Tham khảo tài liệu 'plastics engineered product design part 11', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 380 Plastics Engineered Product Design Regarding articles educational information and Networking in addition to sourcing vendors and selecting materials the Internet makes it easy to locate article archives register for educational programs and network with other professionals. Many industry trade associations have Web sites that provide a number of resources for designers. For example the Web site of the PD3 Product Design and Development Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers contains a Design Forum or chat area where users can discuss design challenges and exchange advice. They also provide a schedule of educational programs and links to helpful design articles. The IDSA industrial Designers Society of America provides similar links as well as opportunities to locate reference materials job openings and suppliers. e PLASTIC PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW Throughout this book many different properties are reviewed. What follows provides additional information on the properties for different plastics. As a construction material plastics provide practically unlimited benefits to the design of products but unfortunately as with other materials no one specific plastic exhibits all these positive characteristics. The successful application of their strengths and an understanding of their weaknesses limitations will allow designers to produce useful and cost efficient products. With any material plastic steel etc. products fail not because of the material s disadvantage s . They fail because someone did not perform their design approach in the proper manner to meet product performance requirements. The design approach includes meeting required performance of material and its fabricating process that operate within material and process controllable variables Chapter 1 Variables . There is a wide variation in properties among the over 35 0000 commercially worldwide available materials classified as plastics. They now represent an important highly .
