Advanced injection molding mold and molding process for improvement of weld line strengths and isotropy of glass fiber filled aromatic polyester LCP

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-716

  Koponen, Matti ^a   Enqvist, Jouni ^a   Nguyen Chung, Tham ^b   Mennig, Günter ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; GLASS FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; POLYESTERS;

AROMATIC POLYESTER; MOLDING PROCESS;

MOLDS;

EID: 42249098271     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21010     Document Type: Article

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