Improved mould design in metal injection moulding by combination of numerical simulations and experiments

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1533-1547

  Gelin, J C ^a   Barriere, T ^a   Liu, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Metal injection moulding; Mould design; Powder segregation; Process parameters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDER METALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THERMOPLASTICS;

METAL INJECTION MOLDING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0036909816     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440502321016297     Document Type: Article

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