The expert contributors to this new handbook demystify new technologies and materials, and present the fundamentals of plastics engineering to make optimal engineering and business decisions
Part I Plastics Engineering: Basic Fundamentals (7 chapters)
Introduction to Plastics Engineering (sections 1-4 and 6-8 of old
Chapter 22, The Plastics Industry)
Electrical Properties
Mechanical Properties
Testing of Plastics
Testing and Instrumental Analysis for the plastics processing
industry: key technologies
Plastics Processing (sections 5 of old Chapter 22, The Plastics
Industry)
Additives for Plastics
Part II Plastics Engineering: New Developments
Plastics Materials (9 chapters)
Engineering Thermoplastics
Thermoplastic Elastomers and Their Applications
Thermoset Elastomers
Fluoropolymers
Nanocomposites: preparation, structure, properties
Polyolefins
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Biodegradable Plastics
Polymeric Biomaterials
Additives (7 chapters)
Adhesion Promotion
Coatings and Colorant Processing Fundamentals (two chapters
combined)
Dispersants and Coupling Agents
Functional Fillers for Plastics
Flame Retardants
Pasticizers
Polymer Stabilization
Processes (11 chapters)
Blow Molding
Chaotic advection and its application for forming structured
plastic materials
Chemical Mechanical Polishing: Role of Polymeric Additives and
Composite Materials
Compression Molding
Extrusion
Injection Molding
Microcellular Processing
Rotational Molding
Thermoforming
Process Monitoring & Control
Recycling of Plastics
Applications (6 chapters)
Design of Plastic Parts
Plastics in Building and Construction
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Applications
Plastic Piping Materials
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Fabrication
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.
"An authoritative source of practical advice for engineers, providing authoritative guidance from experts that will lead to cost savings and process improvements. Throughout the book, the focus is on the engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. The properties of plastics are explained along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing and analyzing them. Materials and additives are described as well as their characteristics and effects. The technologies and machinery used in processing operations are covered with reference to product design. And recent developments in a cross-section of applications demonstrate in a pragmatic way, the opportunities as well as the limitations of plastics."--Biospace.com
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