PRESENTATION

ON THE EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED DURING MY

SIX MONTHS INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
IN
NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF LEATHER AND SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY (NILEST), ZARIA
PRESENTED TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABU
ZARIA
BY

ANDOOR STELLA EBERE

(U11CE1004)
APRIL, 2016

INTRODUCTION
The Nigeria Institute of
Leather and Science
Technology, SamaruZaria was established
in 1964

BRIEF HISTORY OF
NILEST

On 1st April 2011, the name

of the College changed to
Nigerian Institute of
Leather and Science
Technology (NILEST) to
properly position it in line
with its Mandate and
Mission.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Production of the Nigerian Leather Football

Fabrication of training extractor
Production of tanning extracts
Production of Adhesives
Construction of primary treatment plant for tannery
waste
Studies in re-enforcement of thermoplastics
Production of Hide powder for leather analysis

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT
The Polymer
is divided

Department of NILEST
into three sections,
namely;

Polymer processing
workshop
Polymer recycling workshop
Polymer chemistry laboratory

POLYMER PROCESSING
WORKSHOP
Polymer processing workshop is equipped
with materials and machines such as;
Polymer resins
Film extruder
Injection
Blo
molding
w
machine
mo
ldi
ng
ma
chi

PLASTIC INJECTION MACHINE

POLYMER RECYCLING
LABORATORY
HEAVY
HEAVY DUTY
DUTY COMPRESSION
COMPRESSION MACHINE
MACHINE

TWO
TWO ROLL
ROLL MILL
MILL

PLASTIC
PLASTIC CRUSHER
CRUSHER

PELLETIZING
PELLETIZING
MACHINE
MACHINE
REC
REC
YCLE
YCLE
D
D
POLY
POLY
ETH
ETH
YLE
YLE
NE
NE

HEAVY DUTY COMPRESSION MACHINE

TWO ROLL MILL

Polymer chemistry
laboratory
Resil Impactor
Weighing balance
Triple beam balance
Heating mantle
Viscometer
Measuring cylinder
Conical flask
Beaker
Molds
Pestle and Mortal
Funnel e.t.c

Some Equipments in polymer

chemistry laboratory

Triple Beam Balance

Refractometer

Resil Impactor

PROJECT TOPIC
CHARACTERIZATION OF
VARIOUS COMPOSITION
OF HDPE-CORN COB
COMPOSITE ON THE BASIS
OF HARDNESS AND
IMPACT STRENGTH

EFFECT OF CORN COB CONTENT ON THE

PROPERTIES OF HDPE-CORN COB
COMPOSITE
S/N

FIBER
CONTENT
(g)

IMPACT
STRENGH
T
(horizont
al)

IMPACT
STRENGH
T
(vertical)

HARDNESS
(durometer)

2.002

0.843

79

10

0.589

0.116

87

20

0.673

0.497

89

30

0.419

0.374

86

40

0.508

0.331

89

50

0.166

0.244

95

LINKAGE OF EXPERIENCE TO
THEORY

Unit Operations
Size
Size reduction
reduction
Milling
Milling

Managerial skills

Laboratory Analysis

Waste

Management

RELEVANCE TO FUTURE ACADEMIC

WORK

Safety and Health

Considerations
Waste Management
Polymer Engineering
Materials science

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE

GAINED
Application
Application of
of basic
basic
engineering
and
engineering and
chemical
chemical
engineering
engineering
principles
principles to
to
understanding
understanding of
of
industrial
industrial operations
operations

Proper
Proper
workin
workin
g
g
habits
habits
Proble
Proble
m
m
solving
solving
skills
skills
Team
Team work
work
and
and
managerial
managerial
skills
skills

CONCLUSION

Practical experience
gained in basic
chemical engineering
principles
Improvement of
Managerial skills

Project writing and

presentation skills

THE END

THANK YOU FOR

LISTENING
ANDOOR STELLA EBERE
stellaandoor@gmail.com
08032181489