Cavity temperature control in plastic injection molding

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 911-916

  Dubay, Rickey ^a   Pramujati, Bambang ^a   Hernandez, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity temperature; Coolant flowrate; Injection molding machine; PI controller

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; COOLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHATRONICS;

CAVITY TEMPERATURE; COOLANT FLOWRATE; INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE; PI CONTROLLER; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 27744452342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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