WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Nine industry professionals recently spent three days immersed in the Injection Molding Processing Fundamentals Workshop at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.
Sponsored by Engel Machinery Inc., the three-day course offered a comprehensive overview of injection molding technology. A mix of classroom and hands-on work covered scientific or systematic molding method setups, operation and process control.
“As someone with no molding experience, this class was fantastic about teaching me the process basics and clearing up misconceptions about injection molding that I had,” said Noah Bistline, a manufacturing engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Millersburg.
“Being new to injection molding processing, the workshop gave me a much deeper understanding of the fundamentals,” added Brian Ramberger, a process technician at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Other companies represented at the workshop included ExxonMobil Product Solutions, the Rodon Group, and Penn College Corporate Tomorrow Makers Sekisui Kydex and West Pharmaceutical Services.
Mark A. Sneidman, instructor of polymer technology at Penn College, led the workshop. Christopher J. Gagliano, PIRC director; Reagan G. McCoy, PIRC project manager; and Beth J. Zielewicz, PIRC program coordinator, assisted.
The PIRC is one of the top plastics technology centers in the nation for research, development and education related to injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, rotational molding and thermoforming. To learn more, call 570-321-5533 or visit pct.edu/pirc.
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