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- Title
Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of cooling process in water assisted injection moulded parts.
- Authors
Liu, S.-J.; Chen, W.-K.
- Abstract
This report investigated, both experimentally and numerically, the cooling process in water assisted injection moulded parts. Experiments were carried out on a laboratory developed water assisted injection moulding system, which included an injection moulding machine, a water pump, a water injection pin, a water tank equipped with a temperature regulator, and a control circuit. The resin used was semi-crystalline polypropylene. The in-mould temperature of the polymeric materials during the cooling process was measured. A transient heat transfer finite element model was adopted to simulate and predict the temperature variation within water assisted injection moulded products. Simulated results matched well with the experimental data. Experimental investigation and numerical simulations of a water assisted injection moulding cooling process can provide an improved understanding of the influence of water related parameters on the cooling process of water assisted injection moulded parts.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICAL models; NUMERICAL analysis; SIMULATION methods &; models; MATERIALS; CHEMICAL molding; MATERIALS science
- Publication
Plastics, Rubber & Composites, 2004, Vol 33, Issue 6, p260
- ISSN
1465-8011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/174328904X4882