Module 3 – Materials Technology: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 2025-10-27

Day One

• Thermosetting (Thermoplastics materials and process)
• Thermoplastics
• Structure/manufacture
• Terminology and examples
• Homopolymer, Co-Polymer, Terpolymer, Alloys
• Elements that affect the moulding process
• Temperature and its effects
• Theory and practical
• Melt Flow Rate
• Theory and practical
• Molecular orientation
• Theory and practical

Day Two

• Flow behaviour of thermoplastics materials (injection time/speed)
• Theory/practical
• Gate shear rates
• Injection speed versus component weight
• Theory and practical
• Extent of moulded in stress within moulded component
• Theory/practical
• Molecular structure for thermoplastics materials
• Amorphous/semi-crystalline
• Shrinkage behaviour of thermoplastic materials
• Amorphous, semi-crystalline
• Theory/practical

Day Three

• Plastics additives
• Colorants used with thermoplastics materials
• Effect on shrinkage
• Effect on moulding process and component properties
• Identification of different thermoplastic materials
• Material handling

Course Highlights

This is module three of a three module training course. See also:

Module One: Plasticisation & Melt Preparation

Module Two: Machine Control Technology, Setting Principles & Procedures

Course Prerequisites

Module One: Plasticisation & Melt Preparation

Module Two: Machine Control Technology, Setting Principles & Procedures

Additional Information