Development of an expert system for the determination of injection moulding parameters of thermoplastic materials: EX-PIMM

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 113-122

  Bozdana, A Tolga ^a   Eyercilu, Ömer ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Injection moulding; Plastic injection moulding machine; Thermoplastic materials

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INJECTION MOLDING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES (PIMM);

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 0037032167     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00436-3     Document Type: Article

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