MFGT 141 Course Syllabus
MFGT 141- Thermoplastic Polymers – 3.0 Units
Course Times: Lecture M, W 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM OCNL 120
Lab W 200PM-0450PM LANG 118
Instructor: Prof. Joe Greene (jpgreene@csuchico.edu)
Web page: http://www.csuchico.edu/~jpgreene
Office: Location- O’Connell 425 – Phone: 898-4977
Hours W 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Course Objective: Provide students a thorough study of thermoplastic and thermoset composites industry by investigating engineering thermoplastic materials, thermoplastic blends, elastomers, and thermoset composites.
Laboratory Objectives: Provide students a thorough knowledge of a plastics and composites molding business, including areas such as set-up, operation, process control, and maintenance of the lab molding machines, test equipment, and secondary operations equipment.
Textbooks:
· Polymeric Materials and Processing, Charrier, Hanser Publishers (1990)
Reference:
· Plastic Injection Molding …Manufacturing Process Fundamentals, D. Bryce, SME, Dearborn, MI (1996)
· Taguchi software: http://www.rkroy.com
Fee: $10.00 fee paid by the 3rd week of the semester or the student will be dropped.
Safety: A brief training session on lab safety in the Polymer Laboratory (LANG 118) will be conducted during the first lab meeting. Students are required to read the Department’s Lab Safety Policies and Procedures document and sign an acknowledgment form before conducting laboratory experiments. Safety glasses are required and worn at all times in the lab. Failure to do so will result in the student being removed from the lab and being dropped from the class. The student must read, understand and follow all safety procedures. If there are any questions about the student must talk to the instructor before operating any of the equipment.
Safety policy:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/__depts/mem/5Laboratories.html
Grading
1 Final exam 20%
Unannounced quizzes 10%
Lab Work (2 lab reports plus lab book) 30%
100%
Note: Quizzes and tests can have 1 page of notes. Make-up exams and quizzes are closed book and notes unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor.
Note: Grades will be reduced for late assignments, 1 grade per week late.
· Summary report from ANTEC 2004 articles on experimental designs with engineering plastic, elastomeric, or thermoset materials (3 to 4 pages typed with 1” margins and double spaced). You must select the article from a list that is provided by the professor. The format of the papers is provided in the class folder in OCNL 438.
· The lab notebook will be used to record material and manufacturing information during the lab experiments. The notebook will be graded in lab according to effectiveness and organization of the data. The format of the notebook will be provided in class.
· Lab report: Each student will participate in a lab group (4 students max) for 10 lab experiments. Each student group is required to complete two lab reports demonstrating use of design of experiments. The format of the papers is provided in OCNL 438.
· Lab Report 1: Injection molding of an engineering resin. Due Date- March 22, 2004
· Lab Report 2: Thermoset compression molding or RTM. Due Date- April 12, 2004
Due Date: Paper
1: Due: March 29, 2004; Paper 2: Due: April 26, 2004
Each student team will be responsible for
completing two technical papers on a engineering thermoplastic and a thermoset
polymer. You must select the material from a list that is provided by the
professor. The technical paper
should be 4 to 6 pages typed and double spaced. It should include Introduction, Applications, Chemistry, Properties, Processing, Research with DOE,
References (min 3) from Journals- ANTEC.
· Presentation (15 Minutes)- Due Dates: April 12 through the end of the semester. You will be given your presentation date by the instructor.