Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook
Processing, Sustainability, Materials, and Applications
3rd Edition
Published on 23. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
910 pages
978-0-323-88667-3 (ISBN)
Description
Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook: Processing, Sustainability, Materials, and Applications, Third Edition presents the fundamentals of plastics engineering, helping bring readers up-to-speed on new plastics, materials, processing and technology. This revised and expanded edition includes the latest developments in plastics, including areas such as biodegradable and biobased plastics, plastic waste, smart polymers, and 3D printing. Sections cover traditional plastics, elastomeric materials, bio-based materials, additives, colorants, fillers and plastics processing, including various key technologies, plastic recycling and waste. The final part of the book examines design and applications, with substantial updates made to reflect advancements in technology, regulations, and commercialization.
Throughout the handbook, the focus is on engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. Properties of plastics are explained, along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing, and analyzing them. Practical introductions to both core topics and new developments make this work equally valuable for newly qualified plastics engineers seeking the practical rules-of-thumb they don't teach you in school and experienced practitioners evaluating new technologies or getting up-to-speed in a new field.
Throughout the handbook, the focus is on engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. Properties of plastics are explained, along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing, and analyzing them. Practical introductions to both core topics and new developments make this work equally valuable for newly qualified plastics engineers seeking the practical rules-of-thumb they don't teach you in school and experienced practitioners evaluating new technologies or getting up-to-speed in a new field.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwich
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary: Industry: Engineers, R&D professionals, industrial designers, scientists, manufacturers, and practitioners from a range of backgrounds working with plastics or approaching plastics engineering from other industries.
Secondary: Academic: Researchers and advanced students across polymer science, plastics engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, environmental science, and materials science and engineering.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Approx. 250 illustrations (50 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
2450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-88667-3 (9780323886673)
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Person
Myer Kutz has been heading his own firm, Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., since 1990. For the past two decades, he has focused on writing and developing engineering handbooks on a wide range of technical topics, such as mechanical, materials, biomedical, transportation, and environmentally conscious engineering. Earlier, his firm supplied consulting services to a large client roster, including Fortune 500 companies, scientific societies, and large and small publishers. He has been a trustee of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and chaired committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP). He is a long-time judge for the AAP's annual PROSE Awards, and holds engineering degrees from MIT and RPI, served as an officer in the US Army Ordnance Corp, and worked in the aerospace industry on the Apollo project. He is the author of nine books. He writes "The Scholarly Publishing Scene?, a column for the magazine Against the Grain. He lives in Delmar, New York, with his wife, Arlene.
Content
PART I: PLASTICS, ELASTOMERIC AND BIOBASED MATERIALS1. Engineering Thermoplastics-Materials, Properties, Trends2. Polyolefin3. Introduction to Fluoropolymers4. Poly(Vinyl Chloride)5. Polyamides6. Thermoplastic Elastomers7. Thermoset Elastomers8. Rubber Technology9. Biodegradable and Biobased Polymers10. Polymeric Biomaterials11. New Plastics
PART II: ADDITIVES, COLORANTS AND FILLERS12. Plastics Additives13. Additives for Biobased Plastics14. Dispersants and Coupling Agents15. Functional Fillers for Plastics16. Plasticizers17. Adhesion Promoters: Silane Coupling Agents18. Polymer Stabilization
PART III: PLASTICS PROCESSING19. Recycling of Plastics20. Disposal of Plastic Packaging and Plastic Articles in the Natural Environment21. Recovery of Marine Plastics22. Injection Molding Technology23. Microcellular Injection Molding24. Extrusion Processes25. Blow Molding26. Compression Molding27. Rotational Molding28. Thermoforming29. Processing Biobased Plastics and Sustainable Fillers30. Process Monitoring and Process Control: An Overview31. Surface Modification of Plastic
PART IV: DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS32. Plastics Joining33. Design of Plastic Parts34. Three-Dimensional Printing of Plastics35. Plastics in Buildings and Construction36. Automotive Applications of Plastics: Past, Present, and Future 37. Infrastructure Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites38. The Plastic Piping Industry in North America39. PET Use in Blow Molded Rigid Packaging40. Use of Biobased/Renewable Plastics in Packaging
PART II: ADDITIVES, COLORANTS AND FILLERS12. Plastics Additives13. Additives for Biobased Plastics14. Dispersants and Coupling Agents15. Functional Fillers for Plastics16. Plasticizers17. Adhesion Promoters: Silane Coupling Agents18. Polymer Stabilization
PART III: PLASTICS PROCESSING19. Recycling of Plastics20. Disposal of Plastic Packaging and Plastic Articles in the Natural Environment21. Recovery of Marine Plastics22. Injection Molding Technology23. Microcellular Injection Molding24. Extrusion Processes25. Blow Molding26. Compression Molding27. Rotational Molding28. Thermoforming29. Processing Biobased Plastics and Sustainable Fillers30. Process Monitoring and Process Control: An Overview31. Surface Modification of Plastic
PART IV: DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS32. Plastics Joining33. Design of Plastic Parts34. Three-Dimensional Printing of Plastics35. Plastics in Buildings and Construction36. Automotive Applications of Plastics: Past, Present, and Future 37. Infrastructure Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites38. The Plastic Piping Industry in North America39. PET Use in Blow Molded Rigid Packaging40. Use of Biobased/Renewable Plastics in Packaging