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I am an extrusion consultant and educator,
and have been working with plastics extrusion since 1955 -- first as a
technical service engineer with Union Carbide Plastics, and then
independently since 1961. I now do three things:
1. Extrusion education
FREE WEB SEMINARS every two months
for MODERN PLASTICS WORLDWIDE/PLASTICSTODAY.COM.
PUBLIC ONE-DAY SEMINARS scheduled from time to time. next one in
Orange County, CA (see below #1)
IN-HOUSE PRIVATE TRAINING SEMINARS as arranged, combined with problem-solving
and other consulting if desired.
2. Author and publisher of THE PLASTICS EXTRUSION OPERATING
MANUAL, now in its 21st revised edition.
3. Private consulting work, including help in getting started in extrusion, troubleshooting, On-Call Technical Service and legal assistance.
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The practical basics that you need to know -- 2013 Edition
(the foundation of my seminars since 1980)First developed as an adult extension course on the Berkeley campus, it will be presented online to a much wider audience later this year -- details on this site when confirmed. In this course, I'll provide well-known (by now) explanations of why plastics are beneficial to the environment and try to dispel misunderstandings and the plastophobia that this area (CA) has become (in)famous for. But I will also explore the reasons why people are so ready to accept antiplastic mindsets -- fear of chemicals and big chemical companies, reluctance to accept impartial science, and more.
The practical basics that you need to know -- 2012 Edition
(the foundation of my seminars since 1980)
June
15, 2011: Economics of Extrusion
The components of manufacturing cost
& make-or-buy decisions
April 13, 2011: The Ten (11) Key Principles of Extrusion
The
practical basics that you need to know -- 2011 Edition
April 14, 2010: The Ten (11) Key Principles of Extrusion
The
practical basics that you need to know
January 20, 2010: Data Acquisition in
Extrusion (Get the Numbers!)
Measure,
record and understand the process variables