A Review of the Effect of Process Parameters on the Performance of Plastic Injection Molding Process to Control the Warpage in Plastics

Abstract:

Quality control is important aspect of manufacturing process. The quality of product in injection moulding is influenced by injection moulding process parameter. A study of the influence of process parameters on the injection moulding process is presented. Statistically based model approach were studied. In this the process parameter that affect the injection moulding process are like injection time, injection pressure, packing pressure, packing time, cooling time, coolant temperature mold temperature, melt temperature are studied and compared. This paper deals with design of experiment approach to fine out optimal parameter setting. The comparison shows effect of parameters on injection moulding process.Key words: Plastic injection moulding, Orthogonal array, Cycle time

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 830-831)
• Pages: 116-119
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.830-831.116
• Online since: September 2015
• Authors: Gurjeet Singh*, Mohan Kumar Pradhan, Ajay Verma
• Keywords: Cycle Time, Orthogonal Array, Plastic Injection Moulding

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