Effect of processing variables on the velocity and temperature profiles of flowing polymer melts in the injection moulding process

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 239, Issue , 1996, Pages 385-390

  Sombatsompop, N ^a,b   Wood, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Injection moulding; Processing variables; Shear heating effect; Velocity temperature measurements

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INJECTION MOULDING; PROCESSING VARIABLES;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030349077     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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