Investigating the Effects of Injection Moulding Process Parameters on Multiple Tensile Characteristics of Plastic Spur Gear via Experimental Approach

Abstract:

This paper presents the original development of an experimental approach in studying the multiple tensile characterizations as key quality characteristics for several different plastic gear materials related to various parameters in injection moulding process. In this study, emphases are given on a new low-cost mechanism for the testing of the injection moulded plastic spur gear specimens with various teeth module. The testing fixture are developed and validated to provide uniform state of tension with series of plastic gear specimens produced in accordance with the systematically designed of experiment. The effects of changes in the process parameters including melt temperature, packing pressure, packing time and cooling time at three different levels on the elongation at break and ultimate strength of plastic gear is evaluated and studied through the proposed experimental approach.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 748)
• Pages: 544-548
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.748.544
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Nik Mizamzul Mehat, Shahrul Kamaruddin, Abdul Rahim Othman
• Keywords: Multiple Tensile Characterizations, Plastic Gear, Process Parameter, Tensile Test Fixture

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