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The Complete Rigid PVC Performance & Stability Playbook: From Formulation to Finish

The Complete Rigid PVC Performance & Stability Playbook: From Formulation to Finish
Language:  English
Length: 270 min
3 Courses
Courses Included in this Bundle
Rigid PVC: How to Maximize Performance to Cost Ratio

Rigid PVC: How to Maximize Performance to Cost Ratio

By Paul Mastro
PVC Stabilizers: Decoding the Black Box to meet Processing & Quality Needs

PVC Stabilizers: Decoding the Black Box to meet Processing & Quality Needs

By Michael Schiller
Discoloration of PVC Products: How to Minimize or Avoid It

Discoloration of PVC Products: How to Minimize or Avoid It

By Michael Schiller

Package Includes

6 months access to Course Recording, Presentation Slides, Q&A Transcript

Bundle Description

Rigid PVC is the backbone of essential industries—from pipes and conduits to window profiles and fittings—but achieving high performance while keeping costs under control is an ongoing challenge. Whether you're balancing mechanical properties, troubleshooting stability issues, or preventing long-term discoloration, every formulation decision directly impacts product quality, processing efficiency, and compliance.


PVC performance, stabilization, and discoloration are deeply interconnected—addressing one without the others leads to incomplete solutions. This expert-led bundle equips you with the critical knowledge and tools to master:

  • Rigid PVC performance optimization—fine-tune formulation strategies to meet high temperature, impact strength, and market demands without excessive costs.
  • Optimize processing for efficiency & quality – Learn blending, cooling, and mixing best practices, and how to maintain batch-to-batch consistency.
  • Troubleshoot and prevent rigid PVC failures – Solve chain un-zippering, poor mechanical strength, discoloration, and other processing issues with expert-backed, real-life case studies and proven solutions.
Intermediate
Level
Why should you view this bundle ?

  1. Master rigid PVC formulation & stabilization – Understand the critical role of stabilizers, lubricants, light stabilizers, and processing aids in achieving the right balance of heat stability, mechanical strength, and processability.

  2. Prevent costly processing failures – Learn how to eliminate unwanted deposits (plate-out), surface defects, and discoloration by applying systematic troubleshooting techniques to detect root causes early.

  3. Fine-tune your stabilizer selection – Decode the black box of stabilizer one-packs—understand co-stabilizers, lubricants, and colorants to select the best additives for your application while avoiding unwanted side effects.

  4. Stop discoloration before it starts – Identify the root causes of photo bluing, pinking, chalking, and yellowing and adjust raw material selection and processing conditions to prevent them in both rigid and transparent PVC applications.

  5. Solve real-world PVC formulation challenges – Learn from case studies and expert insights to address chain un-zippering, poor mechanical strength, and high failure rates before they impact production and product quality.

This bundle is meant for ?

  • Rigid PVC Formulators striving to optimize performance, durability, and cost-efficiency while meeting stringent industry standards.

  • Process Engineers aiming to improve production efficiency, reduce defects, and troubleshoot stabilization and processing issues.

  • Material Scientists & R&D Teams working on PVC formulations and seeking deeper insights into stabilizer selection, additive interactions, and long-term performance.

  • Quality Control Specialists ensuring consistent product quality by minimizing processing defects, discoloration, and unwanted surface issues.

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
    Intermediate
What you can achieve with this bundle

  1. What are the right stabilizers and co-stabilizers for my application, and how do they impact long-term product stability?

  2. How do I prevent chain un-zippering and mechanical property failures in rigid PVC products?

  3. What is the best approach to incorporating regrind into my rigid PVC formulations without affecting quality?

  4. What’s causing discoloration (yellowing, photo bluing, pinking, chalking) in my PVC products, and how do I prevent it?

