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Plastics Failure Analysis in Practice

Plastics Failure Analysis in Practice
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Recorded on: 29 Jan 15

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Course Description

Efficiently solve existing plastic failures and set up a better prevention strategy by prioritizing your efforts in detecting the real cause of failure in your plastic part.

Jeff Jansen will share practical strategies to generate the right data from your failure tests (FTIR, DSC, TGA...) and further help you best combine & interpret results by discussing step-by-step analysis of real cases.

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Jeffrey A Jansen
Jeffrey A Jansen
The Madison Group
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Jeffrey A. Jansen is the Engineering Manager and a Partner at The Madison Group, an independent plastics engineering and consulting firm. Jeff is a proven plastic professional with more than 30 years of experience solving problems and addressing opportunities related to polymeric materials. He specializes in failure analysis, material identification and selection, as well as compatibility, aging, and lifetime prediction studies for thermoplastic materials. Jeff has performed over 5,000 investigations, both for industrial clients and as a part of litigation. He regularly presents live seminars and webinars covering a wide range of topics related to plastics failure, material performance, testing, and polymer technology. Jeff is a graduate of Carroll College and the Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Why should you view this course?

Identifying failure in plastic parts is often difficult [never as easy as in theory] as it is induced by a combination of many factors (additive/polymer used, processing conditions, environment…). By lack of failure analysis experience, you may feel lost not knowing which test to run first... or even worse, mix up primary and secondary causes and focus your time & efforts on the wrong factor!

  1. Strengthen your ability to better identify the main cause of failure by generating the right data from your test methods (FTIR, DSC, TGA...).

  2. Explore strategies to best combine and interpret tests through step-by-step analysis of real cases: design, use in electrical, medical, automotive...

  3. Set up a fool-proof failure prevention strategy for your plastic parts by efficiently using prediction methods (accelerated testing, simulated trials...).

Who should join this course?

  • Product Managers, Manufacturing/Design Engineers, Quality Control Staff, and Warranty/Return Team Members interested in a structured methodology to analyze failures in their plastic parts, thereby minimizing all risks.

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
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Course Outline

Failure Analysis Approach

  • Flowchart depicting steps for efficient analysis

Analytical techniques used in Failure Analysis (FTIR, DSC, TGA, Gas Chromatography, Mechanical Testing, etc.):

  • Generating the right data
  • Key differences between different tests, when to use what?
  • Practical strategies to best combine data from different tests
  • Identifying primary vs. secondary causes

Strategies for prevention of different failures

  • Life performance factors (stress, temperature, time, etc.)
  • Monitoring plastic property loss
  • Prediction methods: accelerated testing, creep, etc.
  • Limitations

Step-by-step analysis of real-life case studies

  • Failure due to manufacturing, design, molding, and field use in electrical, medical, automotive, and other applications.
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