- Peter Jones, “The Mould Design Guide”, Rapra.
- Fisher E. G., “Extrusion Of Plastics”, Wiley.
- Joshi M. V., “Dies For Plastic Extrusion”, Macmillan.
- Miller Edward, “Plastic Product Design” Part A&B, CRC Press.
- Norman Lee, “Blow Moulding Design Guide”, Hanser Publication
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Food Technology 6th Sem, visit Food Tech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Food Technology results, visit Anna University Food Tech all semester results direct link.