New advanced plastic packaging course

The Advanced Plastic Packaging half-day training course will cover certain aspects of organic chemistry, revisit the raw materials, syntheses and applications, only touching on the manufacturing and moulding aspects. It will ensure that those attending are reminded of the main classes of plastic materials as a function of the molecular properties of polymers used in the plastics industry. It will discuss the molecular structure of plastics in relation to the two main families of plastics, namely thermosets and thermoplastics.

The first course will be run on Thursday 8 September at the Viewpoint Centre, St Kilda, Victoria, and will follow an Introduction to Plastics half-day training course which will be held in the morning.

The course will discuss and obtain an understanding of composite materials, crystallinity, melt flow index, polymeric orientation, heat shrink properties, viscoelasticity, capillary rheometry, just to mention a few aspects. The training course will conclude with applications in the industry, discussing possible industry polymer issues and what to do about the problems.

The course is intended for those who have already attended the ‘Introduction to Plastics’ course or have spent a number of years in some related plastics industry. It will extend to those attending to new levels of understanding the complex world of polymer science. Every attendee will learn new aspects of polymers, and test themselves and their ability to remember what they learnt previously.

To book your place, simply email for a booking form or log on to the website.