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A Novel High Flow Rate Pin for Water-assisted Injection Molding of Plastic Parts with a More Uniform Residual Wall Thickness Distribution

  • S.-J. Liu and Y.-C. Wu
Published/Copyright: May 10, 2022
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Abstract

Three types of water pins are currently used in the water-assisted injection molding technologies to mold plastic parts, including orifice, ring and piercing type pins. Nevertheless, the former two types of pins have the disadvantages of a low flow rate and high pressure drop, while the drawbacks for the latter type are that timing the piercing pin into the cavity is a challenge and the cost of a mold is high. This report describes the development a novel high flow rate water pin for water-assisted injection molding of plastic parts. The pin, which consists of a sintered porous surface outlet, has been tested on parts with two different geometries: a plate with a channel across the center and a float-shaped tube part. The experimental results suggests that the proposed water injection pin can mold parts of a large size with a more uniform residual wall thickness distribution.


S.-J. Liu, Polymer Rheology and Processing Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, ROC


Acknowledgements

The National Science Council of Taiwan, R.O.C. under the grant NSC95-2221-E-182-032-MY3, has supported this work financially.

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Received: 2006-05-25
Accepted: 2006-08-15
Published Online: 2022-05-10

© 2006 Hanser Publishers, Munich

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