Individual Certification
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Overview
Kruse Training is now offering certification for the successful completion of Level 1 training. Lessons in this level cover topics in the following categories: Molding Fundamentals, Polymer Materials, Part Design, Mold Design, and Processing. The duration for Level 1 lesson videos is generally between 10-20 minutes. Each lesson has an associated 3-question “test your knowledge” quiz available (not mandatory for certification.)
Requirements
Certification will be awarded to individuals that have viewed all 70 Level 1 lessons and successfully complete a final certification exam.
Lessons are “completed” when the lesson video has been watched to the end. After a video has finished playing you will see it as completed on your “My Progress” page.
We encourage our engineering students to watch all the lessons multiple times to fully understand the content before attempting the final certification exam.
There are several ways to see your progress. The orange arrow on the screenshot below indicates the percentage completed in Level 1. Also, clicking on Level 1 on the right side of the screen drops down a menu of the full lesson list along with a circle showing your status of completion. A green circle indicates the lesson has been fully watched.
Lessons can be viewed consecutively or individually in any order.
There are 3 “test your knowledge” quiz questions available at the end of each lesson. Answers to the quiz questions will appear after you submit your answers and provide a corresponding slide number for content review. It is recommended that you take these quizzes to ensure your understanding of the material and to familiarize yourself with the format of the final exam. These quizzes may be taken as often as needed and the results are not recorded.
Scoring
Once you submit the test you will automatically receive your results.
A MINIMUM SCORE OF 80% IS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION.
Kruse Training Certification is awarded in three degrees, depending on your final grade:
- 96-100% Master Certification
- 90-96% Gold Certification
- 80-90% Silver Certification
If you received a passing grade Kruse Training will email you a certificate indicating either Master, Gold, or Silver certification and including your name, date of completion, and level.
If you do not receive a passing score on the final test, you will be eligible to retake the test after a 6-month period.
Final Certification Exam*
The final exam is 100 multiple choice and true/false questions.
You will have 90 minutes to complete the exam.
All questions must be answered. If you miss a question you will receive an alert but if you submit the exam with unanswered questions they will be marked as incorrect.
After you submit the exam you will immediately receive your grade.
You may use the back and forward arrows within your exam window to check your work. Please note that using the back and forward browser arrows will result in resetting the test questions, but not the timer.
You will receive a warning alert when you have 10 minutes left on the timer and again at 5 minutes. Please note that the timer runs out and you have not completed all the questions they will be marked as incorrect.
The exam cannot be paused. Once you begin the exam you must complete it within the 90-minute time limit.
Do not use the browser back and forward arrows during the exam. Using these arrows will result in losing your answers. Back and forward arrows will be available within your exam window.
*A link to the final certification exam will become available on the “My Progress” page after 100% completion of all lessons.
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Completion of the following lessons is required for LEVEL 1 Certification:
Molding Fundamentals: Inside the Mold
- The Molding Machine
- Mold Temperature & Fill Speed
- Wall Thickness & Injection Pressure
- Switch-Over from Filling to Packing
- Optimizing the Packing Profile
- Cooling Behavior
- Warpage Due to Differential Shrinkage
- Warpage Due to Differential Cooling
- Warpage Due to Fiber Orientation
Polymer Materials: Material Behavior
- Polymer Materials Overview
- Viscosity
- PVT
- Thermal Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Deformation Behavior of Polymers
Part Design
- Nominal Wall Thickness, Part 1
- Nominal Wall Thickness, Part 2
- Flow Leaders
- Flow Restrictors
- Ribs Thickness
- Ribs Height
- Ribs Structure
- Corrugations & V-Grooves
- Bosses
- Gussets
Mold Design: Gates
- Cold Sprue
- Pin-Point Gates
- Sub-Gates: Round and Oval Dual, Part 1
- Sub-Gates: Round and Oval Six-Gate, Part 2
- Sub Gates: Ejector Pin, Part 3
- Edge Gates: Standard, Lapped, and Chisel
- Fan Gates
- Film Gates
- Disk Gates
- Ring Gates
- Cashew Gates
- Gate Symmetry and Balance
Mold Design: Cold Runners
- Types & Design
- Runner Patterns, Part 1
- Runner Patterns, Part 2
- Optimize Cold Runner Sizes, Part 1
- Optimize Cold Runner Sizes, Part 2
- Artificially Balancing a Cold Runner
- Balancing Multi Gated Part
- Balancing Family Molds
Mold Design: Cooling
- Cooling System Overview
- Temperature Behavior in Molds
- Parallel and Serial Cooling Circuits
- Dimensioning and Positioning Cooling Lines
- Baffles and Bubbler Circuits
- Mold Steel Selection
- Thermal Pins
Processing: Filling Phase
- Nozzle Tip Designs and Injection Pressure
- Pressure Behavior
- Temperature Behavior, Part 1
- Temperature Behavior, Part 2
- Optimizing the Filling Speed
- Filling Speed Profiles
Processing: Packing and Cooling
- Packing Pressure Profiles: Amorphous Materials
- Packing Pressure Profiles: Semi Crystalline Materials
- Wall Thickness and Packing Pressure
- Polymer Flow During Packing
- Gate Seal Time
- Clamp Tonnage
Processing: Shrinkage/Warpage
