A review of current developments in process and quality control for injection molding

Advances in Polymer Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-182

  Chen, Zhongbao ^a   Turng, Lih Sheng ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection molding; Modeling; Plastics; Processing; Simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTICS; PRESSURE CONTROL; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TRANSDUCERS;

FIRST PRINCIPLE MODEL; MACHINE CONTROL; MOLD SEPARATION;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 25444519247     PISSN: 07306679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adv.20046     Document Type: Review

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