Real time diagnostics of gas/water assisted injection moulding using integrated ultrasonic sensors

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Mulvaney Johnson, L ^a   Cheng, C C ^b,c   Ono, Y ^d   Brown, E C ^a   Jen, C K ^e   Coates, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas assisted injection moulding; Process management; Ultrasound; Water assisted injection moulding

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; POLYMER MELTS; PRESSURE SENSORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAS ASSISTED INJECTION MOULDING; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; WATER ASSISTED INJECTION MOULDING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 35348981791     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328907X177617     Document Type: Article

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