The Schoolcraft College
Business Development
CENTER
presents
i n t r o d u c t i o n
t o
PLASTIC MATERIALS
AND PROCESSING
Register online at https://webadvisor.schoolcraft.edu
Designed especially for individuals
working in the plastics industry who
want to increase their understanding
of plastic materials and applications,
this course provides an understanding
of plastic materials, tooling,
processing and testing, with an
emphasis on injection molding.
Participants will learn about different
types of plastic materials and how
material choice relates to part
performance. Participants will apply
knowledge gained to improve day-today work and be able to communicate
effectively with various disciplines
within the industry.
Section Name
and Title
CESB-6257
Intro to Plastic
Materials and
Processing
Meeting Information
Instructors
Fee
CEUs
Status
1/13/16 - 4/6/16 (12 weeks)
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
No Class on 3/30/16
Jeffress Center, ROOM 111
Peter Grelle
$995
3.6
Open until
filled
For more information, contact Tammy Thomson, 734.462.4349,
plastics@schoolcraft.edu or visit www.schoolcraft.edu/plastics
introduction to
PLASTIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING
Peter F. Grelle has been employed in the plastics industry for nearly forty (40) years and has been a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers since 1972.
He is currently owner/president of Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC, a company specializing in training and
consulting. He was employed nearly twenty (20) years
with The Dow Chemical Company, and prior to Dow was
employed by the Monsanto Company, the Winchester
Group of Olin Corporation, and Wellman Inc. Plastics
Division. Peter received his B.S. in Plastics Technology
from Lowell Technological Institute, and his M.S. in
Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He holds four (4) US and international
patents in plastics product design, and has authored
and co-authored forty (40) publications in the areas of
plastics part design, plastics materials, structural foam
molding, recycling, and plastics process technology.
Peter is the recipient of the 2000 Engineer of the Year
Award from the Injection Molding Division of the SPE,
the 2001 SPI Structural Plastics Division Industry
Recognition Award, and the 2006 SPE Honored Service Award. He has also received four (4) Best Paper
Awards from the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI)
Structural Plastics Division, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Injection Molding Division, and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
Since 2009, Peter has been a member of the SPE Detroit Section Board of Directors and was Detroit Section President from 2013-2014. Since 1991, he has
been a member of the SPE Injection Molding Division
Board of Directors and was Injection Molding Division
Chairperson from 1997-1998, and currently serves as
the Injection Molding Division Technical Director. Peter was also a member of the SPE Rochester, New York
Section Board of Directors from 1993 to 1996.
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Identify characteristics of different types of plastic materials that make it appropriate for the application.
Discriminate between the advantages and limitations of common plastic molding processes.
Relate application test requirements to material and process choice.
Demonstrate the ability to identify various features of a plastic part.
Understand how various material choices and processing techniques can affect the molded part.
Illustrate various material, design and process options affecting part mass, cost and performance.
Apply background concepts and knowledge of materials to tool design.
Apply background concepts and knowledge of processability to part design.
Apply plastic part design knowledge into tooling.
Apply engineering fundamentals to plastics part design.