Overview:

This course examines the possible root cause/s of the variety of problems encountered during the production, assembly and usage of injection molded plastic parts. With expeditious root-causing a solution can be implemented to resume production, earn customers’ trust, and bring in revenue.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of program, participants will be able to:

• Know the root-cause/s of problems encountered throughout the supply chain of the plastic part: at the CAD designer stage, at the toolmaker stage, at the molding machine, during back-end assembly, during usage by the end-customer;
• Understand that problems frequently originate from CAD and tool design, which then makes it very difficult to eliminate by tweaking injection molding parameters. Identify those CAD and tool design shortcomings early, before tooling is started;
• Put in corrective measures, even at CAD stage, to avoid recurrence;
• Gap analysis between your DFM report and your actual problems; and
• Where relevant, scientific explanations are offered as to why those problems happened.

Target Group:

This two-day course is offered to anyone involved in the supply chain of plastics parts and products. Any rank from the departments of R&D, NPI, Marketing, Project Management, Process Improvement, Manufacturing, Production Quality, Supplier Quality, Procurement, Customer Quality, will benefit from knowing how to expeditiously root-cause a defect/failure of a plastic part. Knowing the root-cause also acts as a check and balance to wasteful guesswork efforts.

Ideally, the participants should have some knowledge of plastics materials, injection moulding tooling and processes, FEA, and engineering fundamentals, although the basics will be introduced.

Companies with CAD engineers and tool designers in the injection-moulding industries will benefit as it prepares them to spot design shortcomings in the CAD files, before steel is cut.

Companies with back-end assemblers, and users of the plastic parts, will benefit by recognizing where the defect/failure originated in order to quickly resolve the issue for the end-customers.

Senior Management is encouraged to attend so that long-term solutions can be established.