Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis

The bestselling classic reference, now updated

Comprehensive and practical but not overly technical, this expanded edition of the standard reference helps plastics engineers, product designers, laboratory managers and technicians, quality assurance engineers, and others capitalize on powerful new analytical instruments and advanced techniques for plastics testing. Complete with case studies, this reference provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products.

Among the book s key features are:

    Discussion of the hows and whys of product testing and updated detail about the ways data is collected, displayed, and analyzed

    New and expanded coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability

    Step–by–step procedures and in–depth coverage of failure analysis, which is vital due to increased product liability litigation

    A substantial appendix of data, charts, and tables

    A video tour of a plastics testing plant on a companion website

The fourth edition of Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis Helps readers identify, quantify, confirm whether problems are related to product design or process making for a unique hands–on reference for professionals involved in plastics manufacturing, research, design testing, and failure analysis along with a practical introduction and overview for students in a variety of courses

VISHU SHAH is President of Consultek, a plastics industry consulting company. He was president and cofounder of Performance Engineered Products and senior plastics engineer of the Rain Bird Corporation and Nibco Inc. Currently, he teaches numerous classes on various aspects of plastics at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Vishu Shah is a past president and current board member and senior member of the Society of Plastics Engineers.