Shelby M. Fischer, Penn College student and PIRC research assistant, conducts a Differential Scanning Calorimetry demonstration in the Materials Testing Lab. Christopher J. Gagliano, program manager of the Thermoforming Center of Excellence, demonstrates the process for participants. Roger Kipp, vice president of marketing and engineering for McClarin Plastics Inc.
Participants monitor the materials grinding process. Ryan L. Newman, right, a recent plastics and polymer engineering technology graduate and a research assistant for the Plastics Innovation and Resource Center, shows the result of an impact test on a piece of rotationally molded plastic. A participant tracks results of impact testing.
A participant pulls processed plastic material from the twin-screw extruder Penn College student Samuel R.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students from two academic areas were collaborators in providing covers to protect working surfaces on milling machines in the college's Machining Technologies Center.
A video created by students in plastics and polymer technology majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology was named the winner in the Society of Plastics Industry's "Shaping Your World" student video contest. SPI invited all college and graduate school students studying in plastics programs to submit original videos that honor plastics' innovation.
One of the nation's top centers for plastics research, development and education related to injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, rotational molding and thermoforming, will change its name, effective in January. In an effort to expand its industry outreach, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center will become the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.
Hughesville Cub Scout Pack 80 recently visited Penn College, addressing various topics including conservation, art, the environment, crafts and science as they continue their strides toward becoming Boy Scouts. "It was an incredible night in both the plastics labs and the construction labs," said Carl J. Shaner, college health services director and a member of the troop's Parent Committee.
Industry representatives visited the plastics facilities at Penn College this week for the Plastics Manufacturing Center's three-day National Hands-On Thermoforming Workshop.
"Made in Central PA," a manufacturers' showcase of the products and career opportunities available in Penn College's nine-county back yard, was held Thursday on main campus. About a dozen people including teachers and counselors from area high schools, as well as representatives of regional career and technology centers attended.
Plastics industry representatives traveled to the plastics facilities at Penn College this week for the Plastics Manufacturing Center's Extrusion Seminar and Hands-On Workshop. The seminar and workshop are led by extrusion consultant Chris Rauwendaal and Penn College instructor Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics technology.
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