4 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER: LOCATION: The seminar will be held at the Hilton

Toledo, 3100 Glendale Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614.

1) MAIL the completed registration form with
VISA/MASTERCARD information or with a CHECK
or MONEY ORDER to: The University of Toledo,
Division of Continuing Education, Mail Stop 450,
Toledo, OH 43606-3390.
2) FAX the completed form with payment
information to 419.530.6779.
3) E-Mail complete registration and payment
information to joanne.goins2@utoledo.edu
4) Phone 419.530.6282 or 419.530.3052, 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. EST
Registration is limited and your registration must
be confirmed prior to the seminar. Confirmation
of participation will be sent upon receipt of your
registration and payment.
Guest rooms are $92+tax per night while available.
This block of rooms will be held until May 1, 2009.
When making a reservation at PH: 419.381.6800,
identify yourself as a member of the PET Group.
Participants are responsible for making their hotel/
travel arrangements.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations received by
7 business days prior to the start of the program
are entitled to a full refund. Cancellations received
fewer than 7 business days are entitled to a 50%
refund of the course fee to cover expenses for which
we have guaranteed payment. You may send a
substitute but please advise us in advance. No fees

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will be refunded after the program begins.
FEE: The registration fee of $1,550 includes a 456
page course notebook, coffee breaks and lunches The University of Toledo reserves the right to

Toledo, OH 43606-3390
(on the first two days). change schedules or facilities or cancel any classes
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REGISTRATION DISCOUNT: Send two people and
receive a 10% discount. Send three or more persons
and receive a 20% discount.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE: Check-in for the seminar
begins at 7:30 on May 18th. The seminar schedule
is 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. on May 18 and 19 and
8:00 a.m. noon on May 20.
our control. Registered participants will be notified
of any changes prior the first day of class.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS: Participants
receive 0.1 CEU for each hour of class.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please call Jody at
419.530.6282 or Betty at 419.530.3052.

The University of Toledo Polymer Institute has been established

in polymers and plastics technology and as an educational and

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industrial training center of Polymer Science and Engineering.

The Institute serves as a Center of Research and Development
as a plastics application center designed to provide industrial
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processing and product application of polymeric

