Seminar: Failure Analysis of Plastic Components, April 8 & 10
NEW BERLIN - March 23, 2008
Stork expert Jeff Jansen is presenting a technical seminar April 8 & 10, 2008, titled "Failure Analysis of Plastic Components." The seminars begin April 8 at 8:00 a.m. and again on April 10 at 1:00 p.m at Stork Technimet, Inc., 3200 South 166th Street, New Berlin, Wisconsin.
To register for this free seminar, or for more information, contact teamday@stork.com. Your placement will be confirmed by March 28, 2008.
Abstract
If you deal with plastic components, "Failure Analysis of Plastic Components" will answer many questions that arise when a failure occurs. Topics covered during this session include:
- Materials definition of failure and why a failure analysis should be performed.
- Objectives of a failure analysis and the typical sequence of steps taken.
- Examples and case studies of several common polymeric failure modes such as ductile catastrophic overload, brittle fracture, molecular degradation, stress relaxation, fatigue, and more.
- Review of how most polymeric failures occur.
- Factors that affect plastic component performance including materials used, design, processing techniques, and service conditions.
About the presenter
Jeffrey A. Jansen is the Laboratory Operations Manager for Stork Technimet, an independent materials consulting and testing laboratory. Jansen specializes in failure analysis, material identification and selection, and aging studies for thermoplastic materials. He has performed over 800 failure investigations, both for industrial clients and litigation work. Jansen is a graduate of Carroll College, holding a Bachelor's of Science degree in Chemistry. He also received a Masters of Science in Engineering Management of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), American Chemical Society (ACS), and American Society for Materials (ASM). He has authored numerous articles and a handbook chapter relating to failure analysis. Jansen has also taught several seminars on plastics failure analysis, chemical effects of plastics, and basic rubber technology and strain rate dependent failure of plastic materials.