What is PREP?
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For more information, contact Tim Weston, Principal Investigator of PREP and assistant professor of Plastics and Polymer Technology at Penn College.

The PREP website will soon have password-protected bookshelves available for approved visitors. So, watch for these pages.

PREP, the Plastics Resources for Educators Program, is developing instructional materials in the area of Injection Molding. Initially, these materials will be focused at the level of technician education. We have provided some examples of our work here in thumbnail format. Click on the thumbnailed images to view these files.

Each of these thumbnailed products will be incorporated into modules addressing various aspects of injection molding technology.

animations
Fountain Flow Mold Sink Weld

illustrations
Venting Gate Blush Gate
Jetting
digital video
Running Mold
Lifting Mold
video capture
PREP Bookshelf Penn College PREP is funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technology Program. Penn State  
 
PREP, the Plastics Resources for Educators Program, is developing visual materials for teaching injection molding of plastics pellets into common plastics products. Technician-level college classes and hands-on seminars in Penn College's plastics injection molding laboratory provide students and industry employees the opportunity for training on actual and simulated injection molding machines. Penn College's injection molding laboratory enables associate and bachelor-degree students in the college's ABET accredited plastics and polymer engineering degree programs to gain the practical experience and knowledge that the plastics injection molding industry has requested. The laboratory includes various equipment for testing the material type, density, and strength of material used in injection molding plastics parts. Senior-level students assist with operating the injection molding machines for seminars for the plastics industry. Many students help to demonstrate use of the injection molding equipment to produce plastic key chains and frisbees for visitors at the college's biannual open house events.