Design 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.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Development of plastic products 3. Sustainability of plastics 4. Selection of thermoplastics 5. Basic data required for designing plastic parts 6. Mechanical design with plastics 7. Designing for additive manufacturing 8. Tooling design for injection molding 9. Rapid manufacturing and tooling 10. Plastics manufacturing �11. Processing and product performance
Authors
Ant�nio S�rgio Duarte Pouzada Full professor, University of Minho, Portugal.Dr. Ant�nio S�rgio 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.
