Injection Moulding Module 1

Course Dates

Cost: €995 (10% discount for Plastic Ireland members) including course manual, lunch and refreshments.

How much can you learn about Injection Moulding in three days?

This course moves at a fast pace, starting with a full overview of injection moulding from the moulding parameters/ mould opening and closing parameters, up to injection pressure curves and why troubleshooting issues occur.

This course suits two groups (the course is flexible depending on your needs)

1) Technical staff who have not had previous formal training - they will be given a thorough introduction to the moulding cycle, plastic materials, basic troubleshooting, common processing errors, safety, etc, using analogies to allow attendees to visualise the process and so understand it in detail. Practical sessions will concentrate on setting up the process from scratch, dealing with pre-set faults, fixing machine stoppages (tolerances, alarms, etc). Remaining time will be spent troubleshooting and reviewing quality/ defect issues.

 2) Operators/ Technicians with responsibility for mould changing/ set-up. The course follows the format above but the practical sessions concentrate on changing moulds, mould monitoring set-up (press/ speed/ switchover points), calculating and setting locking force. Setting up injection parameters to produce good shots and basic troubleshooting will be covered in less detail.

This course is a busy three days, and trainees generally find it challenging whether they are new to moulding of have years of experience. We always work to add value and develop new skills, and having four injection moulding machines allows us to set different levels of difficulty on different machines depending on trainees experience and how fast they learn.

Course Content:
Good Moulding Shop Practice
Pressure curves - the inside view of what is going on during moulding
Analysis of the Moulding Cycle - explaining the various parameters using everyday analogies
Basic Machine Set Up from a blank programme - the Clamp Unit and Injection Unit
Basic Machine Optimisation

Safety
Machine Safety Features
Lifting Equipment
Safety for Moulds
Safe Operation Procedures

Practical Exercises:
Mould Removal
Mould Placement including mould safety setup, ejectors, setting clamping parameters
Setting Injection Unit Parameters

Troubleshooting:
Analysis of Basic Moulding Faults (short shot, flash, mould safety)
Lots of practice fixing part defects, and developing a logical troubleshooting method

Trainee participation is encouraged in all discussions and practical demonstrations.
The course will be supported with numerous practical demonstrations on Arburg, Demag, Krauss Maffei and Fanuc(electric) injection moulding machines.

Our training centre has four Injection Moulding Machines: 
Fanuc All Electric Roboshot 100T
Arburg 320c Golden Edition (Hydraulic) 50T ( new)
Demag Ergotech NC4 (Hydraulic) 35T
Krauss Maffei KM50-125c (Hydraulic) 50T


Where possible we restrict Injection Moulding course numbers to just six places using up to four machines. Our courses can be run in-company if required, or we can modify any course to your needs. FETAC certification is included in the course costs - The FETAC approved examination conducted at the end of the course counts as one credit towards our Vocational Certificate in Polymer Processing

Who Should Attend?
This course is aimed at anyone who wants to get a very comprehensive understanding of the moulding process.  The course material has a very practical application with approximately 70% of the time spent on the machines. 

Venue:
First Polymer Training,
7 Centre Court, Blyry Business and Commercial Park,
Athlone
Co. Westmeath

Duration:
Three Days

Convenient Hotels: (with parking)
Creggan Court Hotel Athlone Tel: 090-6477777
Radisson SAS Northgate Street, Athlone . Book through us for a special rate

*This programme is a FETAC component (minor) award, certified at Level 5 on the national framework of qualifications (www.nfq.ie ).

The assessment at the end of the programme, if successfully completed, will lead to one credit towards a major(compound) award, of which 8 credits are needed in total. Please see How to achieve a FETAC major award with FPT. Some of our programmes have assignments as part of the assessment which should be completed by the learner after the programme has finished. Full instructions, timelines and ongoing guidance will be given by the course tutor. Most assessments are completed during the programme and results will be made available to learners as soon as they have gone through our Quality Assurance procedures and final submission to FETAC.

Please see our Protection for Learners Policy

Engineers Ireland CPD Scheme
In 2009, FPTS became a registered training provider with Engineers Ireland, recognising FPTS as a training provider who offers relevant learning opportunities for the career development of Engineers Ireland (EI) members.
Each FPTS course attended allows EI members to gain credits under the CPD scheme.