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Polymer Flow Behavior Analysis Based on Physical Visualization Technology for Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Injection Molding

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International Polymer Processing
From the journal International Polymer Processing Volume 32 Issue 3

Abstract

To understand the flow behavior of a melted polymer during injection molding with ultrasonic vibration, a new visualization device was developed and a method was proposed to analyze the filling velocity field during the injection molding process. Using the device and method, both the influence of ultrasonic vibration on the velocity of the filling front and the velocity distribution of a polypropylene melt within a cavity are discussed. The results showed that the filling front velocity of the melt was improved by ultrasonic vibration (the filling front velocity was improved by up to 27% when 200 W of ultrasonic power was applied). In addition, it was shown that the velocity gradient of the melt within the cavity decreased, and that the velocity distribution became more uniform during ultrasonic vibration.

*Correspondence address, Mail address: Kaiyu Jiang, Engineering Research Center of Plastic Molding Products of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PRC, E-mail:

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Received: 2015-09-28
Accepted: 2016-11-05
Published Online: 2017-06-13
Published in Print: 2017-07-30

© 2017, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich

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https://doi.org/10.3139/217.3183

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  2. Contents
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  5. Regular Contributed Articles
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  8. Establishment and Effect of Constraint on Different Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Filler Reinforced Epoxy Composite
  9. Experimental Investigation on Mechanical and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Alumina Filled Polypropylene Composites Using Injection Molding Process
  10. Development and Characterization of Polyurethane and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene and their Compatibilized Blends
  11. Mechanical Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane as a Function of the Amount and Type of Crosslinking Agent
  12. Numerical Investigation of Effect of Rotor Phase Angle in Partially-Filled Rubber Mixing
  13. Method of Calculating the Fluid Permeability of Machined Skin-Covered Porous Sheets from Experimental Flow Data
  14. Analysis of Models Predicting Morphology Transitions in Reactive Twin-Screw Extrusion of Bio-Based Polyester/Polyamide Blends
  15. A Combined Experimental and Modelling Approach towards an Optimized Heating Strategy in Thermoforming of Thermoplastics Sheets
  16. Analyzing the Influence of Surface Renewal on Diffusive Mass Transport in Vented Single-Screw Extruders
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