José António Covas, António Gaspar-Cunha

Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology Ser.

Optimization in Polymer Processing

668.4

22

Hardcover

Technology & Engineering

1611228182

9781611228182

Yes

6.1 in

21.5 Oz

9.1 in

TP1120.O68 2010

2010-043913

English

229 Pages

2011

NOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated

Plastics processing is a major industrial activity, which yields components and systems for a wide range of industries, such as packaging, automotive, aeronautics, electrical and electronic, sports and leisure, toys, civil and construction, and agriculture. Most plastic components are manufactured either by extrusion or injection molding, but other techniques such as blow molding and thermoforming are also important. The productivity of these technologies is dictated by the equipment design, choice of the operating conditions and physical properties of the polymer system. This book discusses the recent scientific developments on the optimization of manufacturing engineering problems and applies them to polymer processing technologies., Plastics processing is a major industrial activity, which yields components and systems for a wide range of industries, such as packaging, automotive, aeronautics, electrical and electronic, sports and leisure, toys, civil and construction, and agriculture. Most plastic components are manufactured either by extrusion or injection moulding, but other techniques such as blow moulding and thermoforming are also important. The productivity of these technologies is dictated by the equipment design, choice of the operating conditions and physical properties of the polymer system. This book discusses the recent scientific developments on the optimisation of manufacturing engineering problems and applies them to polymer processing technologies.

Introduction; Introduction of Optimization; An Introduction to Multiobjective Optimization Techniques; Extending Optimization Algorithms to Complex Engineering Problems; Polymer Extrusion -- Setting the Operating Conditions & Defining the Screw Geometry; Reactive Extrusion -- Optimization of Representative Processes; The Automatic Design of Extrusion Dies & Calibration/Cooling Systems; On the Use of Reduced Bases in Optimization of Injection Molding; Estimation & Control of Sheet Temperature in Thermoforming; Index.

Materials Science / General, Industrial Engineering, Chemical & Biochemical

NOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated

9781611228182