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  • YOUR equipment YOUR materials, YOUR molds, YOUR processes. AT-YOUR-PRESS training!
    Best place to learn plastic injection?
    ON THE FLOOR ..NOT IN A CLASSROOM!

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  • Plastic Injection Mold Set-Up Training

    This class is designed for new to intermediate plastic injection set-up teams that will be regularly setting up presses and making adjustments on the production floor. This course teaches the use of 5S and time studies to develop quick mold change over methods.

  • Plastic Injection Essentials

    This course teaches beginning level processing skills. I is a 3 day class, covering material, set up and processing basics. Basic controller training is included with this class.

  • Processing I/ Intro to Scientific Molding

    This class is designed for intermediate processors who are becoming seasoned in their trade. The class goes in depth into process set up, monitoring and validation. It also goes into fill time, gate seal, viscosity and back pressure studies, as well as proper decoupled molding procedures.

  • Advanced Scientific Molding

    This course teaches high level processing skills, as well as key scientific molding tools, such as viscosity curve, fill time studies, gate seal studies, process validation and standardized molding procedures as they relate to advanced process troubleshooting.Process monitoring development and interpretation are taught and practiced..

  • Plastic Injection Maintenance

    Plastic411 now offers 2-3 day maintenance courses! Each course is developed to be plant-specific, covering Hydraulic, Electrical, Pneumatic and Mechanical Preventative Maintenance/ Troubleshooting & removal/ installations. This is not classroom training. Plastic411 training programs are taught directly on the production floor.

Plastic411 on YouTube

This 9 minute video is an overview of the Plastic411 training program. It includes training set up and includes testing and testimonials from students.

Press & Production floor training is the best method of plastic injection training! This video explains WHY..

The video above outlines 15 reasons companies fall short of following scientific molding based systems. It goes over controller, material mold, process and the Intro to Scientific Molding timeline. It also explains how to avoid these mistakes, and follow the standards of scientific process.

CORE TRAINING IS..:

Consultation- Processors take a processor assessment to determine their skill set level. They are also asked to participate in testing that through a specific set of questions helps to determine training needs. In addition, the plant manager is asked to give his own personal assessment as well as answer a series of questions that identifies what equipment, approaches and procedures needing to be addressed to assure that the training is company specific focused.
Orientation-Training direction is defined based on the data collected by myself and the participating company. Training objectives and depth are defined such as: standardized set up, quick change over (NASCAR), controller training, process set up, process development, process control, process recording and monitoring, scientific based protocols and procedures. In addition, a free consultation is offered during the training to assess the company’s needs and direction.
Reinforce- Once the assessments are complete, a training plan is developed and implemented. The training is a 2-day production floor intensive class that teaches each team to implement the core values. Training utilizes your plant’s own in-house equipment to instill real world on-the-job processor training. Classroom training is only 20% of the overall training session.
Evolve- 30 days after the class, a follow up conference call is offered. During this call, growth within the team is evaluated and advice is given to help the teams’ skillset to keep evolving.

Plastic411.com was originally created in 2007 as 4plastics411.com. The primary purpose of the website is to give the plastic injection industry an avenue to share information, training sources, tools and technological advancement through forums, communication and sharing.

Plastic Injection Training

PLASTIC411: Mission Statement

Test your knowledge of plastic injection

Welcome to the Plastic411 Processing Assessment. Upon completion, this test is designed to identify
plastic injection skill level. Skill range is from material handler to process engineer. The printable version is available for purchase.

Take the Test

(404) 793-9834
Garrett MacKenzie
training@plastic411.com

Rodney Davenport CH3 Solutions

Garrett’s class is information-packed for a great price! I would highly recommend..

Rodney Davenport
CH3 Solutions

Dale B. – JSW

Excellent class! Just what I was looking for..

Dale B.
Japanese Steel Works

Chris S., MMI Engineered Solutions

“Great on-the-floor training! Much more beneficial than ‘class room’ training… I would highly recommend.”

Chris S.
MMI Engineered Solutions

Timothy M., North Georgia Molding

“Class was timed well, and the processor training was a success! Instructor was thorough and ‘easily understood’.”

Timothy M.
North Georgia Molding

Darryl B., MMI Engineered Solutions

“Instructor was very knowledgeable, and the hands-on training was very helpful”

Darryl B.
MMI Engineered Solutions

Micheal H., CH3 Solutions

“Instructor was very thorough in the delivery of his training. I would very much recommend!”

Micheal H.
CH3 Solutions

Samuel S, CH3 Solutions

“The hands-on portions were great! The pre-stage training is helpful in set ups”

Samuel S
CH3 Solutions

Kristen R., MMI Engineered Solutions

“I would love to have you come back to do more training!”

Kristen R.
MMI Engineered Solutions

John A. , CH3 Solutions

“Garrett was very knowledgeable, and helpful with questions…”

John A.
CH3 Solutions

Clare Goldsberry

“Garrett is a go-getter with lots of good ideas that he’s bringing to the plastics industry. His experience and expertise is providing him with the know-how to bring technology information to those in the industry with a “need to know”

Clare Goldsberry
Senior Editor: Plastics News/ Plastics Today

Mike Tolinski

“Garrett’s website is a great training-focused online resource of the type the industry needs, especially at a time when it’s becoming harder to find trained plastics technicians”

Mike Tolinski
Editor: Plastics Engineering magazine

Matt Defosse

“Garrett is an expert in multiple facets of plastics processing, and kindly offered to share his expertise in a series of articles for our audience. The mission of our web portal, PlasticsToday.com, is to provide plastics processors with information they can use to run their companies more efficiently. With Garrett’s expert insight, I am sure
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“Garrett is an expert in multiple facets of plastics processing, and kindly offered to share his expertise in a series of articles for our audience. The mission of our web portal, PlasticsToday.com, is to provide plastics processors with information they can use to run their companies more efficiently. With Garrett’s expert insight, I am sure we can meet that mission.”

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Matt Defosse
Editor: Plastics Today magazine

Norbert Sparrow

“Garrett is the type of individual editors of business-to-business media are always looking for but rarely find: Someone with deep technical expertise who is able to write about a complex topic in a clear and engaging manner. He is a regular contributor to PlasticsToday and I always look forward to receiving his articles because I
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“Garrett is the type of individual editors of business-to-business media are always looking for but rarely find: Someone with deep technical expertise who is able to write about a complex topic in a clear and engaging manner. He is a regular contributor to PlasticsToday and I always look forward to receiving his articles because I know that I will learn something new about plastics processing and that minimal editing will be required. His articles also are highly valued by our readers: They consistently receive blockbuster page views.”

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Norbert Sparrow
Editor-In-Chief, Plastics Today Magazine

John Bozzelli

“Garrett and I go back to 1997 where he was trained in Scientific Molding procedures. Smart and talented, he has used this methodology and strategy to widen his knowledge base and grow in capabilities. His initiative is shown in starting up plastic411.com and his work at KI “Green Initiatives”. Currently we are working together to
…

“Garrett and I go back to 1997 where he was trained in Scientific Molding procedures. Smart and talented, he has used this methodology and strategy to widen his knowledge base and grow in capabilities. His initiative is shown in starting up plastic411.com and his work at KI “Green Initiatives”. Currently we are working together to incorporate plastics in green technologies.”

Read more “John Bozzelli”

John Bozzelli
Scientific Molding Founder/ Consultant

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