Plastic manufacturing processes

Internet resources
Custom plastic extrusion in Melbourne: http://www.spec-net.com.au/company/ausplast.htm

Rotational moulding guidelines: www.bpf.co.uk/bpfgroups/Rotamoulding_Group.cfm

Rotational Moulding application: www.benvic.com/processingtechniques/ specificproctech/0,,22748-2-0,00.htm

How to vac form: www.media.mit.edu/physics/ pedagogy/fab/moldguru/vacform.html

Vacuum forming packaging Melbourne company: www.mpiaust.com.au

Vacuum Forming process: www.toolcraft.co.uk/helpvfproc.htm

Comparing IM to other methods of production: www.ides.com/articles/plastic_prototyping.asp

Tutorials on creating injection moulding parts: www.injection-molding-resource.org/ injection-molding-tutorials.htm

Solidworks tutorial for using the injection molding plug in: www.t-sim.com/Refbsim/Example4.htm

Blow molding: www.pct.edu/prep/bm.htm

Texts

Decker, Marcel (1999) Practical extrusion blow molding, Plastics engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ;

Macosko, C (1989) RIM, fundamentals of reaction injection molding, New York : Hanser Publishers

Strong, A (2000) Plastics : materials and processing, Upper Saddle River, N.J. : London : Prentice Hall

Tres P (2000) Designing plastic parts for assembly, Munich Hanser Publishers

Cracknell, P. S (1993) Handbook of thermoplastics injection mould design, New York : Blackie Academic & Professional

Rosato, Dominick V (1998) Extruding plastics : a practical processing handbook, London : Chapman & Hall