Complete your Learning with this bundle

Course 1

Rigid PVC: How to Maximize Performance to Cost Ratio

Rigid PVC: How to Maximize Performance to Cost Ratio

By Paul Mastro
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Achieve demanding end use / regulation requirements with your rigid PVC while minimizing costs. Overcome challenges of changing additives or processing scale in demands like larger pipes, high temp., and REACH regulation on tin stabilizers…

To help you reach desired performance (high temp. resistance, impact strength…) leading expert Paul Mastro in this simulated live (>30 years of experience) will guide you on:

  • How additives (stabilizers, lubricants…) work & their impact
  • Latest regulations (NSF for potable water pipes, UL 94 for electrical conduits, fittings...)
  • Correlation between process & formulation of rigid PVC

Course Outline

  • Module 01:

    The following sections will be covered:

  • Module 02:

    Introduction to Rigid PVC Compounds

  • Module 03:

    Optimizing Formulation of Rigid PVC

    • Resin and Compounds
    • Additives (stabilizers, waxes, lubricants, impact modifiers, etc.) & how they work
  • Module 04:

    Optimizing Processing of Rigid PVC

    • Blending and Mixing
    • Cooler and Cooling
    • Blending Sequence
    • Consistency and Cleanliness
    • Regrind use
  • Module 05:

    Interrelating Formulation & Process Parameters

    • Effect of additives on heat stability
    • Effects of excessive internal & external lubrication on processing
  • Module 06:

    Optimizing Rigid PVC Formulations for Your Performance Targets (keeping regulations, certifications in mind)

    • Do's and Don'ts of Developing Rigid PVC
  • Module 07:

    Typical Issues and Solutions in Processing Rigid PVC:

    • Chain un-zippering, poor mechanical properties in end-use, high failure rate...
  • Module 08:

    Real-life Case Studies

  • Module 09:

    References and Conclusions

  • Module 010:

    15 mins Q&A – Ask your questions directly to our expert on chat!

Course 2

PVC Stabilizers: Decoding the Black Box to meet Processing & Quality Needs

PVC Stabilizers: Decoding the Black Box to meet Processing & Quality Needs

By Michael Schiller
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Ease your PVC stabilizer selection process to meet today’s processing & quality needs with an in-depth understanding of individual additives inside stabilizers, their function, important effects and side effects.

PVC expert, Michael Schiller will decode the black box of stabilizer one-pack (co-stabilizers, lubricants, light stabilizers, processing aids, colorants...) to ease your selection process – what to use, what to avoid. You will be able to solve/avoid unexpected problems by applying systematic investigations (save time, trials and money!)

Course Outline

  • Module 01:

    What’s inside a stabilizer one-pack?

    • Co-stabilizers
    • Lubricants
    • Light Stabilizers
    • Processing aids
    • Colorants
  • Module 02:

    What are their important functionalities? How do they impact processing & product quality?

  • Module 03:

    How to tackle unwanted side-effects?

  • Module 04:

    Selection strategy as per application

  • Module 05:

    Solving unexpected problems faster with systematic investigations

    • Unwanted deposits during extrusion (e.g., plate out)
    • Discolorations
    • Formation of surface defects

Course 3

Discoloration of PVC Products: How to Minimize or Avoid It

Discoloration of PVC Products: How to Minimize or Avoid It

By Michael Schiller
See Course Summary

Minimize discoloration of your PVC products
(Pipes, cables, membranes…) by understanding the complexity of discoloration issues (photo bluing, photo pinking, photo greying, chalking…) and how to reduce and/or avoid it using different mechanisms.



Michael Schiller will explain which raw materials can cause problems and eventually how to change product compositions to decrease the issues at the formulation stage itself, along with practical tips.

Course Outline

  • Module 01:

    Overview of photochemistry

  • Module 02:

    Types of discolorations:

    • Chalking
    • Photo bluing
    • Photo greying
    • Photo pinking
    • Yellowing… and many more
  • Module 03:

    Factors that contribute to discoloration (e.g., water absorption, humid surroundings, environmental pollutants like pollen, flying rust…) and materials causing discoloration.

  • Module 04:

    Understanding the mechanism of each type of discoloration and how to avoid them.

  • Module 05:

    Comprehensive test methods: Xenotest, PEMF, etc.

  • Module 06:

    Practical tips to minimize or avoid discoloration (raw materials and dryblend composition).

The Complete Rigid PVC Performance & Stability Playbook: From Formulation to Finish
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