Applied plastics engineering handbook : processing, materials, and applications / [edited by] Myer Kutz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Engineering Thermoplastics : Materials, Properties, Trends / Edward N. Peters -- Polyolefins / DI Werner Posch -- Introduction to Fluoropolymers / Sina Ebnesajjad -- Poly(Vinyl Chloride) / William F. Carroll, Jr., Richard W. Johnson, Sylvia S. Moore and Robert A. Paradis -- Thermoplastic Elastomers / Geoffrey Holden -- Thermoset Elastomers / James E. Mark -- Biodegradable and Biobased Polymers / Long Jiang and Jinwen Zhang -- Polymeric Biomaterials / Wei He and Roberto Benson -- Recycling of Plastics / Adrian Merrington -- Injection Molding Technology / William G. Frizelle -- Microcellular Injection Molding / Mark Berry -- Extrusion Processes / Eldridge M. Mount, III -- Blow Molding / Samuel L. Belcher -- Compression Molding / Robert A. Tatara -- Rotational Molding / Paul Nugent -- Thermoforming / Jim Throne -- Process Monitoring and Process Control : An Overview / Mark Berry and Nick Schott -- Polymer Stabilization / Pieter Gijsman -- Chaotic Advection and Its Application to Extruding Micro- and Nanostructured Plastic Materials / David A. Zumbrunnen -- Surface Modification of Plastics / Kenth S. Johansson -- Plastics Additives / Ernest A. Coleman -- Dispersants and Coupling Agents / Chris DeArmitt and Roger Rothon -- Functional Fillers for Plastics / Chris DeArmitt -- Plasticizers / Allen D. Godwin -- Adhesion Promoters : Silane Coupling Agents / Peter G. Pape -- Plastics Joining / Avraham Benatar -- Design of Plastic Parts / David Kazmer -- Three-Dimensional Printing of Plastics / David Kazmer -- Plastics in Buildings and Construction / Sushant Agarwal and Rakesh K. Gupta -- Automotive Applications of Plastics : Past, Present, and Future / Sai Aditya Pradeep, Rakesh K. Iyer, Hakan Kazan and Srikanth Pilla -- Infrastructure Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites / Hota GangaRao -- The Plastic Piping Industry in North America / Thomas Walsh -- PET Use in Blow Molded Rigid Packaging / Dan Weissmann.

A practical reference for all plastics engineers who are seeking to answer a question, solve a problem, reduce a cost, improve a design or fabrication process, or even venture into a new market. Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook covers both polymer basics - helpful to bring readers quickly up to speed if they are not familiar with a particular area of plastics processing - and recent developments - enabling practitioners to discover which options best fit their requirements. Each chapter is an authoritative source of practical advice for engineers, providing authoritative guidance from exp.