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Rapid Prototyping of Plastics: 3D Printing Process & Material Selection

Rapid Prototyping of Plastics: 3D Printing Process & Material Selection
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Recorded on: 28 Nov 17

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Course Description

Scale up faster to production quantities with 3D printing & make manufacturing of larger, complex parts a reality by better selecting the right prototyping process & plastic material.

Paul Mastro will review all prototyping options, their pros & cons (w.r.t. cost, quality...), latest equipment developments & new material availability. He will help you evaluate your prototyping needs better for higher productivity & lower costs.
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Paul Mastro is a plastics engineer with over 30 years of experience in the formulation, injection molding, and extrusion of rigid vinyls.

He is a consultant with Paul Mastro LLC and teaches college courses in Plastics Design and Processing. He was Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering with Georg Fischer Sloan and Plastics and Coatings Engineering Manager in the Applied Engineering Group of Xerox Corporation. Additionally, he has held management and engineering positions with Celanese Piping Systems, LCP Plastics and Chemicals, and NIBCO.

He holds a number of patents on processes and product design and has presented several papers on rigid vinyl processing and formulation at SPE RETECs and ANTEC.

He is a senior member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, a member of ASTM, and is the Thermoplastic Industrial Piping Committee Chairman of the Plastics Pipe and Fitting Association.

Mr. Mastro consults to organizations on plastics materials and processes and manufacturing productivity. He also offers customized training packages.

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Why should you view this course?

Be it improving time to market or making parts that don't seem practically possible, the solution lies in 3D printing of plastics! But the selection of the right prototyping process is not simple, considering the limitations with respect to plastic material options.

Also, the intended use of the prototype (product testing, form & fit model, marketing sample...) plays a key role in selection. Join this course and:

  1. Get a detailed overview of the array of prototyping methodologies (stereolithography, FDM, SLS, vacuum forming...) and understand their pros & cons.

  2. Select the right combination of process & plastics depending on intended end use, market application & available material choices (ABS, PLA, engineering plastics...).

  3. Scale-up to production quantities faster by making better decisions with respect to prototyping options (quality & cost considerations) for your plastics development.

Who should join this course?

  • Product managers, design engineers, and manufacturing engineers looking to improve time to market and make plastic parts that are not practically possible any other way or scale up to production quantities using prototyping & 3D printing options.

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
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Course Outline

Introduction to Prototyping

Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing

Traditional Prototyping – Machining, Casting, Fabricating, Vacuum Forming

Stereolithography, Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering

Plastic Materials Available for Prototyping

Other Prototyping Options

Rapid Tooling via 3D Printing

Current Developments in Equipment and Materials

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Rapid Prototyping of Plastics: 3D Printing Process & Material Selection
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