This course builds on the principles and techniques learned in Tool Engineering I. The plastics tooling engineer has to be knowledgeable in several aspects of the tool design and the tool build process in order to make recommendations that will provide for the production of a successful end product. The tool engineer is ultimately responsible for the coordination of product changes and tool build issues between the customer and tool manufacturing facilities in an accurate and timely manner. Students will study corrective action implementation methods, continuous improvement strategies, cost reduction strategies, field support strategies, and things gone wrong/things gone right (TGW/TGR) reports. Application of all of these techniques to resolution of tool engineering problems will be studied through the use of example problems.
Course Code
MET634
Course Credit
3