About the authors -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface.

10. Coating -- Overview -- Different coating aspect -- Term and performance introduction -- Paint -- Water-based paint -- Varnish -- Lacquer -- Solvent -- Properties of plastics -- Thermoplastic coating -- TS coating -- Fundamentals of resin formation -- Condensation type -- Addition type -- Fluorine-containing resin -- Acrylic resin -- Cellulosic resin -- Copolymer resin -- Coumarone-lndene resin -- Parylene -- Application -- Coil coating -- Strippable coating -- Germ-free coating -- Evaluation method -- Process -- Overview -- Film solidification -- Coating methods -- Coating equipment -- Roll-coat finish -- Spread coating -- Floating knife coater -- Fluidized bed coating -- Spray coating -- Powder coating -- Electrostatic spraying -- Coil coating (metal coating) -- Property -- Corrosion and chemical resistance -- Fire retardant -- Intumescent coating -- Heat resistant -- Thermal control -- Electrical insulating -- Simulated service tests -- Abrasion resistance -- Adhesion -- Accelerated aging in hot air -- Accelerated aging in oxygen -- Blocking -- Burst strength -- Compression set -- Curl -- Elongation -- Flame resistance, vertical -- Flexibility -- Hardness -- Hydrostatic resistance -- Low temperature cracking -- Modulus -- Gas permeability -- Liquid permeability -- pH value -- Resiliency -- Stretch -- Swelling -- Tear strength -- Tensile strength -- Thickness -- Wicking -- Weathering -- Solvent and coating -- Solvent composition in coating -- Solvent and solvent-free coatings -- Emission -- Clean Air Act -- Solvent substitution.

11. Casting -- Introduction -- Plastic -- Processes -- Casting of acrylic -- Introduction -- Casting sheet -- Casting rod and tube -- Embedment -- Filled casting -- Prototype casting -- Casting of nylon -- Introduction -- Process -- Solvent casting of film.

12. Reaction injection molding -- Introduction -- Equipment -- Mold -- Runner and gate design -- Cost -- Processing -- Process control -- Material -- Conversion process -- TP polyurethane -- TS polyurethane -- Cure of TS -- Polymerization -- RRIM and resin transfer molding -- Costing.

13. Rotational molding -- Introduction -- Process -- Plastic -- Plastic behavior -- Effect of the thermal treatment -- Effect of pigmentation and mixing method -- Conclusion -- Performance -- Machines -- Mold -- Design -- Production and cost.

14. Compression molding -- Introduction -- Mold -- Machines -- Plastic -- Polytetrafluoroethylene billet -- Hot compression-molding PTFE -- Processing -- Heating -- Automation -- Transfer molding -- Compression-injection molding -- Compression and isostatic molding.

15. Reinforced plastic -- Overview -- Definition -- Fibrous composite -- Laminar composite -- Particulate composites -- Fillers -- Properties -- Orientation of reinforcement -- Directional property -- Hetergeneous/homogeneous/anisotropic -- Material of construction -- Prepreg -- Sheet molding compound -- Bulk molding compound -- Compound -- Fabricating process -- Preform process -- Type process -- Compression molding -- Hand layup -- Filament winding -- Injection molding -- Marco process -- Pultrusion -- Reactive liquid molding -- Reinforced RTM -- Reinforced rotational molding -- SCRIMP process -- Soluble core molding -- Spray-up -- Stamping -- Selecting processes -- Design -- Aspect ratio -- Tolerance -- Engineering analysis -- Design theory.

16. Other processes -- Introduction -- PVC plastisol -- Introduction -- Processing plastisol -- Processing organosol -- Slush molding -- Rotational molding -- Spray molding -- Continuous coating -- Open molding -- Closed molding -- Dip molding -- Dip coating -- Heating system -- Ink screening -- Encapsulation -- Potting -- Liquid injection molding -- Vacuum-assisted LIM -- Impregnation -- Chemical etching -- Twin-screw injection molding -- Textile covered molding -- Melt compression molding -- Back injection -- Melt flow compression molding -- Back compression (melt compression molding) -- MCM-IML -- Processing comparison.

17. Mold and die tooling -- Overview -- Material of construction -- Steel -- Aluminum -- Preheating -- Aluminum zinc -- Copper -- Beryllium copper -- Copper zinc -- Other alloys -- Metal spray -- Porous metal -- Soft tooling -- Manufacturing -- Electric-discharge machining -- Electroforming -- Surface finish -- Polishing -- Orange peel -- Art of polishing -- Hand polishing -- Protective coating/plating -- Overview -- Problems -- Plating -- Coating -- Heat treatment -- Cryogenic processing -- Maintenance/cleaning -- Mold -- Introduction -- Basic operation -- Mold components -- Mold type -- Injection mold feed system -- Sprue -- Runner -- Gate -- Cavity -- Cold runner -- Hot runner -- Runner overview -- Material of construction -- Cooling -- Cavity venting -- Ejection -- Mold/part shrinkage -- Mold construction -- Release agent -- Faster/lower-cost mold insert approach -- Manufacturing mold cavity -- Polishing -- Preengineering -- Safety -- Moldmakers -- Imports -- Directories -- Summary -- Dies -- Material of construction -- Terminology -- Design -- Melt flow -- Extrudate performance -- Manifold -- Process control -- Die type -- Tubular dies -- New die designs -- Computers -- Tool analysis -- Model construction -- Software -- Material selection software -- Tooling and prototyping -- Rapid system -- Rapid tooling -- Selecting rapid tooling -- Rapid prototyping -- Software trend -- Repair versus buying -- Welding -- Storage -- Tool builders -- Glossary -- Appendix.

18. Auxiliary and secondary equipment -- Introduction -- Material/product handling -- Material-handling system -- Injection molding -- Extruding -- Decorating -- Joining and assembling -- Adhesive and solvent bonding -- Mechanical assembly -- Staking -- Welding assembly -- Machining -- Overview -- Machining and cutting operations -- Machining and tooling -- Machining nonmelt TP -- Laser machining -- Other machining methods -- Machining safety.

Glossary -- Further reading.