Fundamentals of Scientific Injection Molding Seminar

Los Angeles LA Nov 11 - 13, 2025

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST

$1,695.00 USD

Fundamentals of Scientific Injection Molding: Hands-on, Setup, Processing & Troubleshooting

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Class Duration: 3 Days - 1.5 Day's Machine Time and 1.5 Day's Lecture/Classroom

Location: Los Angeles (LA)

This Course is for: Persons desiring to have a fundamental understanding of the overall injection molding process via Scientific Molding from the Plastics Point of View.

This is the ideal course for someone interested in the proper setup of a molding machine. Machine sequences along with “rules of thumb” as well as “do’s & don’ts” of processing will be addressed.

Class Duration: 3 Days – 50% Hands-on at Machine Time, 50% Classroom. While at the machine, you will be shown basic standard set-up parameters & techniques and how to properly operate the injection molding machine. Scientific molding experiments will be conducted to aid in the process setup.

Course Summary: Fundamentals of Scientific Injection Molding is an ideal class for someone that wishes to learn and understand the basics of injection molding while correlating classroom theory with hands-on machine time. The following are Key Modules of the Training:

• The Injection Molding Machine

• Polymeric Materials Fundamentals

• The Four Primary Plastic Conditions and their effects on Processing & Molded Part Properties

• Hands-on Implementation of Screw Position Switchover Techniques via Scientific Molding

• Machine Operating Controls

• Calculations to Convert Machine Parameters to Plastic Parameters – At the Machine

• Establishing Universal Processing Parameters: How to run same process worldwide.

• Estimating Clamp Tonnage

• Processing & Troubleshooting

• Injection Molded Part Problems & Solutions: Flash, Short Shots, Weldlines / Knitlines, Sinks Marks, Voids, Burn Marks, Warpage, Splay, and Jetting

  
  

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