This reference guide was originally prepared in 1990 as a convenient pocket sized resource for use in Injection Molding. This information is most useful by personnel who work in the injection molding field including press operators, technicians, engineers, designers, mold builders, etc. There are many reference data tables regarding plastics data, statistical methods, engineering calculations and valuable training for personnel in the IM industry. The book includes basic part design, trig tables, calculations for thermal expansion, thermal exp coeffs, SHCS data, torque specs, shrink data,...

The IM Troubleshooting Guide was originally prepared in 1996 as a 48 page convenient pocket sized resource for use in Injection Molding. This information is most useful by personnel who work in the injection molding field including press operators, technicians, engineers, etc. This 3rd ED is at 104 pages and includes selected extra pages from other APEBOOKS that are helpful in process set up and troubleshooting. This book includes many useful definitions and tips for troubleshooting molding problems -- both process and tooling related. The book was written based on many years of process...

This book includes many reference tables and graphics supplying valuable information for injection mold design and engineering. The book includes mold specification sheets and mold design/engineering for gates, cooling, sprues & runners, runner sizing, ejection, pullbacks & KOs, SPI KO patterns, clamp slots, venting, hydraulic cylinders, slides, alignment, O-rings, SHCSs, support plate & pillars, hot runner considerations, etc. Also included: mold design checklist, quoting & design direction, tips to best determine shrinkage values for X, Y & Z axis, mold steels and hardness, heat treatment...

This book is written for green and black belt level personnel in the manufacturing industry. Most examples are directed toward injection molding of thermoplastic parts. This 3rd Edition includes several error corrections from original 2003 edition, more direction and discussion, and pages from the Basic Statistics and SPC book never published previously. Topics include: understand and quantify variation, understand sources of variation, detailed discussion of variable control charts, detailed discussion of attribute control charts, learn how to perform Gage R&R & MSE (measurement system...