TY - BOOK ID - 77918403 TI - Plastics technology handbook. : introduction, properties, fabrication, processes AU - Rosato, Donald V. AU - Rosato, Marlene G. AU - Schott, Nick R. PY - 2010 SN - 1283896028 1606500813 9781606500811 9781606500798 1606500791 9781283896023 PB - [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, DB - UniCat KW - Plastics. KW - Plastic materials KW - Plastic products KW - Polymers KW - Synthetic products KW - Condensation products (Chemistry) KW - Elastomers KW - Plasticity KW - Introduction to Plastics KW - Plastics Materials KW - Behaviors of Plastics KW - Selecting Plastics KW - Recycling Plastics KW - Plastics Comparisons KW - Fabricating Processes KW - Plasticators KW - Tooling KW - Processing Machinery Lines KW - Extrusion KW - Injection Molding KW - Thermoforming KW - Foam Processes KW - Reinforced Plastics KW - Compression Molding and Transfer Molding KW - Rotational Molding KW - Calendaring KW - Reaction Injection Molding KW - Other Processes KW - Designing Products KW - Troubleshooting KW - Computer Systems KW - Testing/Quality Control/Statistics KW - Cost Estimating and Profit Planning KW - Markets KW - Laws and Regulations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77918403 AB - This comprehensive handbook provides a simplified, practical, and innovative approach to understanding the design and manufacture of plastic products. It will expand the reader's understanding of plastics technology by defining and focusing on past, current, and future technical trends. Plastics behavior is presented so as to help readers fabricate products that meet performance standards, low-cost requirements, and profitability targets. Different plastic products are reviewed to gain a better understanding of how behavior affects performance and cost efficiency. Examples include toys, medical devices, cars, boats, underwater devices, containers, springs, pipes, buildings, and aircrafts. Functional behaviors are also explained in terms of thermoplastics, elastomers, reinforced plastics, and other common plastics, along with their many fabrication processes (extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, forming, foaming, reaction injection molding, and rotational molding). This material is presented so that both technical and non-technical readers can understand the interrelationships of materials to processes. The authors examine different plastic products and their related critical factors, from meeting performance requirements in different environments to reducing costs and targeting for zero defects. ER -