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Introduction To Injection Molding

Course Details

Instructor: Krish Chari 

Hours of Instructions: 2-Day

Course Prerequisite:  None

Date: April 22-23, 2025 and October 21-22, 2025

Price: $960


This course is an introduction to the process of plastics injection molding and is designed for operators, technicians, process engineers, quality auditors, supervisors, and maintenance personnel. This course covers fundamental aspects of the injection molding industry, how these processes flow through the plant, and is intended to give students the information necessary to understand molded products.

 

  1. Introduction to Injection Molding
  2. Injection Unit
  3. Clamp Unit
  4. Mold
  5. Introduction to Plastics
  6. History of Plastics
  7. What is Plastic?
  8. Plastics Processing
  9. Understanding the Injection Molding Process
  10. Molding Cycle
  11. Machine Controls That Control the Process
  12. What the Pellet Sees - Temperature, Pressure, Shear, & Time
  13. Basic Molding Calculations
  14. Common Molding Defects
  15. Drying
  16. Regrind


To register, please download the registration form.


Location

Polymers Center

8900 Research Drive

Charlotte, NC 28262

(704) 602-4100


Dress Code

Business casual

Polo or button down shirt

Long pants

Closed toe shoes, no heels


Lab Etiquette

No drinks, food or gum

No tobacco or vaping devices

Safety glasses must be worn


KRISH CHARI


Krish is an experienced educator with more than 36 years of experience in the plastics and tooling industry. Krish has extensive background and experience in designing jigs & fixtures, injection molds, hot runners, plastics part design, material selection, injection molding processing and troubleshooting. Krish worked at NTTF, India, as a mold maker and at Husky Injection Molding in various capacity as mold designer, flow analyst, product development engineer, and business development manager. 


Recently at Eastman Chemical, he worked as a technical service engineer helping customers with part design to tool try-outs for successful product launches. 


Krish holds degree in Mechanical Engineering, Tool Engineering and Polymer Engineering from major institutions in India and UK. He also holds an MBA degree from UNC Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.