Plastics Notes And Animations

The Plastics Notes and Animation package contains information about thermoplastic and thermoset plastic materials, animations of processes, safety rules, detailed safety notes and risk assessment exercises.

The notes and animations describe:

• description of "plastic"

• the main ingredients of most plastics

• thermoplastics

• thermosets

• thermoforming:

  • line bending

  • vacuum forming

    • commonly used materials

  • plug & yoke

• expanded polystyrene (EPS)

• structural foam

  • commonly used materials

• rotational moulding

  • commonly used materials

• injection moulding

  • commonly used materials

• gas assisted injection moulding

• injection blow moulding

• extrusion blow moulding

  • commonly used materials

• inserts in plastic mouldings

• blown film

• thermosets

• resins

• hand lay-up of glass reinforced plastic (GRP)

• sprayed polyester resin and reinforcing material

• resin transfer moulding

• pultrusion process

• injection moulding

• compression moulding:

  • dough moulding compound (DMC)

  • sheet moulding compound (SMC)

• commonly used abbreviations of the names of polymers.

The Plastics Notes and Animations package also includes:

• workshop safety rules

• workshop safety in detail

• risk assessment exercises

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Learning Objectives

Students will learn: 

• that plastic materials can be shaped, formed and moulded

• that polymers have special characteristics

• that the characteristics of polymers can be modified by using additives

• that thermosets are manufactured during the forming process

• that polymers are classified as thermoplastics and thermosets

• the names of common thermoplastics and thermosets

• shaping, forming and moulding processes used with thermoplastics and thermosets

• to choose an appropriate shaping, forming and moulding processes for any given plastic material.

With regard to safety, students will learn:

• safety rules

• designer's safety responsibility

• risk assessment

• safety rules and defined procedures

• hazard warnings and instructions

• safe materials

• safe storage of materials

• tool safety

• safety features on tools

• safe working practices

• safe working area

• product safety

• to write risk assessments.

This product is suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students.   

Two versions in one package.

The Plastics Notes and Animation package contains two versions of the product.  One version has installer software for installing the product onto a computer hard drive.  The other version is a CD version.  The CD version has autorun files that make it suitable for copying onto CDs.  The CD version is intended for schools that have paid for a school site licence to copy the software onto CDs for pupils enrolled at their school (only)  and for it to be a convenient way for teachers to take the software into classrooms with an interactive white board. (If it's not installed on the school's internal ICT network)

 

Product cost
Plastics Notes And Animations Download from our website  (Approx. 3.39 MB)	Single user licence: £15
	School site licence: £40
Minimum System Requirements
Disk space:............................ 3.39 MB Platform:................................. PC Screen resolution:.................. 800 x 600 OS Compatibility................... Microsoft Windows 2000 and later Browser:................................. Internet Explorer, Firefox Media:.................................... Download Unzip software

 

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