Plastics training

Enhance your employees’ plastics expertise with Aikolon’s training events!

Our popular training courses are tailored to your needs and help broaden your knowledge of plastics and bring it up to date.

Our plastics training consists of short, customised seminars and events on topics selected by the customer. We ensure that our customers are provided with an up-to-date, informative training event or information package. Our plastics training is intended for companies’ product developers and designers, production employees, procurement and sales professionals and all other staff members who want to update their expertise and learn more about plastics.

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Plastics training events

Below, we provide a few examples of our training events.

We tailor the content of the training to meet your needs.

TRAINING ON PLASTIC MATERIALS

TRAINING ON PLASTIC MATERIALS

Contents of the training

  • Material selection methods
  • Introduction to plastic materials and their technical properties
  • The most common applications
  • The availability of materials

After the training

  • You will be able to select plastic materials in a systematic manner
  • You will have more knowledge of various plastics and their properties
  • You will be able to apply this knowledge to your work and make better material choices

Duration

3–6 h

Price

Pricing in accordance with the training requirements

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INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC TRAINING ON PLASTIC MATERIALS

INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC TRAINING ON PLASTIC MATERIALS

Contents of the training

  • Material selection methods
  • Introduction to the most commonly used plastic materials in the industry and their technical properties
  • Material approvals, standards, certificates and traceability
  • The most common applications in the industry

After the training

  • You will be able to select plastic materials in a systematic manner
  • You will have more knowledge of various plastics used in your industry and their properties
  • You will know which plastics have the approvals and certifications required for your industry
  • You will be able to apply this knowledge to your work and choose materials that are optimal for your industry

Duration

3–6 h

Price

Pricing in accordance with the training requirements

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PLASTIC PARTS DESIGN TRAINING

PLASTIC PARTS DESIGN TRAINING

Contents of the training

  • Material selection methods
  • Choice of plastics production method (machining, thermoforming or injection moulding)
  • Factors that must be taken into account in the design of plastic parts (machined and thermoformed parts)

After the training

  • You will be able to select plastic materials in a systematic manner
  • You will be able to select the most suitable and cost-efficient production method for your product
  • You will be able to take the special properties of plastic parts into account at the design stage
  • You will be able to apply this knowledge to your work

Duration

3–6 h

Price

Pricing in accordance with the training requirements

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PLASTIC PARTS WELDING TRAINING

PLASTIC PARTS WELDING TRAINING

Contents of the training

  • Plastics suitable for welding
  • Hot plate welding of plastics
  • Electrofusion welding of plastics
  • Contact welding of plastics
  • Hot gas welding of plastics
  • Infrared and infrasonic welding of plastics

Duration

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PLASTICS MACHINING TRAINING

PLASTICS MACHINING TRAINING

Content of the training

  • Machining of plastics
  • Thermoforming of plastics
  • Gluing of plastics

Duration

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KEYNOTE SPEECHES AT VARIOUS EVENTS RELATED TO PLASTICS

KEYNOTE SPEECHES AT VARIOUS EVENTS RELATED TO PLASTICS

For example

  • Training events
  • Discussions
  • Panel discussions
  • Seminars and trade fairs
  • Corporate events

Price

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Plastics studio

Learn more about the topics of our plastics training and the expertise of our instructors from the brief videos below. After watching the videos, you will have a better understanding of how Aikolon can promote expertise on plastics in your company.

Material selection

Choice of the plastic part’s production method

Checklist for designers and buyers

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References

Below, we provide a few examples of our plastics training events.

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GE Healthcare Finland

What were the topics covered in the training?

Industry-specific material training: Technical plastics in healthcare equipment

What was the training like?

The training was arranged on our premises and it was led by Marko Koljonen, who has excellent knowledge of plastics in general but also of the special requirements in the medical industry (e.g. biocompatibility, resistance to chemicals and cleanability). The participants included employees who had little or no experience of the use of plastics in medical equipment. The training was interactive and tailored to the target group – everyone learnt something new.

I had a relatively good knowledge of plastics in my industry beforehand, and I had collaborated with Aikolon in the past too. Particularly our designers who had less experience of plastics were provided with a wealth of new information on technical plastics and their suitability for various applications. Thanks to the training, our designers now have the ability to select optimal plastic materials and tools. If we need a particular plastic type or plastic prototypes for new products, we can rely on Aikolon to be able to help with the choice and procurement of the materials and the manufacture of the prototypes.

Philips

What were the topics covered in the training?

Industry-specific material training: Medical-grade plastics that are resistant to gamma radiation

What was the training like?

The one-day training event was arranged at our premises and it was attended by our mechanical designers and buyers. Marko Koljonen had invited a representative of the manufacturer (Ensinger GmbH) with broad knowledge of medical plastics to the event to talk about these plastics and their properties, such as resistance to radiation, which must be taken into account in our applications.

The training provided us with valuable tips on new materials and we were given samples to test. Our devices bring together magnetic imaging and radiation therapy, which sets strict requirements for the materials, and therefore information on new materials is pivotal to us.

I can warmly recommend Aikolon’s plastics training and because things move forward and revision is important, we could repeat the training every three years.

Ponsse Oyj

What were the topics covered in the training?

The use of plastics in various ball bearings

What was the training like?

Watch a short video compilation of what Ponsse’s employees had to say

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The plastics testing video series

In our plastics testing video series, our experts perform practical tests on plastics, analyse their properties and report on the test results.

Plastics’ thermal expansion

Plastics’ resistance to abrasion

Plastics’ resistance to fire

Clear plastics’ impact resistance

Clear plastics’ resistance to chemicals

Plastic materials’ suitability for machining

Plastic materials’ water absorption

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