Plastics Flashcards
______ are plastics used in manufacturing
Thermoplastics
Thermoplastics are usually ____
Extruded
_____ ____ is the plastics equivalent of metal “die casting”
Injection Molding
Injection Molding is used for _______ parts
Overmolding
The process of imbedding metal parts in plastic is called
Insert Molding
Two types of blow molding
one using a Parison(water bottles)
two using Nip Rolls(garbage bags)
Centrifugal Casting equivalent for plastics is
Rotational Molding
Forming method with no metal equivalent
Thermoforming
The two types of thermoforming
Pressure and Vacuum
Glass making equivalent, or pressing
Compression molding
Plastic ______ involves epoxy or urethane
casting
_____ is similar to metal rolling
Calendering
Composites structures are made in the form of
Honeycombs
Structural honeycombs act like
I-beams