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AIPMA AT woRk
AIPMA’s AMTEC
Arvind Mehta Technology & Entrepreneurship Centre Journey So Far
IPMA’s Arvind Mehta Technology part during the manufacturing iv. Precise Engineering Plastic
A& Entrepreneurship Centre of plastic parts. Program shows Parts: - Program highlighted
(AMTEC) has been established with the importance of X- Ray that designing and measurement
an objective to accelerate the growth of technology in identifying the techniques involves not one
plastic industry. One of the main agenda defects in the plastic parts but more than two metrology
of the Centre of Excellence for Plastic without destructing the equipment. This training
Product Innovation and Application is part. This helps companies program have form the base on
to facilitate proper understanding and to maintain their quality and how to approach engineering/
knowledge on verticals like product reduce lead time in plastic & polymer plastics with multiple
design, reverse engineering, 3D printing, mold making operations. techniques and equipment even
plastics in packaging and management ii. Reverse engineering with 3D for safety critical plastic parts.
consulting. Scanners: - Program primarily 2. Plastics in Packaging training in
The objective is to facilitate upgradation focused on the major challenge association with FIPS
of knowledge and provide a 360-degree faced by the plastic industry in i. M a ter ia l en h a n cin g
service to the plastic industry under one terms of precise measurement marketability: - Plastics are
roof through international knowledge of plastic products, spare considered to be the most
partners such as Carl ZEISS, Autodesk, parts, tools etc. With the preferred packaging materials
Siemens, Stratasys, 3D Systems, help of reverse engineering by the modern consumers due
Foundation for Innovative Packaging technique using 3D scanner to its numerous advantages like
and Sustainability (FIPS) & SSA Business plastic industry can successfully easy availability, lighter in weight,
Solution. develop their product with high mechanical strength, and
The underlying and most important goal precise measurements without excellent functional properties
is to make Indian plastics industry self- developing a 3D CAD model. and economical as compared to
reliant and therefore reduce the import iii. Die Mould measurement | other packaging materials. The
of plastic goods which currently stands CMM | Line scan | Z axis program included knowledge
at around Rs. 45,000 crores per annum. cover - Large plastic part:- on material concepts, structure,
Plastic industry have faced a cost optimization, testing
AIPMA’s AMTEC has already conducted
training programs on reverse engineering, major challenge during reverse and quality evaluation. The
plastics in packaging and management engineering of precision parts prorgamme covered food
consulting. Below are the list of such as die & moulds due to the packaging, commercial studies,
program AIPMA’s AMTEC successfully accuracy of the equipment used innovations around the world.
conducted till date. during reverse engineering. This ii. Environmental Aspects and
training program explore the
1. Reverse Engineering training in reverse engineering techniques Circular Economy: - The
association with Carl ZEISS which form the basis of any program was about knowledge
in packaging science, application
i. Reverse Engineer parts using shop floor. Participants have of plastic in packaging, new
X-Ray Technology: - Plastic experienced how a CMM can be generation materials & it
industry started adapting used effectively along with other characteristics. The programed
new techniques and X-ray technologies in conjunction, to covered sustainability & circular
technology plays an integral perform reverse engineering. economy and also focused
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