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Plastics Design Articles by Michael Sepe

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Expert Plastic Material Selection Techniques (recorded webinar) Material Selection - It's Not About Inventory
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part IV) Physical testing as a failure analysis tool
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part III) Detective Work with FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared)
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part II) Making sense of melt-flow rate, melt-volume rate, and melt viscosity
The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part I) When investigations change direction
Specific Gravity of Plastic Materials Getting the Most Out of Your Data
Fixing Brittle Nylon Product With Water Density, bulk density, melt density and specific gravity
Nucleation, Cycle Time, and Properties Tracking down the source of degradation during processing
Unusual melt-flow-rate results—Part 2 Nonsensical analysis
Unusual Melt-Flow-Rate Results - Part 1 The hidden cost of recycling (Web-exclusive)
Beware the Universal Color Carrier A matter of time—Part 2
Wasting Money on Analysis A matter of time—Part 1
Sourcing Equivalent Materials in the Global Economy Material control across 12 time zones—Part 2
Just Because It Hasn't Failed Yet Doesn't Mean It was Molded Properly Material control across 12 time zones—Part 1
The details of molded-in color Molecular weight—A tale of two materials
The Problems & Added Cost of Running Elevated Melt Termperatures  

 

Michael SepeMichael 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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