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- 21-22 May 2025
- 22-23 October 2025
Course overview
This course offers those who are new to the injection moulding industry or others who wish to gain more knowledge in this area a greater understanding of the injection moulding process. Participants will gain the confidence needed to communicate effectively and feel able to contribute to the decision making process. An appreciation of the commercial aspects of the industry is also included in relation to product design and machine and material selection.
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Smithers is an IOM3 Quality Assured training provider and our courses are approved towards professional development.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain a commercial appreciation of the injection moulding process
- Understand advantages and disadvantages of injection moulding
- Understand material categories in relation to properties, performance and selection
- Understand product design
- Gain an awareness of injection moulding faults and how to overcome them
- Learn about innovative techniques such as in-mould decoration, gas and water injection and micro-moulding
Course content
Process Theory- The injection moulding machine and moulding cycle explained
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Categories
- Plastic flow – investigation and forces required
- Processing effects on different polymers
- Limitations and sources of information
- Polymer orientation
- Shrinkage
- Unique issues encountered in “Thin-Wall” design and manufacture
- Flow simulation to analyse and optimise designs
- Mould costs analysis
- Mould terminology
- Explanation of mould types and reasons for their choice
- Mould cooling
- Reducing cycle times and mould costs
- Cause and cures
- Fundamental problems
- Faults caused by inappropriate machine selection
- Faults caused by poor mould and product design
- In-mould decoration
- In-mould assembly
- Gas injection/water injection
- Advances in Injection compression moulding Exatec
- Issues encountered when sourcing product
- Investigative steps – what documents to request
- Moulding process and machine choice issues
- Mould trial procedures
Who will benefit?
This course is ideal for:- Product Designers/Engineers
- Production/Process Managers and Supervisors
- Quality and Technical Services Personnel
- Purchasers of injection moulded components
- Newcomers or those with no formal training
Presenter information
This course is presented by- David Jeavons - Consultant
- David has spent his whole working life in the Injection Moulding industry. After leaving engineering college in 1969 he served a four year indentured apprenticeship with GKN Sankey's Plastic Division. At the time the company was one of Europe’s technology leaders - using robotic take out devices and developing thermosetting technologies as well as structural foam techniques. On completion of this apprenticeship his career moved to materials technology, primarily thermoset resins and polyether foams.
What our delegates say
"Very useful, will be recommending"Adam Nevin (Trelleborg)
"Dave’s enthusiasm is second to none, he kept the course down to earth, interesting and enjoyable"
Matt Delahaye (Honda)