RJG is pleased to announce the release of their new online, self-paced Essentials of Injection Molding eLearning course. Essentials of Injection Molding is an introductory course in the RJG Training Academy and is offered online in an interactive, self-paced platform. The online platform allows for students to benefit from RJG’s award-winning training without travel costs or the need to spend time away from work. Interactive activities and problem-solving utilizes various learning styles in order to ensure maximum knowledge retention and provide tools that can immediately be put to use. Newcomers as well as those who are looking for a refresher will come away from this course with a common foundation from which to advance their knowledge and skills in injection molding. Learners will have an introduction to the four plastic variables, so they can begin to think from the plastic’s point of view, along with an orientation to the phases involved in DECOUPLED MOLDING®.
The objectives of Essentials of Injection Molding include:
- Identify machine and mold components and their primary functions
- Classify properties and characteristics of thermoplastic materials
- Examine the four plastic variables: – How they are influenced by primary machine settings during a DECOUPLED MOLDING® II process – Their relationship to common defects
- Recognize common safety hazards, symbols, and functions of safety mechanisms
- Outline the keys to profitable molding