Mold surface roughness effects on cavity filling of polymer melt in micro injection molding

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1105-1112

  Zhang, H L ^a   Ong, N S ^a   Lam, Y C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Micro injection molding; Polymer filling; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; FORMING; FRICTION; INJECTION MOLDING; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLDING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTIC MOLDS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; STEEL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (2+1) DIMENSIONS; (E ,3E) PROCESS; CAVITY FILLING; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FLOW AREA; INJECTION RATES; MELT TEMPERATURES; MICRO SCALES; MICRO-INJECTION MOLDING; MOLD TEMPERATURES; SPRINGER (CO); SURFACE ROUGHNESS EFFECTS;

MOLDS;

EID: 45749135735     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-007-1060-6     Document Type: Article

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