Plastic Processing Operator is a plastic product manufacturing vocational trade. The duration of trade is one year with two semesters of six months each. The trade topics manly comprises as weighing and mixing raw materials; feeding materials into the machine; adjusting machine controls and monitoring the production process; carrying out cleaning and basic maintenance on the machines; making quality control checks on products; trimming excess plastic from products; recording how much raw material has been used during production and the number of items produced; calling in supervisors or engineers if there are problems; labelling, stacking and packing products. Trade is career offering in nature as it opens many fields for them after its successful clearing.
Syllabus of Plastic Processing Operator trade as prescribed by various ITIs.
Sem. I |
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Trade Practical |
Trade Theory |
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Familiarization with the institute, importance of trade training, machinery used in the trade, types of jobs made by the trainees in the trade: introduction to safety and fire fighting equipments and their use related to plastic processing. |
Introduction about safety, fire fighting equipments its precautions observed in the section. Introduction about occupational health hazards followed in plastic industries. |
2 |
Marking, Hacksawing, Filing on mild steel flat as per required dimensions using steel rule, callipers, punches etc. |
Linear measuring tools. Introduction to hand tools used for marking, punching, sawing, filing etc. marking table. |
3 |
Practice of drilling (through & blind holes) on flat surfaces. Forming internal threads with taps to standard size and preparing studs and bolts. |
Bench vice-its types and parts. Files – its description types, grades & cut. Hacksaw - its type use and care. |
4 |
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Introduction to dies and taps its use and care. Introduction to precision measuring instruments |
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Safety precaution and first aid about electricity while working on machines. |
Safety precaution and first aid while working on machine. |
6 |
Testing of various plastics material. |
Identification of various plastics Material (Thermoplastic & Thermosetting plastic), its properties and applications. |
7 |
Injection Moulding: Familiarization with the basic idea of mechanical electrical and hydraulic system of injection moulding machines in IRO and its different parts and their respective functions. |
Injection Moulding: Introduction to Injection Moulding Process. |
8 |
Microprocessor Controlled & PLC Injection Moulding Machine setting procedure, setting for process-parameters. |
Microprocessor Controlled & PLC Injection Moulding machine. |
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Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of injection moulding machine |
Introduction about Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of injection moulding machine |
10 |
Compression Moulding |
Compression Moulding |
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Operating and controlling of compression moulding machine in IRO & TRO, movement of platen top or bottom adjustment and its control. |
Description about different types of compression Moulds and its parts. Processing Defects, Causes, and Remedies etc. |
12 |
Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of compression moulding machine. |
Transfer Moulding Process. Introduction about Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of compression moulding machine. |
13 |
Fibre Reinforce Plastic (FRP) process (hand layup process). |
Introduction about fibre reinforce plastic process method |
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Project Work |
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Sem. II |
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Trade Practical |
Trade Theory |
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Blow Moulding Process Familiarization with basic idea of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic system of blow moulding machine and its different parts and their respective functions. |
Blow Moulding Process Introduction to Blow Moulding Process and its latest processing techniques. Blow moulding machine (Hand operated & Automatic) –its description, different parts and their respective functions. Sequence of operation. |
2 |
Operating and controlling of blow moulding machine in IRO & TRO (setting of die, adjusting mandrel, controlling Parisian, adjusting thickness uniformity). |
Description about Blow Moulds and its parts. Processing defects, causes, remedies etc. Trouble shooting of Blow moulding machine. |
3 |
Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of Blow moulding machine. |
Introduction about Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of Blow moulding machine. |
4 |
Extrusion Process Familiarization with basic idea of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic system of extrusion machine and its different parts and their respective functions. |
Extrusion Process Introduction to different extrusion process and its latest processing techniques. |
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Operating and controlling of extrusion machine in IRO & TRO. (changing and cleaning of screws in extruder, adjusting and controlling temperature, adjusting screen pack arrangement, adjusting variable speed, setting and adjusting die head for pipe, profile, reprocessing and blown film etc) |
Description about extrusion dies and its parts. Processing defects, causes, remedies etc. Trouble shooting of extruder machine. |
6 |
Oiling, lubricating and preventive maintenance of extruder machine. |
Introduction about Oiling, lubrication and preventive maintenance of extruder machine. |
7 |
Operating and controlling of thermoforming & vacuum forming machine in IRO & TRO. |
Thermoforming & vacuum forming – its brief description and use. Processing technique of different plastic material. |
8 |
Demo about rotational moulding machine. |
Introduction about Rotational Moulding process. |
9 |
Practice for Annealing, Stress Relieving, War-page Control, De-flashing and Printing of finish products. |
Post Moulding Operations: Annealing, Stress Relieving, War-page Control, De-flashing and Printing. |
10 |
Practice of Pre-drying of Plastics Materials |
Importance of Pre-drying of Plastics Materials |
11 |
Fabricating acrylic sheet ABS- sheet, HIPS sheet, HMHDPE blocks etc. involving, drilling screwing buffing sanding. |
Brief description of machinery used for buffing, sanding, welding and their application. |
12 |
Statistical Process Control (SPC), Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Product Dimensions Measurements. |
Introduction to Statistical Process, Control (SPC), Statistical Quality, Control (SQC). Product Dimensions Measurements. |
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Project Work |
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