Van Pernis Plastics Solutions, LLC
Consulting & Training for the Plastics Industry
Training Courses
NOW BOOKING ON-SITE INJECTION MOLDING WORKSHOPS FOR 2025!
About the Training Courses:
Training courses are tailored to your company (i.e., pictures, examples, activities, etc.)
Certificates are awarded upon successful completion of each course
Courses include 20 hours of content and hands-on activities
Courses consist of ten 2 hour modules
Each cohort may have up to 10 participants
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Perfect for the injection molding novice. Typical attendee job titles include operators, quality technician, material handler, die setter, and non-technical front office personnel (HR, finance, sales, secretary, etc.). This course will get your employees quickly up to speed and comfortable on the plant floor.
Molding Foundations
Topics Include:
Safety
Types of injection molding machines
Components of an injection molding machine
Components of an injection mold
The injection molding cycle
Machine controller navigation
Intro to polymers
This course is geared towards those with a working knowledge of basic injection molding concepts and graduates of the Molding Foundations course. Experienced die setters, process technicians, quality engineers, project engineers, and technical office personnel are common attendees of this course.
Molding Skills
Topics Include:
The injection molding cycle
Introduction to Scientific Molding
Setting up the clamp
Injection and plastication
Setting up a process from scratch
"Translating" the controller
Reducing variation
Commodity materials
For graduates of the Molding Skills course, senior process technicians, and process engineers. In this course attendees learn advanced topics in injection molding.
Molding Mastery
Topics Include:
Scientific Molding
Process optimization studies
Machine evaluation studies
Pressure loss and retained orientation
Engineering grade materials
Troubleshooting
Advanced technologies (cavity pressure, iMFLUX, etc.)
In addition to the courses listed above, courses can be customized to fit your needs. Other plastic processes can also be included.
Custom Courses
Topics Include:
Mix and Match Injection Molding Topics
Extrusion Blow Molding
Stretch Blow Molding
Rotational Molding
Extrusion
Thermoforming
Finance Fundamentals