Basics of Plastics Engineering detailed syllabus for Manufacturing Engineering (Manuf) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Manuf 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 Manufacturing Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Manuf 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of basics of plastics engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PLASTIC MATERIALS 9
Basic chemistry of polymers-nomenclature of polymers sources for raw materials. Methods of manufacturing -properties and applications of Natural Polymers – Shellac resin and natural rubber – Cellulosics – Cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, Ethyl cellulose and others.
Unit II
TYPES OF PLASTIC MATERIALS 9
Thermoplastics- Thermosets – Composites – Bio Degradable Polymers – Classification – Properties – Applications – selection of material- Introduction to fillers – additives- its applications.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PROCESSING TECHNIQUES 9
Introduction to Injection Moulding- Blow Moulding- Compression Moulding – Transfer Mouldingextrusion -Tooling – Process variables- trouble shooting- Applications- Selection of moulding process.
Unit V
TESTING OF PLASTICS 9
Importance of testing, Standard and specifications- National and International standards-BIS, ASTM, ISO,BS,DIN,JIS- Laboratory accreditations – NABL, NABCB, APLAC -Indentation techniques – evaluation of properties – Introduction to basic testing equipment.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to
- familiarize in natural polymer properties and its applications
- acquire skills in selecting additives for plastic materials for specific applications
- acquire the knowledge of processing of plastic materials by various mouding techniques
- Identify the plastic materials for some specified applications based on its property.
- Understand the basic principle of polymer testing machines.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Irvin.I. Rubin, “Hand Book of Plastic Materials and Technology”, Wiley Interscience, NY, 1990.
- Guide to Injection Molding of Plastics By Bolur, P.C.,
- Brown; Paul F (Ed), Hand Book of Plastics Test Methods, Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow (1988).
- J.S. Anand, K. Ramamurthy, K. Palanivelu& C. Brahatheeswaran, How to Identify
- Plastics by Simple Methods, 1997.
- Vishu Shah, Hand Book of Plastics Testing Technology, John Wiley & Sons. Inc.New York, 1998.
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