Industrial Training Courses 

With extensive industrial experience, staff in the Centre can provide a range of polymer related training courses to industry including the following which can be tailored to meet particular requirements:  

• Materials Appreciation:

Introduction to polymer materials;
Introduction to rheology of polymer melts.

• Polymer Processing:               

Single screw extrusion;
Twin screw extrusion and compounding;
Blown film extrusion;
Tube and pipe extrusion;
Multilayer extrusion of film and sheet;
Profile extrusion;
Sheet extrusion and thermoforming;
Calendering;
Rotational moulding;
Injection moulding.

• Analysis & Testing:              

Tensile and flexural analysis;
Impact analysis;
Thermal analysis (DSC, TMA)
Spectroscopy (FTIR);
Rheometry;
Permeation analysis (O₂, H₂O);
Surface characterisation (energy, friction).

The Centre can also provide courses tailored to particular applications and case studies including:

• Monolayer and multilayer flexible film products for food packaging;
• Film and sheet for medical device and pharmaceutical packaging applications;
• Film extrusion for textile applications;
• Tube extrusion for medical device applications;
• Multilayer tubing for automotive applications;
• Polymer nanocomposites;
• Polymer wood composite.