DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME
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PAPER-1
A. THEORY 42 HOURS
1. History of plastics
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2.1 Molecular weight & molecular weight
determination.
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LDPE, LLDPE, VLDPE, XLPE, HDPE, HMHDPE,
UHMWPE, PP & its co-polymers, EVA
& other specialty ethylene co-polymers.
6.3 STYRENICS:
PS, HIPS, SAN, ABS, & styrene copolymers
6.10 Polycarbonates
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6.12 Phenolic Resins, Amino plastics (UF & MF)
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7.2 Reinforcement-Glass fiber, Carbon fiber, Jute fiber,
Cellulose fiber, other synthetic Fiber etc. ---
advantages & applications.
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10.4 Mechanical properties
10.10 Toxicity
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Shop floor at CIPET, MYSORE
Assignments 30 HOURS
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PAPER2
PROCESSING OF PLASTICS
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2.10 Trouble shooting: various moulding defects, their
causes & remedies.
3. EXTRUSION PROCESS.
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3.6 Ram extruder- constructional features &
application.
4. INJECTION MOULDING
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4.2 Moulding cycle.
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4.12 Auxiliary equipment- significance & usage.
Hopper dyer, dehumidifying dyer, hopper loaders,
proportionate /blending devices, Mould
temperature controller, granulator, automatic
material conveying system.
4.13 Quality in injection moulding.
5. BLOW MOULDING
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6. CALENDERING, LAMINATING & EMBOSING LINES
7. THERMOFORMING
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7.4 Methods of thermoforming-matched mould
forming drape forming, plug assist forming
techniques.
8. FOAM PROCESS
9. LAMINATES
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10.2 Advantages & limitations of the process.
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11.10 Miscellaneous Process
13.6 Electroplating
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14.1 Plastics & Environment
15 FABRICATION
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(B) PRACTICAL & ASSIGNMENTS: 68 HOURS
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PAPER3
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inserts, holes, hinges, under cuts, assemblies
involving screwing, riveting, adhesive joints, snap
fit assembly etc. Examples of good and bad
product design.
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6.2 General arrangement of two plate and three
plate mould.
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8.2 Standard designs of mould components like
locating ring, sprue bush, Guide pin, guide
bushes etc.
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9 Mould standardization- Standard mould
components.
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13.3 Parting line selection.
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16 MOULD FABRICATION
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d) 3D Introduction to3D Printing, scanning, modeling
etc 7 HOURS
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PAPER-4
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
A) THEORY 30 HOURS
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6. Human resource development: human behavior
and relations, selection and recruitment,
motivation, training& productivity orientation,
legal environment.
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List of Recommended Books for Paper-1
1. Plastics Materials-Brydson
2. Reinforced Plastics Hand Book-Murphy
3. Hand Book of Polymer composites for
Engineers-L Hollowat
4. Polymer blends & Alloys an overview- Singh
5. Plastics Materials Handbook ( Vol.1 & Vol II )
A. S .Athaly
6. Organic & Polymer Chemistry K J Saunders
7. Polymer Science- Dr. V R Gowariker/ N V
Vishwanathan/ Jayadev Sreedhar
8. Hand Book of Plastics Test Methods G c Ives/
JA Mead/ M M Riley
9. Testing & Evaluation of Plastics- Mathur &
Bhardwaj
10. ASTM Hand Books for testing of Plastics
11. Hand Book of Plastics Testing Technology- Shah
12. Simple methods for identification of Plastics-
Dietrich Braun
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8. Plastics Extrusion Technology Hand Book- Levy
9. Blow Moulding of Plastics-Fisher
10. Blow Moulding Hand Book- Rosalo Lee
11. Calendaring of Plastics- Fisher
12. Thermoforming- Mr. Thorn
13. Polymeric Foam Science & Technology- Kishan C
Khemani
14. Fabrication With Plastics-James M Margolis
15. Decorating Plastics- James M Margolis
16. Additives for Plastics handbook-John Murphy
17. Hand Book of Plastics Recycling-James L
Lamprecht
18. Fundamental Hydraulics- Sperry Vickies
19. Industrial Hydraulics- Sperry Vickies
20. Industrial Fluid Power- S W Bhagwat
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10. Engineering Drawing (Vol. 1 % Vol. 11)- N H
Dube
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5. A Handbook of Plastics Technology Vol. 1 &
Vol.11- Allen/ Baker
6. Plastics Materials & Processes: A concise
Encyclopedia Harper
7. Modern Plastics Encyclopedia
8. All about Plastics- N I George (Titanic
Publication, Kerala)
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