Plastics Laboratory
In addition to the equipment pictured below, the Plastics Lab also has the following equipment:
- Composite Processing Center
- Plastic regrind capability
- Charpy Impact Machine
Rosade Plunger Blow Molder
Arburg Allrounder Injection Molding Machine
Killian Sheet and Profile Extruder with cooling tank
Killian Blown Film Extruder
Compression molding press with a rotational molding oven
LLoyd Computer Controlled Tensile Testing Machine
Zed Industries vacuum- forming thermoformer
Students in the Department of Technology plastics area also use the software Moldflow to study to the molding process.
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40 percent of fill
70 percent of fill
90 percent of fill
Fill time with weld lines displayed