1480 INDEX
Plastics (continued )
copper wire test, 613
melting point determination, 610, 612
solubility test, 612
specific gravity test, 613
injection molding, 957, 986–989
joining techniques for, 1431
manufacturing processes for, 969–991,
993–1033
blow molding, 977–979, 1026–1027
calendering, 974–975, 1018–1019
casting, 982, 983, 995, 1032 –1033
centrifugal-based process, rotational
molding as, 997
classification of processes, 993–997
coating, 980–981
compression molding, 983–984, 1026
continuous processes, 994, 1011–1022
cyclic processes, 994, 1022–1033
design problem in, 997–998
design solution algorithm in, 998–1007
drag-flow processes, 996
extensional-flow-dominated processes,
995, 1019–1022, 1026–1032
extrusion, 969–972, 1001–1016
extrusion covering, 972–973
fiber spinning, 1019–1020
film blowing, 973–974, 1020–1022
gravitational-influenced processes, 997
injection molding, 986–989
machining, 893
melt injection molding, 1022–1025
pressure effects in, 1008–1009
pressure-flow processes, 996
quiescent process, casting as, 995, 1032–
1033
reaction injection molding, 990–991,
1025
rotational molding, 980–982, 997, 1032
shear-flow-dominated processes, 994–
995, 1011–1019, 1022–1025
sheet thermoforming, 975–977
sources of momentum in, 996–997
steady state processes, 994
temperature effects in, 1007–1008
thermoforming, 1027–1032
transfer molding, 984, 985, 1025
unsteady state processes, 994
wire coating, 1016–1018
material characterization tests for, 591–609
differential scanning calorimetry, 602–
604
gel permeation chromatography, 599–601
melt index test, 592, 594–596
rheology, 595–599
spectroscopy, 607–609
thermal analysis techniques, 602–609
thermogravimetric analysis, 604–605
thermomechanical analysis, 605–606
viscosity tests, 599
material selection as failure factor with,
775–776
materials selection for, 1423–1431
additives in, 1429–1430
polymers in, 1424–1429
reinforced plastics, 1430
terms/ concepts related to, 1424–1430
mechanical failure of, 776, 778
mechanical properties tests for
creep properties, 551–553
fatigue resistance, 564–566
flexural properties, 549–551
hardness tests, 566–568
impact properties, 555–565
material characterization tests, 591–609
mechanical properties, 547–568
standard methods of, 546–547
stress relaxation, 552, 554–555
tensile tests, 547–548
melt index test for, 592, 594–596
melting point determination for, 610, 612
melt injection molding, 1022–1025
molding processes for, 957–958
pressure effects in, 1008–1009
pressure-flow manufacturing processes, 996
process as failure factor with, 776
quiescent process, casting as, 995, 1032–
1033
reaction injection molding, 990–991, 1025
reinforced-plastic molding, 958
reinforced plastics, 1430
rheology for, 595–599
rotational molding, 980–982, 997, 1032
rotomolding, 957
service conditions as failure factor with,
776
shear-flow-dominated manufacturing
processes, 994–995, 1011–1019,
1022–1025
calendering, 1018–1019
extrusion, 1011–1016
melt injection molding, 1022–1025
reaction injection molding, 1025
transfer molding, 1025
wire coating, 1016–1018
sheet thermoforming, 975–977
solubility test for, 612
sources of momentum in, 996–997
specific gravity test for, 613
spectroscopy for, 607 –609
steady state manufacturing processes, 994
for telecommunications device packaging,
1312–1313
temperature effects in, 1007–1008