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- Title
A Concise Review on Materials for Injection Moulds and Their Conventional and Non-Conventional Machining Processes.
- Authors
Pedroso, André F. V.; Sebbe, Naiara P. V.; Silva, Francisco J. G.; Campilho, Raul D. S. G.; Sales-Contini, Rita C. M.; Costa, Rúben D. F. S.; Barbosa, Marta L. S.; Nogueira, Francisca R.
- Abstract
Injection moulds are crucial to produce plastic and lightweight metal components. One primary associated challenge is that these may suffer from different types of failures, such as wear and/or cracking, due to the extreme temperatures (T), thermal cycles, and pressures involved in the production process. According to the intended geometry and respective needs, mould manufacturing can be performed with conventional or non-conventional processes. This work focuses on three foremost alloys: AMPCO® (CuBe alloy), INVAR-36® (Fe-Ni alloys, Fe-Ni36), and heat-treated (HT) steels. An insight into the manufacturing processes' limitations of these kinds of materials will be made, and solutions for more effective machining will be presented by reviewing other published works from the last decade. The main objective is to provide a concise and comprehensive review of the most recent investigations of these alloys' manufacturing processes and present the machinability challenges from other authors, discovering the prospects for future work and contributing to the endeavours of the injection mould industry. This review highlighted the imperative for more extensive research and development in targeted domains.
- Subjects
MANUFACTURING processes; MACHINING; COPPER alloys; ELECTROCHEMICAL cutting; THERMOCYCLING; IRON-nickel alloys
- Publication
Machines, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 4, p255
- ISSN
2075-1702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/machines12040255