MN 220 - Basic Plastics Processing

Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 6

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

College Level Prerequisites: None

Description: The course assumes the student has little or no prior knowledge of the manufacturing activities of making plastic products. The class provides the student with an awareness level of making polymer based products in a manufacturing setting. We will look at various molding process including Injection Molding, Blowmolding, Extrusion Forming, Thermoforming, various other processes and the nomenclature associated with them. Students will be in a lab setting each week by doing a variety of different types of experiments.

Department Consent: No Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None