Class Schedule and Prices
COURSES
For the beginner or the experienced plastic fabricator, we offer starter courses or refresher courses. Standard plastic fabrication courses including hot gas and extrusion welding of sheet as well as butt and socket fusion welding of pipe and welding of thermoplastic liners. Plastic welding training can be run at the customer’s facility or at our training facility at JP Plastics, Foxboro, MA.. Training can also be tailored to your individual company needs. Plastic Fabrication Training offers a Certificate of Attendance for the welding of thermoplastics. Reference materials for plastic welding fabrication and plastic repairs, including Plastic tank design Software, Consulting and expert witness services are also available.
SCHEDULE FOR A FOUR DAY "ON SITE" PLASTIC FABRICATION
WELDING COURSE
The four day session is as follows:
Monday morning will be devoted to Plastic's theory and Plastic Welding Theory
Monday afternoon will be hands on plastic welding using the Hot Gas Welding Tools, welding Polypropylene. We will begin to learn "what a good weld feels like and looks like." We will run plastic welding beads on flat sheet stock, followed up by welding a simple single "V" weld utilizing multiple passes, and a fillet weld on Polypropylene.
Tuesday we will continue with the Polypropylene welds welding another single "V", and Fillet weld, and then moving on to welding a Double "V" on Polypropylene.
Tuesday afternoon we will perform the same welds on PVC.
Wednesday we will continue with the PVC or second plastic. Either just the PP or both plastics will be hot gas welded to show the fabrication techniques for corners and also repairs. Followed by a visual inspection of all welds completed during the class. Re-welds will be made of any welds that did not pass a visual inspection. Time permitting we will prepare out extrusion weld samples which will include the hot gas tack weld of our samples to be extrusion welded, We will use the extruder to do both "butt welds" and "fillet welds"
Thursday we will finish up the extrusion welds and have a theoretical review of the past three days. We will prepare weld samples for theoretical bend testing.
For those customers who are using HDPE we can substitute some of the PP or PVC for HDPE time.
For those customers who have a special need such as acrylics etc we will cover that on Wednesday/Thursday.
Special one and two day refresher classes can be conducted at the customer facility's either on the Thursday/Friday before the class or the Monday/Tuesday after the class. These special sessions can be either/or/both hot gas and extrusion. Or if the customer desires, we can complete training on special projects or Fluoropolymers. These in-house classes can be arranged for 6 employees, and can be all hands on or hands-on plus theory. Special pricing will be negotiated and must be paid for in advance. Equipment can also be provided. The customer will be responsible for the welding rod, power, equipment, and materials to be welded. If either is required for this course, prior arrangements must be made to have the materials in house. Larry usually travels with his equipment.
Larry's basic fees for in-house training are as follows:
Travel fee: $1.00/mile (Travel to and from the facility as determined by Mapquest)
Hotel costs will be per the Hilton app _ call larry for more details.
Per Student fee: $75/student (Managers, Supervisors, QA/QC are exempt from the per student fee.
This fee only applies to any student getting a "Certificate of Training")
Per Day on Site $1,600/day Special rates for special projects can always be negotiated.
The use of Larry's equipment is included in the Per Day Training fee and the travel fee.
For more information, please call Larry at the following number: (815) 409-0227
HOW TO PAY FOR COURSES
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