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 Articles from Michael Sepe

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The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part IV)
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part III)
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part II)
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part I)
Specific Gravity of Plastic Materials
Fixing Brittle Nylon Product With Water
Nucleation, Cycle Time, and Properties

Unusual melt-flow-rate results—Part 2

Unusual Melt-Flow-Rate Results - Part 1
Beware the Universal Color Carrier
Wasting Money on Analysis
Sourcing Equivalent Materials in the Global Economy
Just Because It has Not Failed Yet Does Not Mean it was Molded Properly
The details of molded-in color
The Problems and Added Cost of Running Elevated Melt Termperatures
Material Selection - It's Not About Inventory
Physical testing as a failure analysis tool
Detective Work with FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared)
Making sense of melt-flow rate, melt-volume rate, and melt viscosity
When investigations change direction
Getting the Most Out of Your Data
Density, bulk density, melt density and specific gravity
Tracking down the source of degradation during processing
Nonsensical analysis
The hidden cost of recycling (Web-exclusive)
A matter of time—Part 2
A matter of time—Part 1
Material control across 12 time zones—Part 2
Material control across 12 time zones—Part 1
Molecular weight—A tale of two materials
 
 
 About Michael Sepe

Michael Sepe has worked in the plastics industry since 1975 in a variety of roles involving both manufacturing and research and development. He is an independent consultant based in Arizona with clients throughout North America. He assists clients with material selection, designing for manufacturability, process optimization, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.

From 1994-1999 he taught the injection molding apprenticeship program at Waukesha County Technical College where he re-designed the curriculum and authored a new text for the course. He has presented over 25 ANTEC papers and has written several book chapters on the testing of plastic materials. He authors a monthly column for Injection Molding Magazine titled “The Materials Analyst” on the practical aspects of using testing techniques to solve manufacturing problems. He teaches a variety of short courses for the University of Wisconsin and Penn State - Erie and gives in-plant seminars to designers and engineers on material selection, processing, and troubleshooting.

Michael Sepe
Michael P. Sepe, LLC.
130 Indian Cliffs Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
Phone: (928) 203-0408
Fax: (928) 204-5865
e-mail: mike@thematerialanalyst.com

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