In-line process monitoring for injection moulding control

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-128

  Speight, R G ^a   Coates, P D ^b   Hull, J B ^a,b   Peters, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Senior Process Engineer   (United States)

Author keywords

Cim system; In line process monitoring; Injection moulding; SPC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; MONITORING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; VISCOSITY;

IN LINE PROCESS MONITORING; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0030653189     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408971529601     Document Type: Article

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