Plastics in Mechanical Engineering (FSI-FPA)

Academic year 2024/2025
Supervisor: Ing. Kamil Podaný, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚST all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
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Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Laboratory exercise  7 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  6 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

  1. Composites and their processing

  2. Classification of plastics, their application and properties

  3. Physical, mechanical, thermal and rheological properties of plastics

  4. Injection moulding (injection moulding cycle, injection pressure - course)

  5. Injection moulding machines, plastification unit and clamping unit, machine control

  6. Excursion to specialised firm

  7. Moulds for injection moulding, number of cavities

  8. Gating system

  9. Tempering and ejector system

  10. Processing of plastics (extrusion, blow moulding, vacuum forming)

  11. Manufacturing and bonding of plastics

  12. Thermosets and their processing

  13. Review, discussion
    Laboratory exercise

  1. Specification of plastic for selected part

  2. Part design

  3. Machine specification

  4. Set of mouldings determination.

  5. Optimization of process parameters.

  6. Excursion to specialised firm.

  7. Course-unit credits.
    Computer-assisted exercise

  1. Mould design in principle.

  2. Design of gating.

  3. Design of ejecting.

  4. Design of mould tempering.

  5. Mould design with the use of standard parts.

  6. Mould design with the use of standard parts.
Literature - fundamental:
1. MENGES,G. end P.MOHREN: How to Make Injection Molds, Hanser Gardner Publications,ISBN 1-56990-062-0,558p, 1993
2. MICHAELI,Walter: Plastics Processing, Hanser Gardner Publications,ISBN 1-56990-144-9,211p,1995
3. SOVA, Miloš a Josef KREBS. Termoplasty v praxi. 1. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, 2001. ISBN 80-86229-15-7.
4. ZEMAN, Lubomír. Vstřikování plastů: teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0614-1.
Literature - recommended:
1. KOLOUCH,J.: Strojírenské výrobky z plastů vyráběné vstřikováním
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- GCr 3 Compulsory 1 2 S
B-STR-P full-time study STG Manufacturing Technology -- GCr 3 Compulsory-optional 1 3 S