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Plastics: Injection Molding Machine Maintenance
- Course Format
Advantage™- Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- 0.0
- Training Time ?
- 47 to 94 minutes
- Language(s)
- English
- Browsers Supported
- IE Desktop
- Required Plugins
- MasteryNet Player
- Closed Captioning
- No
- Lesson Interactions
- 48
- Quiz Questions
- 31
- Product ID
- armsmmxx
- Interactive Producer
- A. Routsis Associates
- Original Content Producer
- A. Routsis Associates
Overview
This training is designed to introduce the many maintenance considerations for an injection molding machine. Learners are shown newer technologies; such as laser leveling, ultrasonic tie bar stretch measuring, and portable machine process monitors.
- Rich multimedia presentation with interactions and quiz
- Print certificate and wallet card
- You have 60 days to complete the course
Audience
Anyone working or planning to work with injection molding within the plastics industry.
Topics
The course presents the following topical areas:
- Component Movements
- Molding Environment
- Machine Safety Features
- Maintenance Logging
- Preventative Maintenance Scheduling
- Water Maintenance
- Hydraulic Oil Maintenance
- Lubrication
- Platen Maintenance
- Tie Bar Stretch
- Machine Leveling
- Barrel Maintenance
- Screw Maintenance
- Machine Monitoring Systems
Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will be better prepared to:
- Recognize that all components operate by moving in a linear or rotary fashion.
- Know the proper conditions that should surround a molding machine.
- Identify the numerous safety features on an injection molding machine.
- Know what type of detailed maintenance records should be logged.
- Recognize that preventative maintenance will extend the life of equipment.
- Know what types of procedures are used to keep the water lines clean.
- Know that maintaining the hydraulic oil and filters regularly is critical.
- Recognize that lubrication keeps moving components operating smoothly.
- Recognize that platens are prone to rusting and denting easily.
- Know how to measure the amount of tie bar stretch for each tie bar.
- Identify how advanced laser levels are used to measure a machine’s levelness.
- Know what to check for before replacing heater bands.
- Know which gages are used to measure the nozzle radius and the orifice diameter.
- Recognize the importance of pulling, checking, and cleaning the screw.
- Recognize that machine monitoring systems identify problems or fluctuations.
