High-temperature de-molding for cycle time reduction in hot embossing

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 2926-2930

  Dirckx, Matthew ^a   Taylor, Hayden K ^b   Hardt, David E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Author keywords

Cycle time; De molding; Hot embossing; Quality

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PLASTIC MOLDS; SHRINKAGE; THERMOELASTICITY;

CYCLE TIME; DEMOLDING; HOT EMBOSSING; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 34648846719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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