Diploma in Plastics Technology (DPT) 4th Semester Syllabus

                                 DIPLOMA IN PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY (DPT)

SEMSETER –IV

Industrial Management And Entrepreneurship 

(Awareness about management and its functions, human resources, develop awareness about quality and techniques to achieve quality through planning and adopting quality control measures, TQM. To have an idea about entrepreneurship and setting up of a small scale industry, costing and taxes)

25.1 Principles of Management 

25.2 Understanding of the Functions of Management: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Controlling, Decision making. 

25.3 Awareness about Organizational Structure, Line & Staff Organization, Leadership, Motivation and Communication. 

25.4 Awareness about Human Resource Management, Job description, Manpower Planning, Job Evaluation, Performance Appraisal, Training 

25.5 Understanding of concept and features of Quality Planning and Quality Control, Total Quality Control. 

25.6 Awareness about Quality Assurance and ISO 9000. 

25.7 Understanding of concept of TQM and Organizational Excellence and Techniques of TQM. 

25.8 Understanding of the concept of entrepreneur, & entrepreneurship 

25.9 Knowledge about steps required to start small scale industry, procedure for registration, identifying sources of financial assistance, preparation of project report and basics about Tax 

25.10 Understanding of basics of Costing and costing methods, Break-even point and its control functions, Value Analysis. 

25.11 Develop Proforma for Cost Estimation, Break Even Point.

Plastics Product and Mould Design

(Understand the basics of plastics product and mold design involving the different processing techniques)

26.1 Understanding of basic concepts of Product Design and Prototype & Rapid prototype (RPT) - 3D Printing 

26.2 Knowledge on Injection Mould Design elements, parting line, Runner, gate, ejection, mould cooling, mould alignment 

26.3 Knowledge on different Types of Injection Moulds 

26.4 Understanding of basic concepts of Compression Mould Design and types of compression molds and ancillaries 

26.5 Understanding of basic concepts of Transfer Mould  Design and types of transfer molds and ancillaries 

26.6 Understanding of basic concepts of Transfer Mould Design and types of transfer molds and other ancillaries and related terminology 

26.7 Understanding of basic concepts of Extrusion Die design and dies for different extrusion processes 26.8 Introduction to Design of Thermoforming, vacuum forming, rotational and RIM moulds.

Plastics Materials – II

(Understand specialty plastics – their manufacturing, properties, processing behaviour and applications, Concept of polymer blends and alloys – their preparation and utility, additivestheir role and use)

27.1 Knowledge of Speciality Plastics - Sources of raw material, Method of Manufacture, General Characteristics & Properties, Processing Behaviour and Applications of Speciality Plastics 

27.2 Understanding of concept of Polymer Blends & Alloys, reasons for making polymer blends and alloy and their applications 

27.3 Understanding of concept of Polymer Composite – matrix materials, reinforcements, fillers etc. and applications of composites in different fields. 

27.4 Knowledge of Additives and their properties for modifying the properties of plastics & Compounding processes used for incorporating the additives 

27.5 Selection of Polymers and Compounding ingredients - General objectives - possibilities and limitations of mixing and compounding. Compounding Equipments.

Plastics Testing – I

 (Understand the concept of testing and identification of plastics materials, and know testing methods for evaluation of their mechanical and thermal properties)

28.1 Understanding of Concepts of Testing & Identification of Plastics- Specification and Standards, Test specimen preparation - Preconditioning and test atmosphere. 

28.2 Knowledge of simple tests for Identification of plastics 

28.3 Knowledge of simple techniques used for Material Characterization – flow behaviour, density 

28.4 Understanding of testing methods for determining short and long term Mechanical Properties 

28.5 Knowledge of test for determining Thermal Properties of plastics 

CAD Lab 

(Practice designing different types of molds and mold elements) 

29.1 Hand Injection Mould Design 

29.2 Design of Mould Elements / Standard Mould Base 

29.3 Single Impression Two Plate Mould 

29.4 Multi-impression Two Plate Mould 

29.5 Three Plate Mould (Multi-impression) 

29.6 Split Mould Design 

29.7 Mould Design for Internal Undercuts

Plastics Testing Lab – I 

(Perform the tests to identify and characterize plastics materials/ products and determine the mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties using various testing equipments) 

30.1 Identification of Plastics by Simple methods Primary Tests – Elemental Analysis – Confirmation Tests 

30.2 Determination of Density by Displacement Method 

30.3 Determination of Melting Point 

30.4 Determination of Filler Content 

30.5 Determination of Moisture Content 

30.6 Determination of Volatile Content 

30.7 Determination of Ash Content and Loss on Ignition 

30.8 Specimen Preparation by Injection Moulding, Compression Moulding through Cutting & Punching 

30.9 Determination of Tensile, Flexural & Compressive Properties 

30.10 Determination of Izod & Charpy Impact Test 

30.11 Determination of Dart Impact Resistance of Plastics Films & Sheets 

30.12 Determination of Hardness (Shore -A & D, Rockwell Hardness, Barcol Hardness) 

30.13 Determination of Melt Flow Index 

30.14 Determination of Linear Shrinkage and Shrinkage on Transverse Direction 

30.15 Determination of Carbon Black Content and Dispersion 

30.16 Determination of Dilute Solution Viscosity 

30.17 Determination of K-value for PVC resin 

30.18 Determination of HDT & VSP 

30.19 Determination of Dielectric Strength 

30.20 Determination of Haze & Clarity

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