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Fundamentals of
Material Selection
and Product Design
This seminar is designed to provide
basic product design guidelines and instruction for developing
manufacturable plastic molded products. This is a thorough of all
the aspects of product design concerns, such as snap fits, specific
material limitations, wall thickness guidelines, and a variety of
other subjects. The charts and diagrams alone are features that
can't be found elsewhere.
Section 1 - Determining Product Requirements
1 - Brainstorming activities
2 - Defining the product
3 - Defining and charting the activities
4 - Why products and/or projects fail
Section 2 - Defining Product Design Aspects
1 - Typical project examples
2 - Functional aspects
3 - Color, fit, appearance
4 - Physical and mechanical aspects
5 - Thermal aspects
6 - Electrical aspects
7 - Flammability considerations
8 - Weather and exposure limits
9 - Safety and environmental issues
Section 3 - Specific Product Design Considerations
1 - Wall thickness recommendations
2 - Generation of knit lines
3 - Sharp corner stress-concentrators
4 - Causes of sink marks
5 - Minimizing warpage and bowing
6 - Draft angle definition and requirements
7 - Restricting ejector pin marks and gate vestiges
8 - Dimensions and drawing notes
9 - What does the vendor need?
10 - Product design checklist
Section 4 - Determining Costs And Selecting A Vendor
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- Is it worth it?
2 - What information is needed?
3 - Determining material costs
4 - Determining labor costs
5 - Determining machine costs
6 - Determining tooling costs
7 - Secondary operation considerations
8 - What to look for when selecting a vendor
9 - Dedicated specialty or "full service"
10 - What to expect from a vendor
11 - Vendor qualification form
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