26.373: Plastics Mold Engineering I

Session

Day-Date

Topics

Readings

Due

1

T-1/24

Mold Form & Function

Lab: SW Product Design

p. 105-114

2

R-1/26

Mold Materials

p. 1-28

3

T-1/31

Mold Making

Lab: Mold Dissection 

p. 31, 50-67

Hmk #1 (Product design)

4

R-2/2

Mold Making

p. 32-49

5

T-2/7

Cost Estimation

Lab: Mold Making

p. 85-99

6

R-2/9

Mold Layouts

p. 105-114

7

T-2/14

Mold Layout Design

Lab: Team Meetings

p. 115-140

Hmk #2 (Cost Estimation)

8

R-2/16

Feed System Layouts

p. 143-161

9

R-2/23

Cavity Flow Analysis

p. 164-181

Hmk #3 (Mold Layout)

10

T-2/28

Feed System Analysis

Lab: SW Mold Design

p. 180-194

11

R-3/2

Gate Location & Selection

p. 206-216

12

T-3/7

Hot Runner Systems

Lab: Cycle Time Reduction

p. 220-242

Hmk #4 (Mold Filling)

13

R-3/9

Test #1

14

T-3/21

Cycle Time Estimation

Lab: Team Presentations

p. 271-283

Project #1

15

R-3/23

Cooling Analysis

p. 283-302

16

T-3/28

Cooling System Design

Lab: SW Cavity Design

p. 303-320

17

R-3/30

Structural Analysis

p. 349-358

18

T-4/4

Mold Structural Design

Lab: Cosmos FE Analysis

p. 358-376

Hmk #5 (Cooling)

19

R-4/6

Core Structural Design

p. 387-400

20

T-4/11

Shrinkage Analysis

Lab: Team Meetings

p. 335-349

21

R-4/13

Ejection Force Analysis

p. 401-420

Hmk #6 (Structural)

22

T-4/18

Ejection System Design

Lab: Moldflow Simulation

p. 421-434

23

R-4/20

Moving Cores & Slides

p. 446-472

24

T-4/25

Mold Commissioning

Lab: Mold Commissioning

p. 475-485,

p. 527-550

Hmk #7 (Ejection)

25

R-4/27

Course Review

26

T-5/2

Advanced Mold Designs Lab: Test #2

p. 249-256

Test #2

27

R-5/4

Team Meetings

28

T-5/9

ANTEC – class cancelled.
Compensatory time for exam

FINAL

TBD

Team Presentations

Project #2