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CE 5402 209
Seminar Benefits
This course will bring together in a cohesive manner the interrelationships among 10. Stretch Blow Molding 15. Aging and Environmental
material properties, fabrication process, and end-use properties. a. Single vs. two stage process Stress Cracking
b. Orientation and crystallization effects of storage time
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) has become the material of choice for many new during blow molding and temperature
applications in the food and beverage, medical and pharmaceutical , household and c. Preform design effect of orientation
chemical, and electronic and automotive markets. The end-use applications of PET d. Factors affecting orientation/
are found in rigid and flexible packaging, composite molded structures, tapes and 16. Rheology and Polymer Processing
stretch blow process a. Rheology
discs of various kinds. The fabrication processes include: injection molding, blow e. Heat set process and containers
molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and film orientation. The ease of fabrication, the Reynolds number
f. I.R. Heating Newtonian flow rates
quality of the fabricated products, and the end-use properties are all dependent on g. Stretch blow molding guidelines
basic material properties and specific b. Viscosity
responses during the various steps of 11. Fiber Spinning and Fiber Properties units
each of the processing methods used to a. General description of viscosities of various materials
convert PET pellets into the desired spinning operations shear stress in polymer systems
final product. melt spinning non-Newtonian flow and viscosity
dry and wet spinning practical melt viscosity
The technical information presented fiber after-treatments d. Flow in channels
is based in part on systematic studies b. High speed spinning cylindrical channel
which have been carried out by the background driving pressure
course instructor for the last 30 years, process characteristics melt flow index
along with information extracted from Seminar Outline i. crystallinity e. Rheology and processing of PET
textbooks and professional journals. 7. Injection Molding ii. degree of orientation viscosity of PET
1. Introduction
Staying up-to-date with current PET Technology can offer significant cost benefits for a. PET uses a. Cooling/clarity and crystallization iii. mechanical properties effects of DEG on viscosity
your organization. It is essential to decision-making for PET purchasing, processes, b. General characteristics b. Acetaldehyde generation iv. shrinkage 17. Factors Affecting Shelf-Life
problems and solutions, and how these decisions can affect your bottom line. c. I.V. and molecular weight drop mechanism of formation
2. PET Preparation and Chemistry of PET Containers
d. Parisons (preforms) properties
This seminar will benefit: a. Raw materials 12. Heat Set Technology a. Permeation and barrier properties
and troubleshooting
Processing Engineers Recyclers engaged in resin b. Synthesis of PET a. Basic principles of heat setting b. Creep
e. Injection molding guidelines
Production Managers manufacturing, production of films melt phase definition of terms c. Stress
Quality Control Managers parisons, and bottles, and end-users DMT vs. TPA 8. Crystallization orientation and strain-induced d. Material distribution
Chemists and Chemical Engineers of products for beverage, food and solid state a. Methods of studying crystallization crystallization e. I.V.
Designers and Packaging Engineers pharmaceuticals catalysts b. Relationships between haze barrier properties of PET 1 8. New Packaging Applications of PET
c. Solid-state polymerization kinetics and crystallinity thermal crystallization a. New process development
Seminar Leader- Dr. Saleh A. Jabarin d. PET homopolymers and copolymers c. Factors affecting crystallization heat setting coinjection molding/multilayer
Dr. Saleh A. Jabarin is the director of the Polymer Institute and molecular weight I.V. b. Applications
3. Interactive Matrix of Resin Properties, heat settings
professor of chemical engineering at The University of Toledo. He cooling rates heat set mold temperatures
Processing, and End-Use Properties b. Barrier developments
holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College, catalyst system of 130C or less high barrier materials
a masters degree in polymer science from Brooklyn Polytechnic 4. Basic Resin Characteristics residual catalyst heat set mold temperatures scavengers
Institute, and a PhD in polymer science and engineering from the a. Molecular weight and intrinsic melt-phase vs. solid-state of 150-200C coatings: external and internal
University of Massachusetts. viscosity (I.V.) moisture content Sidel process blends: copolyesters, nylons
b. Melting behavior: melting point d. Morphology and structure of heat set mold temperatures
He has over sixteen years of industrial plastic research and development experience, and nanocomposites
and heat of melting thermally crystallized PET of 200-250C
which ranges from fundamental plastics R&D and product development to c. PET/product matrix
manufacturing start-up and support. Prior to joining the University in 1987, c. Percent crystallinity 9. Orientation properties of selected heat set d. PET vs. PLA
Dr. Jabarin was manager of the Plastics Technology Development at Owens-Illinois d. Carboxyl end groups a. What is orientation or thermally stabilized containers
where he was the principal researcher and author of a number of patents and e. Catalysts b. How to achieve it 13. Thermal Stability and Degradation
trade secrets which have resulted in successful commercial products and licensed f. Residual acetaldehyde c. How to measure it a. Chemistry of PET degradation
technologies at Owens-Illinois. g. Color index d. What does it do b. I.V. degradation and acetaldehyde
5. Processes for Making PET Containers, e. Factors affecting orientation: generation as affected by:
His research interests include materials modification, degradation behavior, PET
Films and Fibers molecular weight I.V. resin I.V.
polyester technology, polymer orientation, effects of processing on structure
a. Injection molding extension ratio moisture control
and properties, mechanical, optical, and thermal properties, crystallization and
b. Stretch blow molding temperature melt temperature
morphology, barrier properties, and rheology of plastics. Dr. Jabarin is the author of
c. Injection blow molding moisture drying conditions
more than 100 technical papers and holds 35 U.S and foreign patents.
d. Extrusion/Thermoforming speed residence time
Selected areas of technical publications, presentations, and patents include: e. Film orientation residual stresses melt environment
f. Fiber spinning f. Orientation vs. strain-induced melt phase vs. solid-state
Technical papers: Patents in the Areas of:
crystallization; strain hardening and catalyst system
Orientation Studies Heat Set Technology 6. Drying of PET Resins
Thermal Stability and Degradation High Barrier Multilayer g. Morphology and structure
a. Reasons for drying 1 4. Shrinkage
Environmental Aging and Stress Cracking Improved Resins for ESCR of oriented PET
Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology Improved Resins for Impact Strength b. Drying procedures molecular origin of shrinkage
h. Sequential vs. simultaneous
Solid-State Polymerization Degradable Plastics c. Requirements of drying relationship between shrinkage
biaxial orientation
Optical Properties d. Dryer design and residence time and orientation level
Molecular Weight and Distribution and temperature distribution kinetics of shrinkage
Measurements