Essentials of Injection Molding 2.1

**This course is now accessible using mobile devices such as smart-phones and tablets.**

Essentials of Injection Molding is an introductory course in the RJG Training Academy and is offered online in an interactive, self-paced platform. Interactive activities and problem-solving utilizes various learning styles in order to ensure maximum knowledge retention and provide tools that can immediately be put to use.

Newcomers as well as those who are looking for a refresher will come away from this course with a common foundation from which to advance their knowledge and skills in injection molding. Learners will have an introduction to the four plastic variables, so they can begin to think from the plastic’s point of view, along with an orientation to the phases involved in DECOUPLED MOLDING®.

The objectives of Essentials of Injection Molding include:

• Identify machine and mold components and their functions

• Recognize common safety hazards and safety mechanisms

• Classify properties and characteristics of thermoplastic materials

• Examine the four plastic variables and causes of common defects

• Distinguish the stages of a molding cycle

• Explore the keys to profitable molding