Knowledge is where you are!
With your digital learning place of the plastics industry.
Compact e-learning courses from the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid: practical, flexible in terms of time, and leading to a certificate.
What is the Plastics School?
The Plastics School is the digital learning platform for the plastics sector. With it, the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid offers new ways of digital learning and thus actively takes up the demands of the economy for agile digital solutions. Gradually, many of the institute’s face-to-face seminars will be bookable here. In addition, there is exclusive online content in the Plastics School.
The e-learning seminars are more compact in terms of content than the face-to-face seminars. The learner decides for himself whether he wants to work through the entire course at once, or whether he wants to learn with smaller breaks. After completing the course, the participant receives a certificate for what he or she has learned.
Your benefits
You and your employees will benefit in a variety of ways from the Plastics School courses:
“Introduction to Injection Molding” seminar
Our Introduction to Injection Molding Technology provides employees from non-technical backgrounds with a detailed but easy-to-understand look at injection molding technology. Get free access to an abridged trial version of the course consisting of the introduction and an instructional video.
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e-learning course
Introduction to Injection Molding (opens in a new tab)
Introduction to Injection Molding Technology provides employees from non-technical fields with a detailed but easy-to-understand insight into injection molding technology. The topics covered range from materials science and machine and mold technology to the environment and processing.
“On-Demand” online seminar
Basics PVD coating (opens in a new tab)
This online seminar provides a fundamental understanding of the different PVD processes and addresses important aspects of PVD coating of plastics.
#Spotlight
Tool coating (opens in a new tab)
Tool surfaces in injection molding must withstand high temperature and pressure loads and be resistant to wear. Targeted coating of the often very expensive tools can produce higher-quality injection molded components and increase the service life of the tools.
#Spotlight
Additive Manufacturing (opens in a new tab)
Thermally conductive materials play an important role not only in the electronics industry: they also have antiviral and antibacterial properties and can be used for EMC shielding. Combined with additive manufacturing, this opens up entirely new possibilities for this fast-growing industry.
“On-Demand” online seminar
Recyclate or not, that is the question (opens in a new tab)
The use of regrind, regranulate and co. is accompanied by concerns about material quality for some processors. This seminar provides an overview of current analytical methods to address issues of purity, material degradation, and granule composition and to assist in the evaluation of recyclates.
#Spotlight
Good or bad parts (opens in a new tab)
Plastic parts are exposed to a wide variety of environmental conditions in use, which can cause the parts to break, crack or have other defects. Selected tests can assist in classifying whether the component is a “good” or a “bad” part.
“On-Demand” online seminar
Materials testing to automotive standards (opens in a new tab)
All plastics and various other materials emit emissions. A wide variety of methods are required to identify and classify these. Before a material or component reaches the end customer, it is tested to determine whether it is potentially toxic, can form a coating or simply smells unpleasant.
Apprentice course
Exam preparation: Process mechanic for plastics & rubber technology (opens in a new tab)
Trainees as process mechanics for plastics and rubber technology (specialization molded parts) are given an insight into the procedure of a practical AP2 final examination.
#Spotlight
Lubricant management on injection molding machines (opens in a new tab)
with Setral Chemie GmbH
The ideal use of existing resources is certainly the aspiration of many. The reasons for this, in addition to economic cost efficiency, are nowadays above all sustainability. In order to achieve both, the lubricant plays a decisive role in the production of plastic injection molded parts in industry.
#Spotlight
What does New Work have to do with innovation? (opens in a new tab)
with Generation Design GmbH
GENERATION DESIGN GmbH from Wuppertal got to the bottom of this question in our joint #Spotlight. In this live recording, successful, creative methods and processes for strategic work are presented and tools are shown to make the development of an “innovation roadmap” clearer and easier.
#Spotlight
Project funding programs go-inno and go-digital (opens in a new tab)
with IllusionFactory KG
The digitization of companies is also supported! The company lllusionFACTORY KG is an accredited consultant in the funding program go-digital and will illustrate to you, among other things, what funding advice can look like and what is important for successful digitization projects.
ENGEL e-learning course
ENGEL operator basics (opens in a new tab)
with ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH
The participant learns to master the operation and setting of the clamping and injection unit of ENGEL injection moulding machines. He will be able to carry out setup procedures and production settings independently and effectively, taking into account the ENGEL-specific machine control system.
ENGEL e-learning course
ENGEL operator advanced (opens in a new tab)
with ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH
Operating ENGEL injection moulding machines for advanced users. Improve participants’ ability to operate ENGEL injection moulding machines. After the seminar, the participants will be able to set up more complex sequences quickly and effectively, and perform production and quality optimisation.
ENGEL e-learning course
ENGEL robotics basics (opens in a new tab)
with ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH
Basic skills for operating ENGEL viper linear robots. After the seminar, the participants will be familiar with the mechanical layout and the controls, and capable of setting up and using standard programmes.
External seminar
Data Protection Basic Training at the external provider (opens in a new tab)
In the Data Privacy Basic Training, your employees will learn the most important basics of data privacy in less than 30 minutes – in a practical, informative and legally compliant manner. The data protection e-learning requires no knowledge of the basics and is suitable for all employees.
External seminar
Basic instruction in occupational health and safety at the external provider (opens in a new tab)
In our basic occupational safety training, your employees will learn the most important basics of occupational safety in 60 minutes – in a practical, informative and legally compliant manner. Your employees receive a certificate for successful participation in a course.
#Spotlight
Cyber Security: The TOP mistakes and how to avoid them (opens in a new tab)
with the Federal Office for Information Security
Every day, a large number of companies in Germany fall victim to cyber attacks. With serious consequences, such as extortion money, production standstill as well as costs for data protection violations. This course will teach about the threat situation, possibilities of prevention and the possibilities of protection via cyber insurance.
#Spotlight
Challenges for B2B Operations – How a Virus Affects Entrepreneurial Motivation (opens in a new tab)
with Foxbase GmbH
Frank Stampa is the Head of Sales at FoxBase GmbH. In this #Spotlight, he discusses the changes to traditional sales in the course of digitization in a relaxed exchange. What are the new demands on suppliers from the customer side? What role did the Covid pandemic also play in this?
#Spotlight
Introducing Haitian International Germany (opens in a new tab)
with Haitian International Germany
Haitian International Germany support all plastics processing industries with highly efficient Haitian and Zhafir machines, complemented by comprehensive support and services at a high level. In this #Spotlight you will get an exciting insight into the company's philosophy.
Apprentice course
Trainee Online School (opens in a new tab)
Andreas Plöhn, master process mechanic for plastics and rubber and for almost 30 years at the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid, provides participants with a holistic and practical view of the entire injection molding process, starting with the basics of plastics, through the design of an injection mold, to molding defects.
The e-seminar flatrate: access to all courses
With our E-Seminar-Flatrate you get access to all courses of the Plastics School at no additional cost – not only to the previous ones, but also to all future ones. The e-seminar flatrate allows you to always stay up to date. At a discounted price.
What our customers & partners say
I appreciate the KIMW because of the high practical relevance of the content. As a manufacturing, medium-sized company, we need concretely effective information and training to increase our productivity instead of outlooks on theoretically possible technologies from Silicon Valley.
Norbert Hempsch
CEO, FAF Kunststofftechnik
[wp-svg-icons icon=”checkmark” wrap=”i”] All courses with this symbol are part of the E-Seminar Flatrate