Handbook of Plastic Processes (eBook)

CHARLES A. HARPER is President of Technology Seminars, Inc., an organization that has provided educational seminars to the industry for over twenty years. An engineering graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, where he has also served as an adjunct professor, Mr. Harper has held leadership roles in many professional societies and organizations and is a Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering. He is the author or editor of numerous books in the plastics and materials fields.

Contributors

Preface.

1. Injection Molding (Peter F. Grelle)

2. Assisted Injection Molding (Steve Ham)

3. Sheet Extrusion (Dana R. Hanson)

4. Thermoforming (Scott Macdonald)

5. Blow Molding (Norman C. Lee)

6. Rotational Molding (Paul Nugent)

7. Compression and Transfer Molding (John L. Hull)

8. Composite Processes (Dale A. Grove)

9. Liquid Resin Processes (John L. Hull and Steven J.
Adamson)

10. Assembly (Edward M. Petrie).

11. Decorating and Finishing (Edward M. Petrie and John L.
Hull).

12. Polymer Nanocomposite Processing (Nandika Anne D'Souza, Jo
Ann Ratto, Ajit Ranade, Will Strauss and Laxmi Sahu).

Index.

"The Handbook of Plastics Processes should prove to be very useful
for those in the plastics industry." (IEEE Electrical Insulation
Magazine, November/December 2008)

"...there is an abundance of information on a wide variety
of topics within this volume." (IEEE Electrical Insulation
Magazine, July/August 2008)

"If you are interested in plastic processing or develop molding
processes, you would find this book very useful." (IEEE
Electrical Insulation Magazine, September-October 2007)

"...a worthwhile book to have on the shelf for both the novice
and the skilled plastic processor." (CORROSION, May
2007)

"Recommended...for those seeking an introductory qualitative
description of any of these various plastics processing
operations." (CHOICE, January 2007)