Designing Successful Products with Plastics

Mark T. MacLean-Blevins, founder of MacLean-Blevins & Associates, is an independent product design consultant, in private practice since 1993 with forty-five patents issued for innovations developed as a result of his creative input. After graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, Mark applied his knowledge and design talents working for companies such as General Instrument and Mine Safety Appliances, and then, once independent, providing consultation services to companies such as Ciba-Vision, Johnson Wax Professional, Teledyne Energy Systems, and over 90 others. In addition, Mark has been the recipient of several national and international design awards for products developed and commercialized from his efforts and expertise.

1. Introduction to designing products with plastics
2. Material Selection – Which Plastic to Use?
3. Process Selection - Which Plastics Process to use?
4. Tooling - what tooling will be required?
5. Conceptual Design – how do we begin the design process?
6. The Many Facets of Design Thinking -- Perspectives
7. Process Driven Design Rules
8. Preliminary Design for Manufacture
9. Detailed Design for Manufacture
10. Gathering Production Estimates
11. Project Review and Verification – Risk Management
12. Production Implementation
13. Production Qualification and Hand-Off
14. Design with Plastics Practices – Creating Value through Good Design Practices