PTI Online Academy Collection
We partner with Plastic Technologies, Inc. (Holland, OH) to help packaging and plastics professionals enhance their polyethylene terephthalate (PET) knowledge via an innovative, online educational platform.
Future Proof Your Skills
$1400
Courses Included
ID | Title | Subheadline | Hours | Lessons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI-P01 | Introduction to Polymers and PET | Explain foundational PET concepts, including polymer terminology, production methods, key material properties, and relevance to blow molding. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P02 | PET Industry Overview, Manufacture and Properties | Explain how PET is used to manufacture bottles, fibers, filaments, and sheet materials across industrial applications. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P03 | Polymer to Preform | Examine part three of the materials series on the attributes of bottle grade PET materials and how properties can be altered. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P04 | PET Preform to Bottle | Examine the role of strain-hardened crystals in blow molding for producing bottles with optimum properties. | 1 | 11 | |
| PTI-P05 | Container Design and Development | Examine the basic approach to designing containers. | 1.5 | 1 | |
| PTI-P06 | Preform Design | Describe the basic approach to designing preforms for PET bottles. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P07 | Introduction to Barrier Container Technology | Explore methods, materials, and equipment at the forefront of barrier technologies. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P08 | PET Recycling | Analyze recycling methods for PET and how to integrate rPET into new packaging. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P09 | Material Handling and Drying | Analyze how to handle and dry PET materials while avoiding common issues. | 1 | 1 | |
| PTI-P10 | Blow Molding Processing | Explore blow molding fundamentals, variables, and machine operations to understand how process changes affect bottle quality. | 1.5 | 1 | |
| PTI-P11 | Preform Heating | Discuss how to reheat a preform before blowing it into a bottle and how to reduce variation between blown bottles. | 1 | 1 |
