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Course: Fundamentals Processing of Polymers and Composites

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Course title Fundamentals Processing of Polymers and Composites
Course code UCHTML/C461
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Škorňok Jiří, Ing.
  • Novák Miroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Černý Michal, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Filipi Michaela, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Week 1: Classification of plastics in terms of processing. Classification according to starting materials, behavior under heat, according to the spatial arrangement of macromolecules. Week 2: Rheological behavior of plastic melts, flow properties of plastics, viscosity of melts, melt flow index. Week 3: Rheological manifestations of plastic melts and flow disturbances (surge, melt fracture, elastic turbulence). Week 4: Additives and their influence on the properties and processability of plastics. Plasticizers, lubricants and release agents, high molecular weight flow modifiers, fillers, reinforcements and binders, pigments, optical brighteners, blowing agents, antistatics. Week 5: Plastic oxidation stabilizers, heat stabilizers, light stabilizers, flame retardants, biological stabilizers, biological degradation of plastics. Week 6: Basic processing technologies - preparatory work, pressing and overextrusion. Week 7: Basic processing technologies - calendering, extrusion. Week 8: Basic processing technologies - injection molding. Week 9: Basic processing technologies - blow molding of hollow bodies, thermoforming. Week 10: Basic processing technologies - processing of liquid systems, processing of expanded materials. Week 11: Basic processing technologies of composite materials. Week 12: Rubber processing - rubber mixing (batch mixing, calendering, passivation, cooling), rubber compound processing (safety, viscosity, basic rheological expression test, extrusion, extrusion tools, profile tests - compression force, florida/kalahari, odour, etc., injection moulding - and cold injection moulding), devulcanisation (lecture by expert: Ing. Jiří Škorňok; TE Connectivity). Week 13: Polyolefins processing - polyolefins mixing - batch mixing - banbury mixer, sigma blade mixer, water pelletizing system, granulate characterization, extrusion, draw down, electron beam crosslinking, expansion (lecture by expert: Ing. Jiří Škorňok; TE Connectivity).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the rheological behavior of plastic melts, the characteristics of basic processing technologies used for thermoplastics and thermosets, and the influence of additives on the properties and processing of plastics.
The student will gain a general overview of the processing of polymers and composite materials.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of organic chemistry, macromolecular chemistry and polymer production technology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

1 test Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Ducháček, Vratislav. Polymery : výroba, vlastnosti, zpracování, použití. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2006. ISBN 80-7080-617-6.
  • Mleziva, Josef. Polymery : výroba, struktura, vlastnosti a použití. Praha: Sobotáles, 1993. ISBN 80-901570-4-1.
  • Štěpek, Jiří. Technologie zpracování a vlastnosti plastů. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988.
  • Večeřa M. Přednášky předmětu.


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