Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook: Processing, Sustainability, Materials, and Applications, Third Edition presents the fundamentals of plastics engineering, helping bring readers up-to-speed on new plastics, materials, processing and technology. This revised and expanded edition includes the latest developments in plastics, including areas such as biodegradable and biobased plastics, plastic waste, smart polymers, and 3D printing. Sections cover traditional plastics, elastomeric materials, bio-based materials, additives, colorants, fillers and plastics processing, including various key technologies, plastic recycling and waste. The final part of the book examines design and applications, with substantial updates made to reflect advancements in technology, regulations, and commercialization.
Throughout the handbook, the focus is on engineering aspects of producing and using plastics. Properties of plastics are explained, along with techniques for testing, measuring, enhancing, and analyzing them. Practical introductions to both core topics and new developments make this work equally valuable for newly qualified plastics engineers seeking the practical rules-of-thumb they don't teach you in school and experienced practitioners evaluating new technologies or getting up-to-speed in a new field.
- Offers an ideal reference for new engineers, experienced practitioners and researchers entering a new field or evaluating a new technology
- Provides an authoritative source of practical advice, presenting guidance that will lead to cost savings and process improvements
- Includes the latest technology, covering 3D printing, smart polymers and thorough coverage of biobased and biodegradable plastics
PART I: PLASTICS, ELASTOMERIC AND BIOBASED MATERIALS1. Engineering
ThermoplasticsMaterials, Properties, Trends2. Polyolefin3. Introduction to
Fluoropolymers4. Poly(Vinyl Chloride)5. Polyamides6. Thermoplastic
Elastomers7. Thermoset Elastomers8. Rubber Technology9. Biodegradable and
Biobased Polymers10. Polymeric Biomaterials11. New Plastics
PART II: ADDITIVES, COLORANTS AND FILLERS12. Plastics Additives13. Additives
for Biobased Plastics14. Dispersants and Coupling Agents15. Functional
Fillers for Plastics16. Plasticizers17. Adhesion Promoters: Silane Coupling
Agents18. Polymer Stabilization
PART III: PLASTICS PROCESSING19. Recycling of Plastics20. Disposal of
Plastic Packaging and Plastic Articles in the Natural Environment21. Recovery
of Marine Plastics22. Injection Molding Technology23. Microcellular Injection
Molding24. Extrusion Processes25. Blow Molding26. Compression Molding27.
Rotational Molding28. Thermoforming29. Processing Biobased Plastics and
Sustainable Fillers30. Process Monitoring and Process Control: An Overview31.
Surface Modification of Plastic
PART IV: DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS32. Plastics Joining33. Design of Plastic
Parts34. Three-Dimensional Printing of Plastics35. Plastics in Buildings and
Construction36. Automotive Applications of Plastics: Past, Present, and
Future
37. Infrastructure Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
Composites38. The Plastic Piping Industry in North America39. PET Use in Blow
Molded Rigid Packaging40. Use of Biobased/Renewable Plastics in Packaging
Myer Kutz has been heading his own firm, Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., since 1990. For the past two decades, he has focused on writing and developing engineering handbooks on a wide range of technical topics, such as mechanical, materials, biomedical, transportation, and environmentally conscious engineering. Earlier, his firm supplied consulting services to a large client roster, including Fortune 500 companies, scientific societies, and large and small publishers. He has been a trustee of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and chaired committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP). He is a long-time judge for the AAP's annual PROSE Awards, and holds engineering degrees from MIT and RPI, served as an officer in the US Army Ordnance Corp, and worked in the aerospace industry on the Apollo project. He is the author of nine books. He writes The Scholarly Publishing Scene, a column for the magazine Against the Grain. He lives in Delmar, New York, with his wife, Arlene.
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