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Flow Visualization of Filling Process during Micro-Injection Molding

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International Polymer Processing
From the journal International Polymer Processing Volume 17 Issue 4

Abstract

Micro-injection molding has been under development for the mass manufacture of micro parts. This paper presents fundamental research on the filling characteristics during micro-injection molding. Flow visualization was employed to observe the fast filling process. A lab-made impact type micro-injection machine was developed and used in this study. Filling of 4 × 4 × 0.2 mm3 and 2 × 2 × 1 mm3 cavities in quartz glass molds was recorded with a high-speed video camera. The effects of the processing conditions on the filling behaviors are systematically studied. The processing parameters include air pressure, mold temperature, and melt temperature. Based on the analysis of flow patterns, it was found that the melt fronts advanced quickly and filled the cavity in less than 0.1 seconds. The filling process can be divided into impact-filling and pressure-filling stages. Mold temperature and air pressure are found to be the dominant processing parameters.

* Mail address: S. Y. Yang, Dept. of Mech. Eng., National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Received: 2002-8-13
Accepted: 2002-10-15
Published Online: 2013-06-03
Published in Print: 2002-12-01

© 2002, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich

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https://doi.org/10.3139/217.1706

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial
  2. Structure Development in Polyolefin Processing
  3. Screw Extrusion
  4. A New Style Single Screw Extruder with Improved Plastification and Output Power
  5. Visualisation and Analysis of the Flow along the Kneading Block of a Twin-screw Extruder
  6. Resonant and Invariant Advection in Single-Screw Extrusion
  7. Compounding
  8. PP-based Model Compounds as Tools for the Development of High-impact-ethylene-propylene Copolymers
  9. Die Extrusion
  10. Modelling of the Flow in the Distribution Plate of a Spin Pack
  11. Free-radical Reactions and Thermal Effects in PE during Pipe Extrusion
  12. Calendering
  13. Simultaneous Calculation of Roll Deformation and Polymer Flow in the Calendering Process
  14. Fiber and Film
  15. Investigation of Bubble Instabilities in Film Blowing Process
  16. Injection Molding
  17. Flow Visualization of Filling Process during Micro-Injection Molding
  18. Thermoforming
  19. The Role of Tool/Sheet Contact in Plug-assisted Thermoforming
  20. A Comparison of the Axisymmetric and Planar Elongational Viscosities of PE-LD
  21. Pultrusion
  22. Polymer Melt Impregnation of Glass Roving
  23. Reaction Injection Molding
  24. Operational and Design Study of RIM Machines
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